Judaism's Ten Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers
A welcoming introduction to the most important ideas in Judaism.
In an age of fluid identity, many people are honestly asking the question "Why be Jewish?" What in this religious and ethnic legacy is worth preserving? Does Judaism have something unique to offer a contemporary seeker free to choose a way of life and a system of values?
Here is the answer of a leading spiritual teacher who has faced these questions in conversation with generations of students. With warmth, humor, personal and rabbinic stories and down-to-earth explanations, Arthur Green presents the ideas in Judaism that kept him loyal to the tradition passed on to him. The result is an enticing look into timeless Jewish wisdom that will encourage you to explore further and search out the riches of Judaism for yourself.
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Book details
- Author
- Arthur Green
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism › Kabbalah & Mysticism
Religion › Judaism › Theology - Topics
- Jewish theology · Jewish spirituality · Kabbalah and mysticism · Jewish identity · spiritual seeking · Jewish wisdom · contemporary Jewish thought
- ISBN-13
- 9781580238038 (Paperback)9781684422920 (Hardcover)
About the author
ARTHUR GREEN is a rabbi, theologian, and author of over twenty books, including Judaism for the World, Radical Judaism and Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow.
Green holds a PhD from Brandeis University and rabbinical ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He is the Irving Brudnick Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Religion at Hebrew College in Newton, MA, rector of its Rabbinical School, which he founded in 2004, and professor emeritus at Brandeis University, where he held the Philip W. Lown Professorship of Jewish Thought. Judaism for the World received the National Jewish Book Award.
When he is not writing, Green draws on long association with the Havurah movement and a neo-Hasidic approach to Judaism, both of which shape the theological and spiritual concerns running throughout his work.