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The Shabbat Elevator and other Sabbath Subterfuges: An Unorthodox Essay on Circumventing Custom and Jewish Character

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 | #2246605 in Books |  Rowman n Littlefield Publishers |  2002-01-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.98 x.48 x5.82l,.80 | File type: PDF | 208 pages

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||25 of 26 people found the following review helpful.| The oddest look at Jewish law you are likely to ever come across|By Ploni ben Ploni|This most obvious thing to say about this book is that it is completely sui generis. There is nothing else like it on earth, which ought to be good enough reason in itself to read it.

Dundes is a folklorist, not a halachist, and he's CLEARLY not an observant Jew, yet he takes on an| |This is a creative, lively, rich, and entirely novel theoretical approach to a vexing topic. The book is truly unique in Jewish and Biblical studies―a real tour de force. It is full of wonderful parallels and interpretations, and excellent creative integrati

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 rel...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Shabbat Elevator and other Sabbath Subterfuges: An Unorthodox Essay on Circumventing Custom and Jewish Character   |  Alan Dundes. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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