The Shavuot Anthology

Back by popular demand, the classic JPS holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. Unequaled in-depth compilations of classic and contemporary writings, they have long guided rabbis, cantors, educators, and other readers seeking the origins, meanings, and varied celebrations of the Jewish festivals.



The Shavuot Anthology elucidates Shavuot’s teachings, customs, stories, and lore for a modern generation. In this in-depth compendium, writings by Flavius Josephus and Philo of Alexandria, Talmud and midrash, medieval literature by Moses Maimonides, poetry by Judah Halevi and Abraham ibn Ezra, prose by Abraham Joshua Heschel and Ahad Ha’am, and stories by Martin Buber and Sholom Aleichem appear alongside art and dramatizations, arts and crafts, culinary arts and humor, children’s stories and games, and programs and projects.

Philip Goodman (1911–2006) was a rabbi and served as director of the Jewish education and Jewish center division for the Jewish Welfare Board, executive secretary of the Jewish Book Council, and executive secretary of the American Jewish Historical Society. Goodman is the author or editor of many books, including seven volumes in the JPS Holiday Anthologies series.

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The Shavuot Anthology

Back by popular demand, the classic JPS holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. Unequaled in-depth compilations of classic and contemporary writings, they have long guided rabbis, cantors, educators, and other readers seeking the origins, meanings, and varied celebrations of the Jewish festivals.



The Shavuot Anthology elucidates Shavuot’s teachings, customs, stories, and lore for a modern generation. In this in-depth compendium, writings by Flavius Josephus and Philo of Alexandria, Talmud and midrash, medieval literature by Moses Maimonides, poetry by Judah Halevi and Abraham ibn Ezra, prose by Abraham Joshua Heschel and Ahad Ha’am, and stories by Martin Buber and Sholom Aleichem appear alongside art and dramatizations, arts and crafts, culinary arts and humor, children’s stories and games, and programs and projects.

Philip Goodman (1911–2006) was a rabbi and served as director of the Jewish education and Jewish center division for the Jewish Welfare Board, executive secretary of the Jewish Book Council, and executive secretary of the American Jewish Historical Society. Goodman is the author or editor of many books, including seven volumes in the JPS Holiday Anthologies series.

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The Shavuot Anthology

The Shavuot Anthology

The Shavuot Anthology

The Shavuot Anthology

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Back by popular demand, the classic JPS holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. Unequaled in-depth compilations of classic and contemporary writings, they have long guided rabbis, cantors, educators, and other readers seeking the origins, meanings, and varied celebrations of the Jewish festivals.



The Shavuot Anthology elucidates Shavuot’s teachings, customs, stories, and lore for a modern generation. In this in-depth compendium, writings by Flavius Josephus and Philo of Alexandria, Talmud and midrash, medieval literature by Moses Maimonides, poetry by Judah Halevi and Abraham ibn Ezra, prose by Abraham Joshua Heschel and Ahad Ha’am, and stories by Martin Buber and Sholom Aleichem appear alongside art and dramatizations, arts and crafts, culinary arts and humor, children’s stories and games, and programs and projects.

Philip Goodman (1911–2006) was a rabbi and served as director of the Jewish education and Jewish center division for the Jewish Welfare Board, executive secretary of the Jewish Book Council, and executive secretary of the American Jewish Historical Society. Goodman is the author or editor of many books, including seven volumes in the JPS Holiday Anthologies series.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780827613218
Publisher: The Jewish Publication Society
Publication date: 07/01/2018
Series: The JPS Holiday Anthologies
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 408
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author


Philip Goodman (1911–2006) was a rabbi and served as director of the Jewish education and Jewish center division for the Jewish Welfare Board, executive secretary of the Jewish Book Council, and executive secretary of the American Jewish Historical Society. Goodman is the author or editor of many books, including seven volumes in the JPS Holiday Anthologies series.
 

Table of Contents


List 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
 
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