Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299).

"At the age of 27, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful divorce, Ilana Kurshan joined the world's lergest book club, learning daf yomi, Hebrew for 'daily page' of the Talmud, a book of rabbinic teachings spanning about 500 years and the basis for all codes of Jewish law. A runner, a reader, and a romantic, Kurshan adapted to its pace, attuned her ear to its poetry, and discovered her passions in its pages. She brought the Talmud with her wherever she when, continuing her coverstaion with the ever-opinionated rabbis about everything from courtship to astrology. By the time she competed the Talmud after seven and a half years, Kurshan was remarried with three young children. With each pregnancy, her Talmud sat perched atop her growing belly. This memoir is a tale of heartache and humor, of love and loss, of marriage and motherhood, and of learning to put one foot in front of the other by turning papge after page Kurshan takes us on a deeply accessible and personal tour of the Talmud. For people of the book--both Jewish and non-Jewish--If All the Seas Were Ink is a celebration of learning through literature, how to fall in love once again."-- Jacket.