rabbinic tales of mentors and disciples Handelman, Susan A. creator text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. wau Seattle University of Washington Press ©2011 2011 monographic eng 1 online resource (xvi, 151 pages). Make Yourself a Teacher is a teaching book and a book about teaching. It discusses three dramatic, well-known stories about the student and teacher Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus from the Oral Torah. The stories of R. Eliezer serve as teaching texts and models for reflection on the teacher/student relationship in the Jewish tradition and in contemporary culture, with special emphasis on the hevruta mode of Jewish learning, a collaborative process that invites the reader into a dialogue with teachers past and present. Susan Handelman considers how teacher/student relations sustain and renew the Jewish tradition, especially during troubled times. In her commentary on historical and contemporary educational practices, she asks a range of questions about teaching and learning: What is it that teachers do when they teach? How do knowledge, spirituality, and education relate? What might Jewish models of study and commentary say about how we teach and learn today? Handelman not only presents pedagogical issues that remain controversial in today's debates on education but she also brings the stories themselves to life. Through her readings, the stories beckon us to sit among the sages and be their students. -- from back cover. Introduction: I only want the piece which is in your mouth -- Torah of the belly: Rabbi Eliezer starves for a teacher -- The gates of wounded feelings: Rabbi Eliezer is banned -- Father! father! Israel's chariot and horseman!: the passing of Rabbi Eliezer. Susan Handelman. Includes bibliographical references and index. Eliezer ben Hyrcanus Eliezer ben Hyrcanus Bücker, Johann Friedrich Christian Teacher-student relationships in rabbinical literature Teacher-student relationships Religious aspects Judaism Jewish learning and scholarship Rabbinical literature History and criticism Spiritual life Judaism RELIGION Judaism Talmud Jewish learning and scholarship Rabbinical literature Spiritual life Judaism Teacher-student relationships in rabbinical literature Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish BM496.9.T43 H36 2011eb 296.1/206 Handelman, Susan A. Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2011024354 (OCoLC)713189818 9780295801780 0295801786 22573/ctvct487r JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=473134 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=473134 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=473134 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=473134 N$T 120806 20200709055553.0 ocn804853693 eng