(Itzik) Peleg “And You Shall Tell Your Son”

Identity and Belonging as Shaped by the Jewish Holidays
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-64469-834-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten

Explores the cycle of Jewish holidays, which reflects a sense of identity with, and belonging to, the Jewish people, while simultaneously shaping that identity and sense of belonging. Throughout the generations, observance of the holidays has developed and changed, thus enabling generations of Jews, in their various communities, to define their own national identity and sense of belonging.

Autoren/Hrsg.

(Itzik) Peleg, Yitzhak

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Gottesdienst, Riten und Zeremonien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Holidays as an Educational Tool throughout the Generations (Ledorotaichem): Examples
- Holidays as Tools for Shaping Jewish Identity
- Holidays as Building a Sense of Belonging to Our People
- Remembrance in the Holidays as Shaping Identity and a Sense of Belonging to the Jewish People
- The Memory of the Holocaust as Shaping Identity and Belonging
- Developments and Changes in the Holidays throughout the Generations and in How We Relate to Them
- Passover as a Reflection (Mise en Abyme) of the Jewish Holidays
- Lessons from Our Journey through the Jewish Calendar from a Child’s Overview
- Epilogue: How Should We Celebrate Independence Day?
BibliographyIndex of the Jewish Holidays

Über Autor(innen)

Yitzhak (Itzik) Peleg is professor emeritus of Bible Studies at the Gordon Academic College, Haifa, Israel. In addition to publishing numerous articles, Peleg is the author of ‘Go forth:’ the Forefathers’ Journeys in Bible Stories (Resling, 2013), and of Going Up and Going Down: A Key to Interpreting Jacob’s Dream (Bloomsbury, 2015). He has taught Bible to English-speaking students in Hebrew Union College, Institute of Religion, Jerusalem, and to English-speaking adult groups in Australia.Nancy Rosenfeld is an emerita lecturer at Max Stern College of the Jezreel Valley, Israel. She has published numerous articles, and two books: The Human Satan in Seventeenth-Century English Literature ((Ashgate, 2008), and John Bunyan’s Imaginary Writings in Context (Routledge, 2018). Rosenfeld belongs to the Israel Translators’ Association.