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The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible By Friedman, Matti 2012-05 - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 9781616200404 Check Our Catalog This true detective story unveils the journey of a 10th-century bible known as the Aleppo Codex. Using his independent research, Friedman proposes a new theory of what happened when the codex left Syria in the 1940s and surfaced in Jerusalem, mysteriously incomplete. …More

Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza By Hoffman, Adina Author Cole, Peter 2011-04 - Schocken Books Inc 9780805242584 Check Our Catalog Acclaimed essayist Hoffman and MacArthur-winning poet and translator Cole tell the story of the recovery from a Cairo geniza (a repository for worn-out texts) of the most vital cache of Hebrew manuscripts ever discovered. …More

The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time By Shulevitz, Judith 2011-04 - Random House Trade 9780812971736 Check Our Catalog What is the Sabbath, anyway? The holy day of rest? The first effort to protect the rights of workers? A smart way to manage stress in a world in which computers never get turned off and work never comes to an end? Or simply an oppressive, outmoded rite? In "The Sabbath World, " Judith Shulevitz explores the Jewish and Christian day of rest, from its origins in the ancient world to its complicated observance in the modern one. Braiding ideas together with memories, Shulevitz delves into the legends, history, and philosophy that have grown up around a custom that has lessons for all of us, not just the religious. The shared day of nonwork has built communities, sustained cultures, and connected us to the memory of our ancestors and to our better selves, but it has also aroused as much resentment as love. "The Sabbath World" tells this surprising story together with an account of Shulevitz's own struggle to keep this difficult, rewarding day. …More

I Am Forbidden By Markovits, Anouk 2013-02 - Hogarth 9780307984746 Check Our Catalog …More

The Lawgiver By Wouk, Herman 2012-11 - Simon & Schuster 9781451699388 Check Our Catalog For more than 50 years, legendary author Wouk has dreamed of writing a novel about the life of Moses. Finally, at age 96, he has found an ingeniously witty way to tell the tale in a romantic and suspenseful epistolary novel about a group of people trying to make a movie about Moses in the present day. …More

What We Talk about When We Talk about Anne Frank: Stories By Englander, Nathan 2013-03 - Vintage Books 9780307949608 Check Our Catalog These eight new stories from the celebrated novelist and short-story writer Englander display a gifted young author grappling with the great questions of modern life, with a command of language and the imagination that place Englander at the very forefront of contemporary American fiction. …More