An introduction to Jewish thinking anyone can read. This unique volume mixes biography, history, and philosophy, to present the lives and work of 16 seminal Jewish thinkers including Maimonides, Isaac Luria, the Baal Shem Tov, Theodor Herzl, Leo Baeck, Abraham Isaac Kook, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Mordecai Kaplan.A concluding chapter presents current trends in Jewish thought, with contributions from contemporary figures including Eugene Borowitz, Cynthia Ozick, Rachel Adler, Judith Plaskow, Elie Wiesel, and many others.
- ISBN10 0874415292
- ISBN13 9780874415292
- Publish Date 15 October 1992
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Behrman House Inc.,U.S.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 223
- Language English