Letter in the Scroll Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion

Name: Letter in the Scroll Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
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ISBN: 9780743267427

ISBN-10: 0743267427

ISBN-13: 9780743267427

Edition: 2004

Authors: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

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For too long, Jews have defined themselves in light of the bad things that have happened to them. And it is true that, many times in the course of history, they have been nearly decimated: when the First and Second Temples were destroyed, when the Jews were expelled from Spain, when Hitler proposed his Final Solution. Astoundingly, the Jewish people have survived catastrophe after catastrophe and remained a thriving and vibrant community. The question Rabbi Jonathan Sacks asks is, quite simply: How? How, in the face of such adversity, has Judaism remained and flourished, making a mark on human history out of all proportion to its numbers? Written originally as a wedding gift to his son and…

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List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 4/16/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.37" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Prologue



The Question



Why Be Jewish?



Answers



Who Am I? Who Are We?



A Letter in the Scroll



The Journey



A Palace in Flames



The Idea of Man



Covenantal Morality



The Chosen People



The Vision



Exodus and Revelation



Covenantal Society



Tragedy and Triumph



Truth Lived



The Future



In the Valley of the Shadow



Ambivalence and Assimilation



This Is Ours



Why I Am a Jew


NoteS


AcknowledgmentS


Index