Common Prayers Faith, Family, and a Christian's Journey Through the Jewish Year

Name: Common Prayers Faith, Family, and a Christian's Journey Through the Jewish Year
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ISBN: 9780618257331

ISBN-10: 0618257330

ISBN-13: 9780618257331

Edition: 2001

Authors: Harvey Cox

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Harvey Cox, the eminent Christian theologian and scholar of religion, offers an intimate tour through the Jewish year certain to inform and enlighten Jews and non-Jews alike. As a member of an interfaith household, Cox has had ample opportunity to reflect upon the essence of Judaism and its complex relationship to Christianity. Organized around the Jewish calendar from Rosh Hashanah to Yom ha-Atzmaíut, Common Prayers illuminates the meanings of Jewish holidays as well as traditions surrounding milestone events such as death and marriage. Describing in elegant, accessible language the holidays" personal, historical, and spiritual significance and the lessons they offer us, Cox "is…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/12/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

He is the Thomas Professor of Divinity at Harvard University & the author of the groundbreaking The Secular City. His book The Seduction of the Spirit was nominated for a National Book Award. He writes & lectures widely on issues of religion & culture. He is married and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.



Introduction



A Cathedral in Time: Sabbath



Starting Over at the Right Time of Year: Rosh ha-Shanah



Closing the Big Book: Yom Kippur



The Strength of Fragility: Sukkot



Gamboling with God: Simhat Torah



December Madness: Chanukah



Funny Masks and Texts of Terror: Purim



A Night Different from All Others: Passover



After All the Apologies: Yom ha-Shoah



The Meaning of the Land: Yom ha-Atzma'ut



"Next Year in Jerusalem"



Death Among the Jews: Sitting Shivah



Lady Sings the Blues: Tisha B'Av



Under and After the Canopy: Wedding and Marriage



The Boy Becomes a Man: Bar Mitzvah



Afterword: In the Court of the Gentiles


Notes


Bibliography


Index