Research Catalog

Title

In those days, at this time : holiness and history in the Jewish calendar / by Eliezer Segal.

Author

Segal, Eliezer.

Publication

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Description

xv, 324 pages : illustrations; 19 cm

Summary

"In Those Days, At This Time is a collection of entertaining short essays that explores the intricate framework of sacred days and times that make up the Jewish festival calendar. Each piece is devoted to an occasion in the cycle of sacred seasons." "Segal investigates the ways festival observances have been shaped over the generations, looking at different interpretations of their rituals, their symbolism, and their adaptation to changing historical circumstances."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Fêtes religieuses > Judaïsme
• Fasts and feasts > Judaism
• Fêtes religieuses > Judaïsme > Histoire
• Fasts and feasts > Judaism > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Sabbath -- You Have Mail! -- Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur -- Dancing with the Demons -- Roman Holiday -- Where to Draw the Line -- Vanity, Emptiness and the Throne of Glory -- Sins in the Balance -- Atoning for Esau -- Sukkot and Simhat Torah -- Prince of Rain -- Come Gather 'Round, People -- The Mysterious Origins of Simhat Torah -- Hanukkah -- Getting a Handel on Hanukkah -- Burning Issue -- The Wicked Hasmonean Priest -- A Megillah for Hanukkah -- Assideans for Everyone -- The Fifteenth of Sh'vat -- Apples and Apocalypse -- It Grows on Trees -- Renewable Resource -- Purim -- Passing through Shushan -- Troubles at Court -- The Purim-Shpiel and the Passion Play -- The Wise King Ahasuerus -- Esther and the Essenes -- Remembering Harbona - for Good or for Bad? -- Passover -- Back to Egypt -- 'In Every Generation ...': The Strange Omission in Rabbi Kalischer's Haggadah -- The Eggs and the Exodus -- Dressing for Success -- Hillel's Perplexing Passover Predicament -- Old King, New King -- Drip before You Sip -- Those Magnificent Men and Their Matzah Machines -- Freshly Baked: A Matzah Mystery -- The 'Omer Season -- Counting the Days -- Notes from the Underground -- Just a Little Bit off the Top, Please -- The Case of the Missing 'Omer -- Israeli Independence Day -- Gathering the Dispersed of Israel -- That Old Blue Box -- Shavu'ot -- Honey from the Tablets -- Crowning Achievement -- When Mount Sinai Was Lifted Up -- Renewing the Covenant at Qumran.

ISBN

• 9781552381854
• 1552381854

LCCN

40015411449

OCLC

• ocm64670415\
• 64670415
• SCSB-5409488

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries