The Jewish Approach to God: A Brief Introduction for Christians / Edition 1

The Jewish Approach to God: A Brief Introduction for Christians / Edition 1

by Neil Gillman
ISBN-10:
158023190X
ISBN-13:
9781580231909
Pub. Date:
10/01/2003
Publisher:
TURNER PUB CO
ISBN-10:
158023190X
ISBN-13:
9781580231909
Pub. Date:
10/01/2003
Publisher:
TURNER PUB CO
The Jewish Approach to God: A Brief Introduction for Christians / Edition 1

The Jewish Approach to God: A Brief Introduction for Christians / Edition 1

by Neil Gillman
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Overview

A window into the Jewish understanding of God throughout history and today—written especially for Christians.

In Jewish Scripture—Christianity's foundation—God's presence is everywhere: in nature, in history and in the range of human experience. Yet the Torah, Maimonides and 4,000 years of Jewish tradition all agree on one thing: that God is beyond any form of human comprehension. How, then can Judaism be so crowded with descriptions and images of God? And what can they mean to the ways Christians understand their own faith?

In this special book, Rabbi Neil Gillman guides you through these questions and the countless different ways the Jewish people have related to God, how each originated and what each may mean for you. Whether you are Christian, Muslim or even Jewish, this nuts-and-bolts introduction will both answer your questions—and stimulate new ones.

A theologian who writes as a great teacher, Gillman addresses the key concepts at the heart of Judaism's approach to God. From Ein Sof (Infinity) to Shekhinah (Presence), Gillman helps you understand what the search for knowing God itself says about Jewish tradition and how you can use the fundamentals of Judaism to strengthen, explore and deepen your own spiritual foundations.

  • God Is Echad (Unique)
  • God Is Power
  • God Is Person
  • God Is Nice—Sometimes
  • God Is Not Nice—Sometimes
  • God Can Change
  • God Creates
  • God Reveals
  • God Redeems


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781580231909
Publisher: TURNER PUB CO
Publication date: 10/01/2003
Series: A Brief Introduction for Christians
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 775,072
Product dimensions: 2.17(w) x 3.35(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Neil Gillman, rabbi and PhD, is professor of Jewish philosophy at The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, where he has served as chair of the Department of Jewish Philosophy and dean of the Rabbinical School. He is author of Believing and Its Tensions: A Personal Conversation about God, Torah, Suffering and Death in Jewish Thought; The Death of Death: Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and a Publishers Weekly "Best Book of the Year"; The Way Into Encountering God in Judaism; The Jewish Approach to God: A Brief Introduction for Christians; Traces of God: Seeing God in Torah, History and Everyday Life (all Jewish Lights) and Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew, winner of the National Jewish Book Award.

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Note on the Text

1. God Is Echad
2. God Is Power
3. God Is Person
4. God Is Nice (Sometimes)
5. God Is Not Nice (Sometimes)
6. God Can Change
7. God Creates
8. God Reveals
9. God Redeems

Conclusion: What It Means to Be Jewish
Notes
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading

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