The Love of God

Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism

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Jon D. Levenson

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Library of Jewish Ideas

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Description

The love of God is perhaps the most essential element in Judaism--but also one of the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as a formal commandment. Yet most people today think of love as a feeling. How can an emotion be commanded? How could one ever fulfill such a requirement? The Love of God pla

Author Biography:

Jon D. Levenson is the Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University. His many books include Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel, which won the National Jewish Book Award, and Inheriting Abraham and Creation and the Persistence of Evil (both Princeton).

Release date Australia

October 20th, 2015

Author

Jon D. Levenson

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Pages

264

Series

Library of Jewish Ideas

Dimensions

140x216x25

ISBN-13

9780691164298

Product ID

23077173

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