A day apart : how Jews, Christians, and Muslims find faith, freedom, and joy on the Sabbath
The Sabbath is the original feast day, a day of joy and freedom from work, a holy day that allows us to reconnect with God, our fellows and nature. Now, in a compelling blend of journalism, scholarship and personal memoir, Christopher D. Ringwald examines the Sabbath from Creation to the present, weaving together the stories of three families, three religions and three thousand years of history. A Day Apart is the first book to examine the Sabbath in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. A marvelously readable book, it offers a fascinating portrait of the basics of the three Sabbaths--the Muslim Ju
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9780195347425, 9780199708369, 9780195165364, 9786611156350, 9781281156358, 9781429468800, 0195347420, 0199708363, 0195165365, 6611156356, 1281156353, 1429468807
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From Sinai to Sunday: the Holy Day in three religions and three families
The birth of the Sabbath: from creation to Mount Sinai and into the Promised Land in 1100 BCE
The fight for the Sabbath: from the monarchy to Jesus and the age of the rabbis: 1000 BCE to 200 CE
The Lord's Day: Easter to 1600
Islam's Day of Judgment
Citizens and Sabbatarians: 1600 to 1890
The Sabbath defeated, reborn, converted: 1890 to the present
The window on eternity
Give me a break: work, rest, equality, play, and place
The promise of peace: sharing the Holy Day
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011
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