The Shabbat Elevator and other Sabbath Subterfuges

An Unorthodox Essay on Circumventing Custom and Jewish Character

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Alan Dundes

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This book focuses on the topic of circumventing custom with special emphasis on the ingenious ways Orthodox (and other) Jews have devised to avoid breaking the extensive list of activities forbidden on the Sabbath. After examining the sources of Sabbath observance as set forth in the Old Testament, the New Testament, and rabbinical writings, some of the most salient forms of circumvention are described. Then drawing on Freud's insights as to the obsessive nature of religious ritual and his persuasive delineation of anal erotic character, an attempt is made to analyze such facets of Jewish character (in addition to circumvention) as an undue concern with purity, and a long-established tradition of indulging in nit-picking and argumentation.

Author Biography:

Alan Dundes, professor of anthropology, and a leading authority in the study of folklore, at the University of California, is the author or editor of more than thirty books including Two Tales of Crow and Sparrow: A Freudian Folkloristic Essay on Caste and Untouchability, Holy Writ as Oral Lit: The Bible as Folklore, and International Folkloristics.

Release date Australia

January 21st, 2002

Author

Alan Dundes

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

208

Dimensions

148x228x12

ISBN-13

9780742516717

Product ID

7696386

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