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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 263.93
EAN num: 9780310263159
ISBN number: 0310263158
Label: Zondervan
Manufacturer: Zondervan
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: February 01, 2007
Publishing house: Zondervan
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Stories Behind the Traditions and Songs of Easter reveals the real inspiration behind the customs, symbols, and special music of Easter. Through his gift as a storyteller, award-winning author Ace Collins brings new meaning and depth to the celebration of Easter.
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Hard to say where the author got his information, since he doesn't bother with a bibliography, but he would have benefitted from reading actual scholarship on calendar customs rather than reproducing such popular claptrap as the so-called Celtic Tree Calendar and the notion of a goddess named Easter/Eostre--speculation by Bede more than verified tradition. To his credit, the author embraces traditional non-Christian customs of the seasons such as eggs and bunnies by saying they are appropriate celebrations of renewal, helping the celebrants to the "true" message of the Resurrection. A quibbler might point out that the Resurrection itself can be seen as merely symbolic of Spring renewal, just like any of these other customs, but Collins's way does allow for the protection of such secular traditions. He appears to be on firmer ground with his chapters on hymns, and provides a number of interesting stories of their origins.
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