{"title":"Joanna Weinberg","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoanna Weinberg’s works navigate the delicate intersections of \u003cstrong\u003ereligion, spirituality, and cultural identity\u003c\/strong\u003e. Her writing invites readers into a contemplative space where language and faith intertwine, offering profound reflections on tradition and belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom poetic meditations to explorations of communal experience, Weinberg’s books resonate with a deep appreciation of \u003cem\u003earts and culture\u003c\/em\u003e, revealing the subtle rhythms of heritage and spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"millers-point-songbook-by-joanna-weinberg-9781763576100","title":"Millers Point Songbook","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMillers Point Songbook\u003c\/i\u003e is a play performed in the Garrison Church during May, and it tracks the lives and stories of the people of Millers Point, Sydney, and the history of Sydney itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn words and music, the characters of Millers Point come to life. Residents from Colonial times to the present are portrayed, including Captain Grimes and Mary Underwood; Lieutenant Dawes and Patyegarang; Nita McCrae and Jack Mundey; and Myra and the residents of Sirius. The famous, the infamous, the colourful, and the ordinary residents of Millers Point are brought to life in the \u003ci\u003eMillers Point Songbook\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the telling of this story, the history of Australia's formation on the east coast is also conveyed, in particular the changing economic conditions of Sydney, first through whaling, then wool, then property. Music and lyrics have been written by Joanna Weinberg, as well as the direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWeinberg says: \"One of the most interesting things about writing the \u003ci\u003eMillers Point Songbook\u003c\/i\u003e is that I didn't grow up with this history. It was all new to me, so I was coming at this with great curiosity and no 'cultural cringe.' Millers Point is a new name, coined during the early Colonial period and I have tried to acknowledge that by writing the opening song, 'Every Sunbed hides a Ghost.' When I arrived in this country, I was shocked to see how little Aboriginal history was reflected in public places. That is changing somewhat now, and, while those are not my stories to tell, 'Every Sunbed' is a way of acknowledging the lost First Nations souls of the area before it was 'named.' In many of the history books I read, information about women and their roles in the neighbourhood was scant or simply absent. I have tried to address this by writing as many songs as possible from a female perspective.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMillers Point Songbook\u003c\/i\u003e features 24 songs that track the history of Sydney's colonial settlement in Millers Point, and its impact on the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487039996140,"sku":"9781763576100","price":14.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/0b50ee1dabb91490d56d7152cab6d9c2.jpg?v=1775778374"},{"product_id":"i-have-always-loved-the-holy-tongue-by-anthony-grafton-9780674048409","title":"“I have always loved the Holy Tongue”","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFusing high scholarship with high drama, \u003cb\u003eAnthony Grafton\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJoanna Weinberg\u003c\/b\u003e uncover a secret and extraordinary aspect of a legendary Renaissance scholar's already celebrated achievement. The French Protestant Isaac Casaubon (1559–1614) is known to us through his pedantic namesake in George Eliot's \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e. But in this book, the real Casaubon emerges as a genuine literary hero, an intrepid explorer in the world of books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a flair for storytelling reminiscent of Umberto Eco, Grafton and Weinberg follow Casaubon as he unearths the lost continent of Hebrew learning and adds this ancient lore to the well-known Renaissance revival of Latin and Greek.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe mystery begins with Mark Pattison's nineteenth-century biography of Casaubon. Here we encounter the Protestant Casaubon embroiled in intellectual quarrels with the Italian and Catholic orator Cesare Baronio. Setting out to understand the nature of this imbroglio, Grafton and Weinberg discover Casaubon's knowledge of Hebrew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClose reading and sedulous inquiry were Casaubon's tools in recapturing the lost learning of the ancients—and these are the tools that serve Grafton and Weinberg as they pore through pre-1600 books in Hebrew, and through Casaubon's own manuscript notebooks. Their search takes them from Oxford to Cambridge, from Dublin to Cambridge, Massachusetts, as they reveal how the scholar discovered the learning of the Hebrews—and at what cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47602995331308,"sku":"9780674048409","price":95.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674048409-i-have-always-loved-the-holy-tongue.jpg?v=1778052087"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/joanna-weinberg.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}