About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100374253218

ISBN-139780374253219

eBay Product ID (ePID)137728

Product Key Features

Book TitleSabbath

Number of Pages118 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicJudaism / Rituals & Practice, General

Publication Year1951

IllustratorSchor, Ilya, Yes

GenreReligion

AuthorAbraham Joshua Heschel

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight10.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-061629

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"Clearly Heschel's most beloved book,The Sabbathis much more than a book about the Sabbath. It is, rather, our century's most illuminating study of the dynamics of Jewish ritual living." --Dr. Neil Gillman, author ofSacred Fragments "Timeless. Read it, and be ready to be changed."--The Reverend Richard John Neuhaus, editor in chief ofFirst Things "Heschel'sThe Sabbathis easily the primary text for all subsequent American Jewish spirituality."--Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, author ofGod Was in This Place, "Clearly Heschel's most beloved book, The Sabbath is much more than a book about the Sabbath. It is, rather, our century's most illuminating study of the dynamics of Jewish ritual living." --Dr. Neil Gillman, author of Sacred Fragments "Timeless. Read it, and be ready to be changed."--The Reverend Richard John Neuhaus, editor in chief of First Things "Heschel's The Sabbath is easily the primary text for all subsequent American Jewish spirituality."--Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, author of God Was in This Place

Dewey Decimal296.4/1

SynopsisElegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabbath has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication--and has been read by thousands of people seeking meaning in modern life. In this brief yet profound meditation on the meaning of the Seventh Day, Heschel, one of the most widely respected religious leaders of the twentieth century, introduced the influential idea of an 'architecture of holiness" that appears not in space but in time. Judaism, he argues, is a religion of time: it finds meaning not in space and the materials things that fill it but in time and the eternity that imbues it, so that 'the Sabbaths are our greatcatherdrals.'

LC Classification NumberBM685.H4 1995