The Purim Anthology

Buch | Softcover

564 Seiten

2018
Jewish Publication Society (Verlag)
9780827613195 (ISBN)

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Back by popular demand, the classic JPS Holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. The Purim Anthology recounts the origins of the first Purim, then examines festival observances in different eras throughout the world, laws and rites, and finally provides plays and poems, stories and songs.

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 Purim Anthology recounts the origins of the first Purim, then examines festival observances in different eras throughout the world, laws and rites, and finally provides plays and poems, stories and songs. This treasury includes “The Origin of Purim” by Solomon Grayzel, “The Esther Story in Art” by Rachel Wischnitzer, “Purim in Music” by A. W. Binder (including an extensive compilation of Purim songs), “The History of Purim Plays” by Jacob Shatzky, Purim celebrations in Tel Aviv by Mortimer J. Cohen, and Purim in humor by Israel Davidson-all together a thoughtful and fun-filled literary feast.

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. He is the author or editor of many books, including seven volumes in the JPS Holiday Anthologies series.

List of Illustrations
A Note from the Publisher
Preface
Acknowledgments

BOOK ONE
THE STORY OF PURIM

THE ORIGIN OF PURIM
SPECIAL PURIMS
PURIM IN MANY LANDS

BOOK TWO
PURIM IN LITERATURE, ART AND MUSIC

PURIM IN THE BIBLE
PURIM IN POST-BIBLICAL WRITINGS
PURIM IN TALMUD AND MIDRASH
PURIM IN JEWISH LAW
PURIM IN MODERN PROSE
PURIM IN THE SHORT STORY
PURIM IN POETRY
PURIM IN MUSIC
THE ESTHER STORY IN ART

BOOK THREE
PURIM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

STORIES FOR PURIM
POEMS FOR PURIM

BOOK FOUR
PURIM JOY

PURIM PRANKS
THE HISTORY OF PURIM PARODY IN JEWISH LITERATURE
THE HISTORY OF PURIM PLAYS
PURIM CURIOSITIES
PURIM WIT AND HUMOR
PURIM PARTIES AND PROGRAMS
PURIM DANCES
PURIM DELICACIES

BOOK FIVE
COMMEMORATION OF PURIM

PURIM IN THE SYNAGOGUE

MUSIC SUPPLEMENT

LITURGICAL MUSIC
HEBREW SONGS
YIDDISH SONGS
ENGLISH SONGS
PARODIES IN ENGLISH

Glossary of Purim Terms
Bibliography
Notes

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2018
Reihe/Serie	The JPS Holiday Anthologies
Zusatzinfo	11 photographs, 44 illustrations, 1 glossary
Verlagsort	Philadelphia
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-13	9780827613195 / 9780827613195
Zustand	Neuware