| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 495 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, music |
| Series |
JPS holiday anthologies |
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JPS holiday anthologies.
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| Summary |
"The Sabbath Anthology delves into one of the earliest Jewish institutions--the holiday the prophet Isaiah characterized as "the day of delight"--Elucidating its history, laws, customs and traditions, religious and ethical insights, and observances in different eras throughout the world. A wealth of Jewish creativity past and present--"The Sabbath in Judeo-Hellenistic Literature" by Flavius Josephus and Philo Judaeus; Talmud and midrashim; medieval Jewish literature by Judah Halevi, Abraham ibn Ezra, and Moses Maimonides; modern Jewish literature by Solomon Schechter, Mordecai Kaplan, Sholom Asch, Hayyim Nahman Bialik, and Ahad Ha'am; short stories by S.Y. Agnon, I.L. Peretz, Meyer Levin, and Martin Buber; ceremonial and decorative art; musical compilations and programming--will yield delight for many Sabbaths to come"--Back cover |
| Notes |
Originally published with the title Sabbath : the day of delight (Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1944) |
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"First Nebraska paperback printing: 2018"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-486) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sabbath.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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Sabbath
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Sabbat.
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| Genre/Form |
Literary collections
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Millgram, Abraham Ezra, 1901-1998, editor.
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Jewish Publication Society, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9780827613775 |
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0827613776 |
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