'Remember the Sabbath': a history of technological decisions and innovation in Orthodox Jewish communities. (2nd April 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- 'Remember the Sabbath': a history of technological decisions and innovation in Orthodox Jewish communities. (2nd April 2020)
- Main Title:
- 'Remember the Sabbath': a history of technological decisions and innovation in Orthodox Jewish communities
- Authors:
- Bix, Amy Sue
- Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: The relationship of Modern Orthodox Jewish communities to technology is mediated by the calendar, following requirements to keep the Sabbath holy. As nineteenth-, twentieth-, and twentyfirst-century inventions reshaped work, public spaces, and domestic living, rabbis intensely debated whether, how, and why observant Jewish people should avoid using electric switches, kitchen appliances, elevators, and other everyday devices on the Sabbath. To justify their decisions, rabbis interrogated minute technical details of these objects. Sabbath prohibitions promoted innovation, as rabbis collaborated with Jewish engineers to create what they judged to be Sabbath-compliant adaptions of everyday technologies. Given that prominent rabbis often disagreed about proper technology use on the Sabbath, Jewish families had the opportunity to decide for themselves what counted as authentic devotion in handling personal and domestic technologies.
- Is Part Of:
- History and technology. Volume 36:Isuse 2(2020)
- Journal:
- History and technology
- Issue:
- Volume 36:Isuse 2(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 36, Issue 2 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 36
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0036-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 205
- Page End:
- 239
- Publication Date:
- 2020-04-02
- Subjects:
- Judaism -- Sabbath -- electrification -- household technologies
Technology -- History -- Periodicals
Technology -- Social aspects -- Periodicals
306.4605 - Journal URLs:
- http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/app/home/journal.asp?wasp=49tlrkrgukdv076klqfw&referrer=parent&backto=searchpublicationsresults, 1, 1;homemain, 1, 1; ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ghat20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/07341512.2020.1816339 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0734-1512
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- Legaldeposit
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