This is my God : the Jewish way of life / Herman Wouk.
Record details
- ISBN: 0316955078
- ISBN: 9780316955072
- ISBN: 0316955140
- ISBN: 9780316955140
- Physical Description: xiv, 345 pages ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown, and Co., ©1988.
Content descriptions
General Note: | First pub. in 1959. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-334). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Remarkable survival of the Jews: Who are we? -- Prevalence of symbols -- Faith: We cannot study all of it -- Sabbath -- Nature festivals -- High holy days -- Minor holy days -- Prayers, synagogue, and the worshippers -- Symbols of food, clothing, an shelter -- Birth and beginnings: men and women -- Love and marriage: and certain elegant variations -- Death -- Law: Where does authority live? -- Torah -- Talmud -- Jewish common law -- From the Talmud to the present -- Present: What the enlightenment was -- Orthodoxy -- Dissent -- Israel -- Epilogue -- Afterword, 1969, on the Six-Day War -- Postscript, 1987, on Israel at forty. |
Summary, etc.: | Offers an explanation of orthodox Judaism for the non-scholar, discussing the survival of the Jews, the faith, the sabbath, festivals, holy days, prayers and the synagogue, symbols, love and marriage, death, and other topics. |
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Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | 296 WOU (Text) | 31953155552980 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |