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Etrog: How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol

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 integral to the Jewish celebration of Sukkot during the Second Temple period. Moster explains what Sukkot was like before and after the arrival of the etrog, and why the etrog’s identification as the “choice tree fruit” of Leviticus 23:40 was by no means predetermined. He also demonstrates that once the fruit became associated with the holiday of Sukkot, it began to appear everywhere in Jewish art during the Roman and Byzantine periods, and eventually became a symbol for all the fruits of the land, and perhaps even the Jewish people as a whole.

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Etrog: How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol

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 integral to the Jewish celebration of Sukkot during the Second Temple period. Moster explains what Sukkot was like before and after the arrival of the etrog, and why the etrog’s identification as the “choice tree fruit” of Leviticus 23:40 was by no means predetermined. He also demonstrates that once the fruit became associated with the holiday of Sukkot, it began to appear everywhere in Jewish art during the Roman and Byzantine periods, and eventually became a symbol for all the fruits of the land, and perhaps even the Jewish people as a whole.

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Etrog: How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol

Etrog: How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol

by David Z. Moster
Etrog: How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol
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Etrog: How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol

Etrog: How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol

by David Z. Moster

Overview

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 integral to the Jewish celebration of Sukkot during the Second Temple period. Moster explains what Sukkot was like before and after the arrival of the etrog, and why the etrog’s identification as the “choice tree fruit” of Leviticus 23:40 was by no means predetermined. He also demonstrates that once the fruit became associated with the holiday of Sukkot, it began to appear everywhere in Jewish art during the Roman and Byzantine periods, and eventually became a symbol for all the fruits of the land, and perhaps even the Jewish people as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783319737355
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Publication date: 03/28/2018
Pages: 143
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)

About the Author

David Z. Moster is a Research Fellow in the Department of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College and a Lecturer at the Center for Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins at Nyack College, USA.

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
Chapter 5 - Conclusion
Chapter 6 -Addendum: Hala Sultan Tekke and Karnak

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