Saturday The Rabbi Went Hungry
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A cornerstone of the American cozy mystery genre, Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry is the second installment in Harry Kemelman's beloved Rabbi David Small series, following the small-town Massachusetts rabbi as he untangles a suspicious death on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. When a man is found dead in his car on the holiest day of the Jewish year, the local police are quick to rule it a suicide, but Rabbi Small's razor-sharp Talmudic reasoning leads him to suspect something far more sinister. Kemelman masterfully weaves authentic Jewish law, tradition, and theological debate into the fabric of the mystery, using the rabbi's scholarly mind as both the investigative engine and the novel's moral compass. The tone is warm yet intellectually brisk, inviting readers into the rhythms of Jewish communal life in a small New England town while delivering a genuinely clever whodunit. This series remains a landmark achievement in detective fiction for its seamless marriage of religious philosophy and suspenseful storytelling.
Author: Harry Kemelman
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966, Crown Publishers, Inc.
Genre: Fiction
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A cornerstone of the American cozy mystery genre, Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry is the second installment in Harry Kemelman's beloved Rabbi David Small series, following the small-town Massachusetts rabbi as he untangles a suspicious death on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. When a man is found dead in his car on the holiest day of the Jewish year, the local police are quick to rule it a suicide, but Rabbi Small's razor-sharp Talmudic reasoning leads him to suspect something far more sinister. Kemelman masterfully weaves authentic Jewish law, tradition, and theological debate into the fabric of the mystery, using the rabbi's scholarly mind as both the investigative engine and the novel's moral compass. The tone is warm yet intellectually brisk, inviting readers into the rhythms of Jewish communal life in a small New England town while delivering a genuinely clever whodunit. This series remains a landmark achievement in detective fiction for its seamless marriage of religious philosophy and suspenseful storytelling.