Description
Book SynopsisBack by popular demand, the classic
JPS Holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age.
The Shavuot Anthology elucidates Shavuot's teachings, customs, stories, and lore for a modern generation.
Trade Review“Throughout my long career as a rabbi, the JPS holiday anthologies have been an essential resource. All the core background is in one place. If I need a holiday story, the anthologies contain a wide range of choices. And sections on celebrations worldwide provide new approaches to festivals.”—Rabbi Steven Bob, author of
Jonah and the Meaning of Our Lives “This reissue is good news! I read this rich, varied, and classic series with pleasure and collected the volumes avidly when they first appeared.”—Rabbi Reuven Hammer, author of
Akiva: Life, Legend, Legacy Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
A Note from the Publisher
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgments
- SHAVUOT IN THE BIBLE
- SHAVUOT IN POSTBIBLICAL WRITINGS
- SHAVUOT IN TALMUD AND MIDRASH
- SHAVUOT IN MEDIEVAL JEWISH LITERATURE
- LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF SHAVUOT
- THE LITURGY OF SHAVUOT
- SHAVUOT IN MODERN PROSE
- SHAVUOT IN ART
- SHAVUOT IN MANY LANDS
- SHAVUOT IN POETRY
- SHAVUOT IN THE SHORT STORY
- A SHAVUOT SHEAF
- SHAVUOT WIT AND HUMOR
- THE CULINARY ART OF SHAVUOT
- CHILDREN’S STORIES FOR SHAVUOT
- CHILDREN’S POEMS FOR SHAVUOT
- PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
- MUSIC FOR SHAVUOT
Notes
Glossary of Shavuot Terms
Bibliography
