"According to the Hebrew Bible, God made the world with words.
God just spoke and the world became reality. (The Aramaic for 'I
create as I speak' is avara k davara, or in magician s language,
abracadabra.) . . . This does not protect words from the numbing
effects of overuse in any religious tradition. . . . We need to
dust off the words, shake away the accretions, wonder again about
what they originally might have meant and enable ourselves to live
in the word." from the Introduction
With creativity and poetry (and occasional heresy) Kushner dusts
off thirty classical Hebrew words, shakes them free of the effects
of generations of overuse, re-translates them, and liberates their
ancient holy power. The result is a contemporary spiritual guide
for your personal religious life.
According to the Hebrew Bible, God made the world with words.
God just spoke and the world came into being. Words therefore are
not merely sounds signifying something else; they are instruments
of creation, primary reality itself. They need only to be read,
spoken, and interpreted. And to know them is to know reality
itself.
Kushner has designed the book himself, seamlessly blending
graphics and content. In doing so he evokes the aesthetics of an
ancient manuscript and a vision of our power to shape the
future.
Each finely crafted chapter begins with a Hebrew word and
Kushner s provocative English translation. At the bottom of the
page is a transliteration of the Hebrew along with its more
customary English rendering. In addition to his own intriguing
definition, he includes a biblical citation anchoring the word,
along with a more recent text showing the word s evolution.
Finally, we are offered a personal, meditative exercise designed to
enable you to live in the word. "
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