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Being Jewish Today - Confronting the Real Issues (Paperback)
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Being Jewish Today - Confronting the Real Issues (Paperback)
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List price R463
Loot Price R379
Discovery Miles 3 790
You Save R84 (18%)
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'A deeply humane, learned and personal reflection on Jewish
identity' Rowan Williams 'This inspiring book has made me a better
Jew, one who understands more, who knows more' Daniel Finkelstein
'This remarkable book takes us on a journey: geographic,
historical, cultural, philosophical, political, autobiographical
and, yes, religious' Michael Marmot Being Jewish Today gives an
account of both the journey of a particular British Jew and the
journey of millions of women and men through today's perplexing and
difficult world. With honesty and integrity Rabbi Tony Bayfield
breaks new ground in exploring the meaning of Jewish identity and
its relationship to Jewish tradition and belief. He does so from
the perspective of a person fully integrated into the modern
Western world. The rigorous questions he asks of his Jewishness,
Judaism and the Jewish God are therefore substantially the same as
those asked by individuals of all faiths and none. Beginning with
an account of the journey of Jewish people and thought from ancient
times to the present day, Bayfield goes on to consider Jewish
identity, Israel as land and the scourge of anti-Semitism. He then
turns to the twin concerns of Torah: Halakhah - practice, and
Aggadah - ethics, along with the matter of belief in a world faced
with global extinction. Finally, in addressing the manifest
injustice of life, Rabbi Bayfield confronts the widely evaded
questions of universal suffering and divine inaction. Drawing on
key religious and secular thinkers who contribute to the force of
his argument, Bayfield's masterful, challenging and urgent book
will appeal to all Jews, whether religious or cultural, and to
anyone curious about the nature of Judaism and religion today.
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