Pirke Avot: A Modern Commentary on Jewish Ethics

by Behrman House

Book Overview

This edition presents a fresh, new approach to a Jewish classic. Editors Kravitz and Olitzky reinvigorate the study of Pirke Avot ("Ethics of the Fathers") with bold new insights from many corners of the modern Jewish world. Along with traditional commentaries from Rashi and Maimonides, readers encounter the wisdom of Leo Baeck, Eugene Borowitz, Emil Fackenheim, Lawrence Kushner, Anne Roiphe, Judith Plaskow, Maurice Eisendrath, Ellis Rivkin, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807404802
• ISBN13: 9780807404805
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Behrman House Publishing
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

Extremely readable version of Pirkei Avot. Used in a study group and it was very helpful.

Valuable book for any Judaic collection.

I have many different editions of Pirke Avot. I am, at this time, using this in a class I'm taking at our shul with the rabbi. The Kravitz/Orlitzky are very good.