"This book will be an invaluable resource for pulpit rabbis and Jewish educators in search of texts that will inspire and speak to their congregants and students."-Ilana Kurshan, <i>Forward</i> "For those seeking, if not absolute answers, a rabbinic perspective on the questions of our day, Jeffrey L. Rubenstein's <i>The Land of Truth: Talmud Tales, Timeless Teaching</i> . . . is a great place to start. . . . Eminently readable."-Sandee Brawarky, <i>Fall Literary Guide</i> "I don't think that I have ever studied the legends in the Talmud in quite the way that Jeffrey Rubenstein does in his book, <i>The Land of Truth: Talmud Tales, Timeless Teachings</i>. . . . I suggest you join Jeffrey Rubenstein on his journey, as he juxtaposes the wisdom of the Sages with the teachings of their neighbors in the Greco-Roman world, and then as he shows us how their insights compare and contrast with the values of our time. This journey will enable us to see the past in a new light, and to see the present in a new perspective as well."-Rabbi Jack Riemer, <i>Jewish Advocate</i> “Rubenstein is arguably the leading scholar in the world on Rabbinic stories. In this original book for a popular audience he takes that scholarship into new arenas by relating the stories to issues in our time and explicating the stories within their original contexts.”-Barry W. Holtz, Theodore and Florence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education, Jewish Theological Seminary “Talmud stories are valuable repositories of meaning for anyone who desires a deeper connection to the past. Yet today’s readers are at a lengthy remove from this rhetorically technical, often inaccessible world. A master teacher is necessary to guide us toward understanding the text. That is the strength and value of Rubenstein’s volume: opening up to modern readers a heretofore closed text.”-Beth Kissileff, author of <i>Reading Genesis: Beginnings</i>