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1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) |
| Contents |
From Sinai to Sunday: the Holy Day in three religions and three families -- The birth of the Sabbath: from creation to Mount Sinai and into the Promised Land in 1100 BCE -- The fight for the Sabbath: from the monarchy to Jesus and the age of the rabbis: 1000 BCE to 200 CE -- The Lord's Day: Easter to 1600 -- Islam's Day of Judgment -- Citizens and Sabbatarians: 1600 to 1890 -- The Sabbath defeated, reborn, converted: 1890 to the present -- The window on eternity -- Give me a break: work, rest, equality, play, and place -- The promise of peace: sharing the Holy Day |
| Summary |
The Sabbath is the original feast day, a day of joy and freedom from work, a holy day that allows us to reconnect with God, our fellows and nature. Now, in a compelling blend of journalism, scholarship and personal memoir, Christopher D. Ringwald examines the Sabbath from Creation to the present, weaving together the stories of three families, three religions and three thousand years of history. A Day Apart is the first book to examine the Sabbath in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. A marvelously readable book, it offers a fascinating portrait of the basics of the three Sabbaths--the Muslim Ju |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-293) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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| Subject |
Sabbath
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Rest -- Religious aspects.
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RELIGION -- Holidays -- Other.
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Rest -- Religious aspects
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Sabbath
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Islam
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Religiöses Fest
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Sonntagsheiligung
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Interreligiöser Dialog
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Christentum
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Judentum
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Freitag
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Sabbat.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780195347425 |
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0195347420 |
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0199708363 |
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9780199708369 |
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0195165365 |
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9780195165364 |
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9786611156350 |
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6611156356 |
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1281156353 |
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9781281156358 |
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1429468807 |
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9781429468800 |
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