Compassion for Humanity in the Jewish Tradition

by Dovid Sears

Book Overview

For many Jews and non-Jews, the Torah, the Talmud and other rabbinic writings have long been interpreted as saying that the Jews alone are God's chosen people. According to Sears, such readings have led to a struggle among Jews between assimilation-losing their particular Jewish identity-and withdrawal-preserving their particular Jewish identity and surviving as a people. In order to demonstrate the depth from which Judaism speaks in a universalistic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765799871
• ISBN13: 9780765799876
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"