LEADER 02976oam 2200469z 450 001 9910141753103321 005 20241204160848.0 024 8 $ahttps://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv6cfpk1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000409864 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90059 035 $a(ScCtBLL)8040027a-5489-43a1-9b98-af283b4afa7a 035 $a(OCoLC)180772924 035 $a(oapen)doab90059 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000409864 100 $a20130908h20052005 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAsk now of the days that are past /$fEliezer Segal 210 $aCalgary$cUniversity of Calgary Press$d2005 210 1$aCalgary, Alberta :$cUniversity of Calgary Press,$d[2005]. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 311 pages)$cdigital, PDF file(s) 311 08$a9781552386736 311 08$a1552386732 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aScribes and scholarship --Holiness and heresy --Encounters and enlightenings --Babies, brides, and burials --Congregation and community --Policy and piety --Economics and ethics --Buildings and blessings --Life and leasure. 330 $aWritten for a general audience, the essays collected here present refreshing and often humorous glimpses of various topics in Jewish history and traditional religious literature. Inspired by the diversity of Jewish thought, author and scholar Eliezer Segal sheds light on the social and political forces that have brought the Jewish community together in the past and still speak with familiarity to a modern western culture. Enlightening and entertaining, Professor Segal's writing is a rare blend of scholarship and wit, highlighting contemporary experiences that bring the rich heritage of Jewish civilization to life for the everyday reader. With an extensive and broad knowledge of ancient and medieval Jewish social and religious traditions, Segal deftly crafts anecdotes and explanations that address the tribulations of contemporary life. From topics as diverse as panhandling, tennis, vampires, and the history of the tomato to themes as universal as weddings, charity, and taxation, the essays presented here, some for the first time in English, all include detailed notes on sources for further reading. Equally suited to those after a light-hearted romp or those on a serious quest for knowledge, Ask Now of the Days that Are Past is sure to satisfy anyone who has ever wondered how the past still influences us today. 606 $aJudaism 606 $aEthnology 615 0$aJudaism. 615 0$aEthnology. 676 $a296 700 $aSegal$b Eliezer$0802010 702 $aSegal$b Eliezer$4oth 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910141753103321 996 $aAsk Now of the Days that are Past$91803278 997 $aUNINA