TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dundes,Alan
TI  - The Shabbat elevator and other Sabbath subterfuges: an unorthodox essay on circumventing custom and Jewish character 
SN  - 9781461645603
AV  - BM685 .D86 2002eb
U1  - 296.4/12 22
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - Lanham, MD
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
KW  - Sabbath (Jewish law)
KW  - Prohibited work (Jewish law)
KW  - Jews
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Judaism and psychoanalysis
KW  - Sabbat (Droit juif)
KW  - Interdiction du travail (Droit juif)
KW  - Juifs
KW  - Psychologie
KW  - Psychanalyse
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Judaism
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Gebot
KW  - gnd
KW  - Halacha
KW  - Sabbat
KW  - gtt
KW  - Verboden
KW  - Ontduiking
KW  - swd
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-193) and index; The Concept of Custom --; The Sabbath in the Old Testament --; The Sabbath in the New Testament --; The Sabbath in Rabbinical Tradition --; The Shabbat Elevator --; The Light in the Refrigerator --; The Eruv as Symbolic Space --; Other Sabbath Customs --; The Shabbes Goy --; Circumvention and Jewish Mentality --; Obsession and Religion According to Freud --; Anal Erotic Character --; Self-Imposed Repression --; The Love of Argument; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - This book focuses on the topic of 'circumventing custom' with special emphasis on the ingenious ways Orthodox (and other) Jews have devised to avoid breaking the extensive list of activities forbidden on the Sabbath. After examining the sources of Sabbath observance as set forth in the Old Testament, the New Testament, and rabbinical writings, some of the most salient forms of circumvention are described. Then drawing on Freud's insights as to the obsessive nature of religious ritual and his persuasive delineation of anal erotic character, an attempt is made to analyze such facets of Jewish ch
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