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1 online resource (xiii, 201 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-193) and index. |
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Concept of Custom -- Sabbath in the Old Testament -- Sabbath in the New Testament -- Sabbath in Rabbinical Tradition -- Shabbat Elevator -- Light in the Refrigerator -- Eruv as Symbolic Space -- Other Sabbath Customs -- Shabbes Goy -- Circumvention and Jewish Mentality -- Obsession and Religion According to Freud -- Anal Erotic Character -- Self-Imposed Repression -- Love of Argument. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sabbath (Jewish law)
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Sabbath (Jewish law) |
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Prohibited work (Jewish law)
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Prohibited work (Jewish law) |
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Jews -- Psychology.
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Jews -- Psychology. |
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Judaism and psychoanalysis.
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Judaism and psychoanalysis. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dundes, Alan. Shabbat elevator and other Sabbath subterfuges 0742516709 (DLC) 2001041927 (OCoLC)47364108 |
| ISBN |
9781461645603 (electronic book) |
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1461645603 (electronic book) |
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0742516709 |
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9780742516700 |
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0742516717 |
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9780742516717 |
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