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Finding our way : Jewish texts and the lives we lead today / Barry W. Holtz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2005.Edition: 2nd pbk. edDescription: 1 online resource (xiii, 271 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780827610262
  • 0827610262
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Finding our way.DDC classification:
  • 296.7 22
LOC classification:
  • BM723 .H65 2005eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Preface and Acknowledgments; Note to the Reader; Introduction; 1. Tradition; 2. Holy Living; 3. Being Serious; 4. God; 5. The Heart's Work; 6. The Circle of Community; 7. A World of Justice; 8. Holy Land; 9. Growing; Glossary; Notes; Index; Study Guide.
Summary: The ancient rabbis believed that the world rests on three pillars: study, worship, and good deeds. It is said that the greatest of these is study, for it leads to the other two. But exactly how does the modern Jewish reader go about studying the Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash-the great ancient and often hard-to-comprehend texts of our tradition? And how do we glean the great insights and wisdom from these sacred texts, which inspired our ancestors, and apply them to our modern lives? With guidance from renowned author and educator Barry Holtz, these ancient texts take on new meaning for us. He p.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)376298

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index.

Print version record.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Preface and Acknowledgments; Note to the Reader; Introduction; 1. Tradition; 2. Holy Living; 3. Being Serious; 4. God; 5. The Heart's Work; 6. The Circle of Community; 7. A World of Justice; 8. Holy Land; 9. Growing; Glossary; Notes; Index; Study Guide.

The ancient rabbis believed that the world rests on three pillars: study, worship, and good deeds. It is said that the greatest of these is study, for it leads to the other two. But exactly how does the modern Jewish reader go about studying the Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash-the great ancient and often hard-to-comprehend texts of our tradition? And how do we glean the great insights and wisdom from these sacred texts, which inspired our ancestors, and apply them to our modern lives? With guidance from renowned author and educator Barry Holtz, these ancient texts take on new meaning for us. He p.