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Blending Jewish theology and mysticism, shows how ancient Jewish mystical tradition can address the needs of our generation. Encourages today's modern seeker to stretch to new ways of thinking with both heart and mind through the wisdom of Kabbalah.
List of contents
Confession, by Way of a Preface
Introduction:
Ehyeh as a Name of God
PART I: REREADING THE OLD TRADITION
1 Kabbalah Old and New
2 There Is Only One
3 Torah: Creation's Truth Revealed
4
Sefirot: The One and the Ten
5
'Olamot: Four Steps to Oneness
6
Shemot: The Way of Names
PART II: LOOKING TOWARD TOMORROW
7 Seeking a Path
8 Great Chain of Being: Kabbalah for an Environmental Age
9 All about Being Human: Image, Likeness, Memory
10 What about Evil?
11 The Life of Prayer
12 Community: Where
Shekhinah Dwells
Afterword: To Keep on Learning-Where Do I Go from Here?
Notes
About the author
Arthur Green, PhD, is recognized as one of the world's preeminent authorities on Jewish thought and spirituality. He is the Irving Brudnick professor of philosophy and religion at Hebrew College and rector of the Rabbinical School, which he founded in 2004. Professor emeritus at Brandeis University, he also taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as dean and president.
Dr. Green is author of several books including Judaism's Ten Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers; Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow; Seek My Face: A Jewish Mystical Theology; Your Word Is Fire: The Hasidic Masters on Contemplative Prayer and Tormented Master: The Life and Spiritual Quest of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav (all Jewish Lights). He is also author of Radical Judaism (Yale University Press) and coauthor of Speaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings from around the Maggid's Table. He is long associated with the Havurah movement and a neo-Hasidic approach to Judaism.
Summary
Blending Jewish theology and mysticism, shows how ancient Jewish mystical tradition can address the needs of our generation. Encourages today's modern seeker to stretch to new ways of thinking with both heart and mind through the wisdom of Kabbalah.
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"If you read this as I did, with a pen in hand, underlining sentences and writing 'Yes!' in the margins each time your heart echoes back a resounding confirmation, you will end up as I did, with a completely underlined book, an uplifted heart, renewed zeal—and instructions—for the spiritual practice of life."
—Sylvia Boorstein, author of Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake
"Arthur Green rescues Kabbalah from fundamentalists on the one hand and faddists on the other. Drawing on forty years of intense textual study and profound inner search, he fashions a revolutionary Kabbalah for those who yearn for a genuine spirituality, who cherish both heart and mind."
—Daniel C. Matt, author of Zohar: Annotated & Explained
“If you only have time to read one book on Jewish mysticism, this is it. Arthur Green, surely one of the great teachers of our generation, has brought the Kabbalah (back) to life. His book is informed, passionate and wise. It is the first door.”
—Lawrence Kushner, author of The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition
