Why read Jewish Spirituality?

Book cover of Jewish Spirituality: From the Bible through the Middle Ages

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This book is the first of two columes on the spiritual life as manifest in the history of Judaism. This first volume deals with the classic ages of the Jewish tradition: the biblical, the rabbinic, and the medieval.

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1 author picked Jewish Spirituality as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Daniel C. Matt

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This is a rich survey of Jewish spirituality, starting from the Bible and continuing through the 20th century, including the Talmud, Kabbalah, Ḥasidism, and modern Jewish thought.

Each essay is written by a different prominent scholar. Among the topics covered are: prophecy, the spirituality of Psalms, the relation between law and spirit, the mystical meaning of the mitzvot (commandments), meditation, mystical experience, and the Ḥasidic rebbe.

I like that each essay is based on solid scholarship and yet is very readable.

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