Research Catalog

Title

Ask now of the days that are past / Eliezer Segal.

Author

Segal, Eliezer

Publication

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, c2005.

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Details

Description

xii, 311 p.; 19 cm.

Subject

• Judaism
• Judaïsme

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

People of the book -- How to start a Jewish newspaper -- The European Genizah -- The crown of Aleppo -- Where seldom is heard a mystical word -- A dubious blessing -- Hiwi the heretic -- Rabbi in the abbey -- Thou shall not kill -- On the other hand -- Birth rites -- May the best man win -- Beauty versus virtue : an age-old argument -- Who was Rembrandt's Jewish bride? -- Beneath the stars -- All cows go to heaven -- Trimming the guest list -- Service interruption -- Buddy can you spare a dime? -- Taking leave of our census -- The wagers of sin -- Affairs of state -- Prophets, protests, and pepper spray -- The vice-president of Grenada -- Majority rules -- Baldness, bears, and bottled water -- Minimizing your assets -- Not all that glisters -- You can bank on it -- Ransom note -- The price is right -- Rabbi, watch out for that beam -- Beam me up -- The walls have ears -- Preparing for a prophet -- Healthy advice from the top authorities -- Tennis, anyone? -- Keeping the ball in play -- Pushing Torah -- The siren's song -- The power of the human voice -- The love apple -- Horse sense -- The right vampire -- Going to the ants.

ISBN

1552381315 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2005391905

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library