Clepsydra Essay on the Plurality of Time in Judaism

"Sylvie-Anne Goldberg, a daughter of the Annales school, is truly a pioneer in the cultural history of Jewish time. Having her work available in English will help provide scope, grounding, and coherence to this lively area of current debate. It will at once set to rest some hoary falsehoods about Jewish 'timelessness' and spark new insights into the myriad and unexpected ways that Jewish temporalities are both distinctive and like those of the people amongst whom they live."-Jonathan Boyarin, Cornell University "Goldberg is a perceptive and eloquent observer of Jewish lore and customs, and Clepsydra is a fascinating essay."-Warren Zev Harvey, The Jewish Quarterly Review "An innovative perspective on time and Judaism and a contribution as valuable as its subject is vast. From now on, I will pause to ponder the attitudes towards time expressed by the authors, protagonists, and readers of the Jewish texts I encounter, and my anticipated musings are a greater gift than Sylvie Anne Goldberg could have given me with a fresh block of information."-David Malkiel, Bar-Ilan University