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Title

The way into encountering God in Judaism / Neil Gillman.

Author

Gillman, Neil.

Publication

Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights, ©2000.

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Details

Description

xix, 205 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"For everyone who wants to understand how Jews have encountered God throughout history and today, this book shows the way into an essential aspect of Judaism, and allows you to interact directly with the sacred texts of the Jewish tradition."--Jacket.

Series Statement

The way into--

Uniform Title

Way into--

Alternative Title

Encountering God in Judaism

Subject

• God (Judaism)
• God (Judaism) > History of doctrines
• God (Judaism) > History of doctrines
• Judentum
• Gottesvorstellung
• Jodendom
• God

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Can people know anything about God? -- Can people say anything about God? -- Worshipful silence or metaphorical language? -- The sin of idolatry: worshiping the image instead of God -- We discover God and create the metaphors -- Can we be sure that it is God that we discover? -- God Is Echad -- The Shema: What does it mean? -- One and not two, or unique? -- Maimonides on God's integrity -- Can love be commanded? -- Israel loves God, and God loves Israel -- Living in a world under one God -- God is not yet Echad -- God is lonely -- God Is Power -- God's power is unchallenged -- God even creates evil and reverses the course of nature -- There are restraints on God's power: human freedom and the possibilities of repentance -- God's power in nature and God's power in history -- God's eventual defeat of death -- God Is Person -- Two questions: "Where are you?" and "Where is your brother?" -- God searches for us as we search for God -- God's vulnerability -- The hidden face of God -- God as spouse, parent, and lover -- The wrath of God -- Anger versus abandonment -- God weeps -- God as person or God as process -- God can be moved -- God Is Nice (Sometimes) -- Tensions in the Jewish image of God -- How Psalms shaped the Jewish consciousness -- God as nurturing, as refuge, and as rock -- God heals what ails us -- The issue of feminist God-language -- God is a teacher -- God Is Not Nice (Sometimes) -- The "down" images of God -- From feelings to metaphors -- The challenge of the Book of Job -- Is God ethical?

ISBN

• 1580230253
• 9781580230254
• 1580231993
• 9781580231992

LCCN

00011769

OCLC

• ocm45202011
• 45202011
• SCSB-1206128

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library