Haggadah by Martha Shelley
Literary Nonfiction. Poetry. Jewish Studies. Middle Eastern Studies. Women's Studies. Translated from the Hebrew by Ilana Brody. HAGADAH means the telling. The escape from Egypt is the defining legend, the central drama of the Jews. Every nation coalesces around such an epic; its people project themselves into the story, aspire to the virtues of its heroes, and through periodic retelling or dramatization, transmit their values to the next generation. The traditional HAGADAH offers a set of instructions for conducting the Passover service, interspersed with readings from the Bible, rabbinical commentaries, legends, prayers, hymns and children's songs. Written by men and addressing men, the traditional text has not historically offered much space for women to see themselves as fully involved in or spoken to by the powerful drama of human freedom articulated by the HAGADAH. In HAGADAH: A CELEBRATION OF FREDOM, Martha Shelley brings a new vision to the traditional text.Crossing the DMZ and Mothers are two collections of poetry by Martha Shelley, a self-described red-diaper infant and veteran feminist activist. Many anthologies have published her short tales, essays, and poems. She has lately completed substantial study on the life of women in ancient and present Middle Eastern civilizations, which she is putting into a novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781879960534 |
| ISBN 10 | 1879960532 |
| Title | Haggadah |
| Author | Martha Shelley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Aunt Lute Books |
| Year published | 1998-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 58 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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