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On Being a Jew

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor James Kugel is the Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard University and Professor of Bible at Bar Ilan University, Israel. He is the author of Poetry and Prophecy, Early Biblical Interpretation and The Idea of Biblical Poetry, the last available from Johns Hopkins. His The Bible as It Was , an introduction to the Torah's ancient interpreters, was published in 1997. Klappentext What should a Jew consider before marrying a non-Jew? What should a Jew know about Hebrew? What does it mean to keep the Sabbath? In the Medieval period, young Jews found answers to their most pressing questions about Judaism in The Book of the Kuzari. That book, written in the form of a dialogue, addressed an array of questions that led from explanations of everyday practices to the depth and grandeur of the Torah.On Being a Jew brings The Book of the Kuzari up to date. In a conversational format, it answers basic questions about the purposes of ritual, the duties of study, work, and home life, the importance of prayer and history, and the subtleties of the Torah and its interpretations that are obscured or lost in translation.

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Authors James Kugel, James (Harry Starr Professor of Classical Kugel, James L. Kugel, Kugel James
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 10.07.1998
 
EAN 9780801859434
ISBN 978-0-8018-5943-4
No. of pages 202
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism

RELIGION / Judaism / General, Judaism, Religious life and practice, Religious life & practice

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