Read and Download eBook Full
Author: Kelly Easton Ruben
Publisher: Kar-Ben
Published: 2016-02-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1467796115
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt Passover, Sarah saves a spot for the prophet Elijah who is said to visit every seder. But when the electricity goes out in neighboring buildings, Sarah invites the neighbors over. Will there be a chair left for Elijah?
Author: Elijah Anderson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2020-05-22
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 022677502X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paperback edition of A Place on the Corner marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Elijah Anderson's sociological classic, a study of street corner life at a local barroom/liquor store located in the ghetto on Chicago's South Side. Anderson returned night after night, month after month, to gain a deeper understanding of the people he met, vividly depicting how they created—and recreated—their local stratification system. In addition, Anderson introduces key sociological concepts, including "the extended primary group" and "being down." The new preface and appendix in this edition expand on Anderson's original work, telling the intriguing story of how he went about his field work among the men who frequented Jelly's corner.
Author:
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEight stories celebrate the legends of Elijah in different parts of the world, spanning 17 centuries. Full color.
Author: Daniel C. Matt
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2022-01-01
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 0300242700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of the prophet Elijah's transformation from fierce zealot to compassionate hero and cherished figure in Jewish tradition "In a series on Jewish Lives, this volume is about the Jewish life--the one that goes on forever. Becoming Elijah blends meticulous scholarship with bold literary and poetic imagination. Don't miss it!"--Arthur Green, author of Judaism for the World "The author's erudite prose and masterful command of history and faith traditions bring his subject to vibrant life. This is an edifying and accessible chronicle of a towering religious figure."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) In the Bible Elijah is a zealous prophet, attacking idolatry and injustice, championing God. He performs miracles, restoring life and calling down fire. When his earthly life ends, he vanishes in a whirlwind, carried off to heaven in a fiery chariot. Was this a spectacular death, or did Elijah escape death entirely? The latter view prevailed. Though residing in heaven, Elijah revisits earth--to help, rescue, enlighten, and eventually herald the Messiah. Because of his messianic role, Jews open the door for Elijah during each seder--the meal commemorating liberation from slavery and anticipating final redemption. How did this zealot turn into a compassionate hero--apparently the most popular figure in Jewish tradition? Becoming Elijah explores this question, tracing how Elijah develops from the Bible to Rabbinic Judaism, Kabbalah, and Jewish ritual (as well as Christianity and Islam). His transformation is pertinent and inspirational for our polarized, fanatical world.
Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2012-09-01
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 0545281199
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaster storyteller Christopher Paul Curtis's Newbery Honor novel, featuring his trademark humor and unique narrative voice, is now part of the Scholastic Gold line! Elijah of Buxton, recipient of the Newbery Honor and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. This edition includes exclusive bonus content!Eleven-year-old Elijah lives in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves near the American border. Elijah's the first child in town to be born free, and he ought to be famous just for that -- not to mention for being the best at chunking rocks and catching fish. Unfortunately, all that most people see is a "fra-gile" boy who's scared of snakes and tends to talk too much. But everything changes when a former slave steals money from Elijah's friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Now it's up to Elijah to track down the thief -- and his dangerous journey just might make a hero out of him, if only he can find the courage to get back home.
Author: Safet HadžiMuhamedović
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2021-12-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1800732198
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWaiting for Elijah is an intimate portrait of time-reckoning, syncretism, and proximity in one of the world’s most polarized landscapes, the Bosnian Field of Gacko. Centered on the shared harvest feast of Elijah’s Day, the once eagerly awaited pinnacle of the annual cycle, the book shows how the fractured postwar landscape beckoned the return of communal life that entails such waiting. This seemingly paradoxical situation—waiting to wait—becomes a starting point for a broader discussion on the complexity of time set between cosmology, nationalism, and embodied memories of proximity.
Author: Ruth Fredman Cernea
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEach spring Jews throughout the world gather to celebrate Passover with the feast of the Seder that commemorates God's deliverance of the Jews from slavery in Egypt--the event that led to the reaffirmation of the covenant between God and the Jews and to God's gift of the Torah at Sinai. In an age in which ritual observance among Jews is on the decline, this ancient ritual is still vital. Using anthropological theories, history, folklore, religious writings, and personal observation, Fredman shows why the Seder continues to be a fundamental part of the process by which Jewish society creates and defines itself.
Author: Eliyahu Stern
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013-01-08
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 0300183224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDIV Elijah ben Solomon, the "Genius of Vilna,” was perhaps the best-known and most understudied figure in modern Jewish history. This book offers a new narrative of Jewish modernity based on Elijah's life and influence. While the experience of Jews in modernity has often been described as a process of Western European secularization—with Jews becoming citizens of Western nation-states, congregants of reformed synagogues, and assimilated members of society—Stern uses Elijah’s story to highlight a different theory of modernization for European life. Religious movements such as Hasidism and anti-secular institutions such as the yeshiva emerged from the same democratization of knowledge and privatization of religion that gave rise to secular and universal movements and institutions. Claimed by traditionalists, enlighteners, Zionists, and the Orthodox, Elijah’s genius and its afterlife capture an all-embracing interpretation of the modern Jewish experience. Through the story of the “Vilna Gaon,” Stern presents a new model for understanding modern Jewish history and more generally the place of traditionalism and religious radicalism in modern Western life and thought. /div
Author: Evangelist Lousie Trice
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2011-07-14
Total Pages: 101
ISBN-13: 1462028063
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn her first book, A Place in the Son, Ascending the Mountain of God, Evangelist Louise Trice gives insightful and enlightened instruction concerning the process of spiritual growth. She uses the word of God, and her personal testimonies to illustrate her own process of spiritual growth and evolution from difficulties and troubles, to a place of grace and peace. The book is a teaching book with the goal of helping others to master the spiritual climb and to ultimately findA Place in the Son.
Author: Elijah Anderson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2012-03-12
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0393340511
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Yale sociology professor discusses how everyday people meet the demands of urban living through islands of civility he calls "cosmopolitan canopies" and describes how activities carried out under this canopy can ease racial tensions and promote harmony.
