The Love of God: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism

by Jon D. Levenson

Book Overview

The love of God is perhaps the most essential element in Judaism--but also one of the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as a formal commandment. Yet most people today think of love as a feeling. How can an emotion be commanded? How could one ever fulfill such a requirement? The Love of God places these scholarly and existential questions in a new light.

Jon Levenson traces the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691164290
• ISBN13: 9780691164298
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"