 | Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals In Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals , Mira Beth Wasserman undertakes a close reading of Avoda Zara , arguably the Babylonian Talmud's most scandalous tractate. According to Wasserman, Avoda Zara is where this Talmud joins the humanities in questioning what it means to be a human. Mira Beth Wasserman teaches rabbinic literature at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. |
