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The Sabbath anthology / edited by Abraham E. Millgram.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Hebrew Series: JPS holiday anthologiesPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press ; Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2018Copyright date: ©1944Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 495 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, musicContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780827613775
  • 0827613776
Uniform titles:
  • Sabbath.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sabbath anthology.DDC classification:
  • 296.4/1 23
LOC classification:
  • BM685 .M55 2018eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources: 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
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1945119

Originally published with the title Sabbath : the day of delight (Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1944).

"First Nebraska paperback printing: 2018"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-486).

"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

Print version record.