Religion & Spirituality

Deborah Barer, "Going Off Script: Improvisational Judgment in the Talmud" (Oxford UP, 2026)

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Aug 8, 202651:48Religion & Spirituality

What does it really mean to go "beyond the letter of the law"? In this episode, Rabbi Marc Katz sits down with scholar Deborah Barer to discuss her book Going Off Script: Improvisational Judgment in the Talmud, which off...

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Deborah Barer, "Going Off Script: Improvisational Judgment in the Talmud" (Oxford UP, 2026) is an episode from New Books in Jewish Studies by New Books Network. What does it really mean to go "beyond the letter of the law"? In this episode,...

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Deborah Barer, "Going Off Script: Improvisational Judgment in the Talmud" (Oxford UP, 2026)

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