Compassion for Humanity in the Jewish Tradition

by Dovid Sears

Book Overview

For many Jews and non-Jews, the Torah, the Talmud and other rabbinic writings have long been interpreted as saying that the Jews alone are God's chosen people. According to Sears, The Path of the Baal Shem Tov, such readings have led to a struggle among Jews between assimilation--losing their particular Jewish identity--and withdrawal--preserving their particular Jewish identity and surviving as a people. Sears contends that this struggle between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765799871
• ISBN13: 9780765799876
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"