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Most Precious Possession
Finding a precious object - a gem, a ring or a coin - inside the belly of a fish is a favorite motif in western literatures that can be traced back to the Greek historian …
A Meeting-Place for the Wise: More Excursions Into the Jewish Past and Present
The Most Precious Possession
Finding a precious object – a gem, a ring or a coin – inside the belly of a fish is a favorite motif in western literatures that can be traced back to the Greek historian …
Reading Jewish Religious Texts
Reading Jewish Religious Texts introduces students to a range of significant post-biblical Jewish writing. It covers diverse genres such as prayer and liturgical poetry, biblical …
Preachers, Teachers and Selected Short Features: More Explorations of Jewish Life and Learning
Cows chanting mystical hymns; a talmudic rabbi who is revered as a Christian saint; a learned demon who speedily transmitted rabbinic teachings between distant towns on the …
Beasts That Teach, Birds That Tell
The Times of Our Life: Brief Histories of Jewish Sacred Time
- Why did the League of Nations and the United Nations propose a calendar that threatened the observance of the Jewish Sabbath?-Why is Israel's Independence Day celebrated as a …
A Time for Every Purpose
Chronicles and Commentaries: More Explorations of Jewish Life and Learning
Introducing Judaism
Introducing Judaism is the ideal starting point for students beginning their studies of this fascinating religion. Eliezer Segal takes a historical approach, focusing on religious …
Ask Now of the Days that are Past
Written for a general audience, the essays collected here present refreshing and often humorous glimpses of various topics in Jewish history and traditional religious literature. …
In Those Days, at This Time
Eliezer Segal's approach to Jewish history and tradition is light-hearted and humorous.In Those Days, At This Time is a collection of entertaining short essays that explores the …