The Shavuot Anthology (The JPS Holiday Anthologies)

Philip Goodman (Editor)

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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.
  • ISBN10 0827613210
  • ISBN13 9780827613218
  • Publish Date 1 July 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Jewish Publication Society
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 408
  • Language English