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ISBN
9780028643472

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
002864347X
ISBN-13
9780028643472
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3038203928

Product Key Features

Book Title
Jewish Spirituality and Mysticism
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Judaism / Rituals & Practice, Judaism / General, Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism
Publication Year
2002
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion
Author
Michael Graubart Levin
Book Series
The Complete Idiot's Guide Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
19.8 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
7.4 in

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Trade
LCCN
2002-101640
Table Of Content
I. OUT OF THE BIBLE. 1. Defining Jewish Mysticism and Spirituality. So Who's in Charge Here? Some Unifying Principles. Prophecy, Spirituality, and Mysticism. 2. The Bible: Judaism's Spirituality Sourcebook. What's Missing from the Bible? The Magic Ingredients. Just Like Us. "In the Beginning...". 3. Who Is God? Is There Somebody out There? God's First Mistakes, Er...Humans. 4. Noah and the Flood. Noah, This Is Your Life! Beyond the Ark's Doors. 5. Lessons from Abraham. Leaving Home. Layered Is "In". Sodom and Gomorrah. The One-Sentence Guide to Happy Marriages. II. FROM ISAAC TO SINAI. 6. The Son Also Rises. The Big Test. Bound to God. 7. Nobody's Perfect. Perfection Not Necessary. The Key to Rebecca. 8. The First National Bank of Pharaoh. Talk About Sibling Rivalry! Arrogance vs. Self-Confidence. The Jews' History Begins. 9. Spirituality Secrets of Sinai. Hitting the Road. 10. The Main Event. Follow Your Own Leader. III. BETWEEN GOD AND PEOPLE. 11. Making Contact. Too Jewish? Keep an Open Mind. Just in Time. 12. Like a Prayer. Prayer I: Spontaneous Prayer. Prayer II: Blessings. 13. God Loves to Hear from Strangers. Formal Prayer. Hear, O Israel. 14. Get Busy! On the Move. Learning and Practicing. Who's Got the Cliff's Notes? 15. The Mystical Nature of Human Character. Character Counts. IV. REVELATIONS. 16. Kabbalah: Spiritual Life at a Million Miles Per Hour. The Jewish Anomaly. Kabbalah and Creation. Recognizing Perfection. The Zohar. 17. The End of Time: The Messiah and the World to Come. The Afterlife. The Messiah. The Supreme Irony. 18. Guarding Your Tongue: The Spiritual Significance of Speech. Selective Perception. The Gamut of Lashon Hara. 19. Shechinah: The Presence of God. Use the Force. Is the Shechinah Feminine? V. SPIRITUAL SIDE NOTES. 20. Gematria: The Numbers Never Lie. It All Adds Up. The Gift. 21. Do Jews Believe in Angels? Are Angels Jewish? Who Exactly Are the Angels? 22. Reforming Judaism. Why Johnny Can't Daven. What About Conservative and Reconstructionist Judaism? 23. Hitting the Books. Give Yourself a Mitzvah. Set Your Own Table. Where Do I Go from Here? Whaddaya Know? 24. About the Sabbath. Six Days Shalt Thou Work. Work Is a Four-Letter Word. Enjoying the Sabbath. It's All Greek to Me. Reentering the Weekday World. 25. Holiday In's and Out's. America's Holy Days? The Month of Elul. Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur. Sukkot. At the Simchat Torah. Hanukah. Purim. Passover. Sefirat Haomer. Shavuot. The Fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz. Tisha B'Av. Tu B'Av. Rosh Chodesh Elul. 26. In the Land of Israel. A Word About Violence. Jerusalem, the Golden. Beyond Jerusalem's Borders. 27. Is Judaism Spiritual? A Moscow Sabbath. Judaism Today. VI. APPENDIXES. Appendix A. For Further Reading. Appendix B. Twenty Top Websites. Appendix C. Glossary. Index.
Synopsis
In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Jewish Mysticism and Spirituality, several sources of Jewish spirituality will be explored in a way that makes them accessible, interesting and exciting to everyone. Discover the broad reaches of Spirit that Judaism has always offered . . . that is, if you knew Hebrew and if you'd spent years in a yeshiva or Talmadic academy. This title brings together the most important, life-changing and spiritually powerful lessons and teachings that Judaism offers the world, from the Bible through the Talmud through the esoteric books like the Kaballah and Zohar. This book offers an unbiased, straightforward approach to these ideas in language that anyone can understand and enjoy., Exploring the sources of Jewish spirituality this text aims to makes them accessible, interesting and exciting to everyone, Jewish and non Jewish alike.
LC Classification Number
BM723.L475 2002

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