Etrog How A Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol /

• Main Author: Moster, David Z. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Judaism.; Religion-History.; China-History.; Middle East-History.; History of Religion.; History of China.; History of the Middle East.

Every year before the holiday of Sukkot, Jews all around the world purchase an etrog-a lemon-like fruit-to participate in the holiday ritual. In this book, David Z. Moster tracks the etrog from its evolutionary home in Yunnan, China, to the lands of India, Iran, and finally Israel, where it became i...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Journey from China to Israel
• Chapter 3 - The Many Interpretations of Peri 'eṣ Hadar (Leviticus 23:40)
• Chapter 4 - From Foreign Import to Jewish Symbol.-6. Addendum: Hala Sultan Tekke and Karnak.