Religion and the Individual: A Jewish Perspective

by Louis Jacobs

Book Overview

The aim of this study is to demonstrate that, for all the admitted emphasis on peoplehood in the Jewish religious tradition, there are equally strong individualistic tendencies within Judaism which should not be confined to the sidelines. Dr Jacobs maintains that - in any balanced view of Judaism - it needs to be shown that what the individual does with his life has eternal significance for that same individual, not only for the Jewish people as a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521050308
• ISBN13: 9780521050302
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"