Prophetic Voices: Renewing and Reimagining Haftarah Symons Barbara Ab
Prophetic Voices: Renewing and Reimagining Haftarah Symons Barbara Ab The traditional haftarah cycle, read on Shabbat and holidays during the Torah service, contains a wealth of prophetic wisdom, yet…
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Prophetic Voices: Renewing and Reimagining Haftarah Symons Barbara Ab
The traditional haftarah cycle, read on Shabbat and holidays during the Torah service, contains a wealth of prophetic wisdom, yet today it is too often forgotten or ignored. A diverse group of contributors--including rabbis, cantors, scholars, educators, activists, and poets--provide short commentaries on each haftarah, demonstrating their profound relevance to the present. Prophetic Voices gives new life to these ancient texts.
Going beyond the Prophets, it presents alternative readings from Jewish texts biblical to contemporary. Moreover, the volume boldly invites us to rethink the haftarah canon. New haftarot for each Shabbat and holiday are included, plus haftarot for the Jewish American calendar, from Yom HaShoah to Pride Month to Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The readings are enhanced by scholarly essays placing the Prophets in historical context and examining the role of