| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 495 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, music. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
JPS holiday anthologies
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JPS holiday anthologies.
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| Note |
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). |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sabbath.
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Sabbath. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Millgram, Abraham Ezra, 1901-1998, editor.
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Jewish Publication Society, issuing body.
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| Added Title |
Sabbath.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sabbath. Sabbath anthology. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press ; Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2018 0827613148 (OCoLC)1009216030 |
| ISBN |
9780827613775 (electronic book) |
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0827613776 (electronic book) |
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0827613148 |
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9780827613140 |
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