Judaism is about love

recovering the heart of Jewish life
Shai Held
Book - 2024

"A dramatic misinterpretation of the Jewish tradition has shaped the history of the West: Christianity is the religion of love, and Judaism the religion of law. In the face of centuries of this widespread misrepresentation, Rabbi Shai Held--one of the most important Jewish thinkers in America today--recovers the heart of the Jewish tradition, offering the radical and moving argument that love belongs as much to Judaism as it does to Christianity. Blending intellectual rigor, a respect for tradition and the practices of a living Judaism, and a commitment to the full equality of all people, Held seeks to reclaim Judaism as it authentically is. He shows that love is foundational and constitutive of true Jewish faith, animating the singular Jewish perspective on injustice and protest, grace, family life, responsibilities to our neighbors and even our enemies, and chosenness"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Held, Shai, 1971- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a The self facing a loving God. We are loved ; The gifts of God flow through you: grace, gratitude, and generostiy ; 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. 
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