The Sabbath anthology /
The Sabbath anthology /
edited by Abraham E. Millgram.
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 495 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, music
- JPS holiday anthologies .
- JPS holiday anthologies. .
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
9780827613775 0827613776
Sabbath.
Sabbat.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
Sabbath
Sabbat.
Literary collections
BM685 / .M55 2018eb
296.4/1
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
9780827613775 0827613776
Sabbath.
Sabbat.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
Sabbath
Sabbat.
Literary collections
BM685 / .M55 2018eb
296.4/1