The Way Into Encountering God In Judaism
An accessible introduction to the Jewish understanding of God
throughout history―and today.
The Way Into Encountering God in Judaism is an accessible introduction to the Jewish understanding of God throughout history―and today.
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Book details
- Author
- Neil Gillman
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism
- Topics
- Jewish theology · concept of God · Jewish spirituality · monotheism · Jewish history · religious belief
- ISBN-13
- 9781580231992 (Paperback)9781580230254 (Hardcover)
About the author
RABBI NEIL GILLMAN was a philosopher and rabbi who held the Aaron Rabinowitz and Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Jewish Philosophy chair at the Jewish Theological Seminary. His books include Doing Jewish Theology, Traces of God, and The Jewish Approach to God.
Gillman’s book Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew won the National Jewish Book Award; The Death of Death: Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought was a finalist for the same award. He chaired the Department of Jewish Philosophy at JTS and served as dean of its Rabbinical School.
Gillman was born in Quebec City on September 11, 1933. He graduated from McGill University in 1954, was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1960, and received his PhD in philosophy from Columbia University in 1975. He died in Manhattan on November 24, 2017.