Etrog

How A Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol

David Z. Moster (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XV, 144 Seiten

2019 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783030088477 (ISBN)

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Every year before the holiday of Sukkot, Jews all around the world purchase an etrog-a lemon-like fruit-to participate in the holiday ritual. In this book, David Z. Moster tracks the etrog from its evolutionary home in Yunnan, China, to the lands of India, Iran, and finally Israel, where it became integral to the Jewish celebration of Sukkot during the Second Temple period. Moster explains what Sukkot was like before and after the arrival of the etrog, and why the etrog's identification as the "choice tree fruit" of Leviticus 23:40 was by no means predetermined. He also demonstrates that once the fruit became associated with the holiday of Sukkot, it began to appear everywhere in Jewish art during the Roman and Byzantine periods, and eventually became a symbol for all the fruits of the land, and perhaps even the Jewish people as a whole.

David Z. Moster is the Director of the Institute of Biblical Culture (BiblicalCulture.org), a live online community with classes taught by professors from both Jewish and Christian backgrounds. He is also a fellow in the department of Jewish Studies at Brooklyn College. David received his PhD in Hebrew Bible from Bar-Ilan University in Israel. Before attending Bar-Ilan, David spent two years studying in Israel and holds M.S. and Rabbinical Degrees (semikah) from Yeshiva University, as well as an M.A. in Hebrew Bible from New York University.

Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Journey from China to Israel Chapter 3 - The Many Interpretations of Peri 'es Hadar (Leviticus 23:40) Chapter 4 - From Foreign Import to Jewish Symbol Chapter 5 - Conclusion Chapter 6 -Addendum: Hala Sultan Tekke and Karnak

"The volume comes as well with a variety of photos, drawings, and maps, along with an addendum ... a bibliography, and indexes of primary sources and subjects." (Old Testament Abstracts, Vol. 42 (1), February, 2019)

Erscheinungsdatum	29.01.2019
Zusatzinfo	XV, 144 p. 83 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	217 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
Schlagworte	China • citron • Second Temple • sukkot • Yunnan
ISBN-13	9783030088477 / 9783030088477
Zustand	Neuware