Fire and the Sabbath : a look at Exodus 35:3 and the Jewish exegetical history of the biblical prohibition against using fire on the Sabbath day

This paper examines the exegetical history of the prohibition against kindling fire on the Sabbath day. Since its biblical inception Ex. 35:3, the prohibition against kindling fire on the Sabbath, has undergone a multiplicity of interpretations. The texts examined in this paper survey the treatment...

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Main Author: Weiser, Deborah
Other Authors: Levy, B. Barry (advisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2002
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29526