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The Sabbath, by Abraham Joseph Heschel, with Ilya Schor (Illustrator). List Price: ~~$11.00~~ our Price: $8.80, you save: $2.20 (20%). Paperback (September 1996) Noonday Press, ISBN: 0374512671. A.J. Heschel, a Jewish scholar, paints a brilliant picture of the Sabbath. This philosophy of the Sabbath deepens our understanding of the spiritual meaning of God's weekly Holy Day.

Divine Rest for Human Restlessness, A Theological Study of the Good News of the Sabbath for Today, by Samuele Bacchiocchi. Our Price: $15.00. Paperback (June 1980) Biblical Perspectives; ISBN: 9994610244. This is the best book available on the theology of Sabbath-keeping. (You may also order this book for $12.50 from Giving & Sharing, PO Box 100, Neck City, MO 64849.)

The Jewish Festivals : A Guide to Their History and Observance, by Hayyim Schauss, Harold S. Kushner (Introduction). Paperback - 316 pages (September 1996). Schocken Books; ISBN: 0805209379. This is a classic book on the Jewish perspective of Biblical Holy Days.

Code of Maimonides, Book 3, Part 8: Sanctification of the New Moon by Moses Maimonides. Solomon Gandz (Translator), Julian Obermann (Introduction). Hardcover (December 1956). ISBN: 0300004761. An explanation of the background for the Hebrew Calendar.

Additional recommended reading:

Sabbath Under Crossfire, A Biblical analysis of Recent Sabbath/Sunday Developments, by Dr. Samuele Bacchiocchi. List Price: $15.00. Paperback (1998) Biblical Perspectives. Send $12.50 plus $2 postage to: Giving & Sharing, PO Box 100, Neck City, MO 64849. Click here for review of this excellent book. Common anti-Sabbath arguments of Joseph Tkach and Dale Ratzlaff effectively answered.

From Sabbath to Sunday: A Historical Investigation of the Rise of Sunday Observance in Early Christianity, by Dr. Samuele Bacchiocchi. List Price: $15.00. Paperback (1998) Biblical Perspectives. Send $12.50 plus $2 postage to: Giving & Sharing, PO Box 100, Neck City, MO 64849. Sunday-keeping came not from the Bible, or the early New Testament Church, but from an interplay of social and political factors in Rome.