Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-12-27
Books mentioned on Best Of: Sabbath and the Art of Rest
Ezra Klein recommended The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel, Hessel by Hessel Family, and Middlemarch by George Eliot, and discussed The Sabbath World by Judith Shulevitz. Judith Shulevitz recommended Adam Bede by George Eliot, The Seven Day Circle by Eviatar Zerubavel, and On the Clock by Emily Guendelsberger.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Sabbath
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a profound theological exploration of time, sacred rest, and the spiritual dimensions of Judaism.
Recommended“When I was in college uh a rabbi I knew he gave me Abraham Joshua hessel's book the Sabbath”
Where to get it
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The Sabbath World
The Sabbath World by Judith Shulevitz is a reflective exploration of the history, meaning, and modern practice of the Sabbath, examining how designated days of rest shape human psychology, culture, and spiritual life.
Discussed“in her beautiful book the Sabbath World Judith schvitz looks very squarely at that question”
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Hessel
Hessel by Hessel Family is a historical or biographical work concerning the Hessel family dynamics and legacy.
Recommended“well I was going to recommend Hessel but I am going to skip that because we've talked about it a lot”
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Adam Bede
Adam Bede by George Eliot is an acclaimed 1859 novel exploring moral responsibility, community dynamics, and social change in an English village at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Recommended“so I would say that the first book I recommend is by George Elliott so that's the gnome de plume of Maryann Evans and her most famous novel you've probably heard of it is middl March but her first novel was called Adam beid”
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch by George Eliot is widely celebrated as a masterwork of Victorian literature, chronicling the lives and aspirations of provincial society in the fictional town of Middlemarch.
Recommended“and her most famous novel you've probably heard of it is middl March”
Where to get it
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The Seven Day Circle
The Seven Day Circle by Eviatar Zerubavel provides a comprehensive examination of the history, structure, and cultural significance of the seven-day week as a foundational human institution.
Recommended“the second book I would recommend is called the seven-day Circle and it's by a sociologist who actually invented something I draw on heavily in my book called The sociology of time his name is evat zerubavel”
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On the Clock
On the Clock by Emily Guendelsberger is an immersive piece of investigative journalism that explores the brutal realities of low-wage work and the pervasive pressures of the modern just-in-time economy.
Recommended“and the third book I would recommend is uh by a young journalist named Emily gwend elberger and it's called on the clock what low AG work did to me and how it drives America insane”
Where to get it
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“so I would say that the first book I recommend is by George Elliott so that's the gnome de plume of Maryann Evans and her most famous novel you've probably heard of it is middl March”