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Judaism is about love : recovering the heart of Jewish life / Shai Held.

Held, Shai, 1971- (author.).

Summary:

"A profound, startling new understanding of Jewish life, illuminating the forgotten heart of Jewish theology and practice: love."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780374192440
ISBN: 0374192448
Physical Description: viii, 546 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The self facing a loving God. We are loved ; The gifts of God flow through you: grace, gratitude, and generosity ; Sacred indignation: on protest -- Widening circles: whom should we love?. Learning to love and be loved: the family ; Loving our neighbor: Judaism's "great principle," but what does it mean? ; Loving our own, and everyone else too: Judaism's particularist universalism -- Human dignity and solidarity: Judaism's other "great principle" ; Loving the stranger: the Bible's moral revolution ; Must we love our enemies too? -- Hesed: bringing God's love to other people. Imitating God: the beginning and end of Judaism is love ; Love in the ruins: responding to devastation ; Waiting for God -- Theology of a loving God. The God of Judaism (and of the "Old Testament") is a god of love ; Engaging chosenness: what it does and doesn't mean ; Loving a loving God -- Conclusion: Judaism is about love.