God Was in This Place and I, I Did Not Know: Finding Self, Spirituality and Ultimate Meaning
Opens a window into Jewish spirituality for people of all faiths and backgrounds. Blending scholarship, imagination, psychology and history, Kushner creates inspiring interpretations of Jacob's dream in Genesis. Through creative reconstructions of "conversations" with seven Jewish spiritual masters, he asks and answers the fundamental questoins of human existence: Who am I? Who is God? A new and dynamic spiritual and literary genre. Rabbi Kushner's insights put him at the forefront of...
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Opens a window into Jewish spirituality for people of all faiths and backgrounds. Blending scholarship, imagination, psychology and history, Kushner creates inspiring interpretations of Jacob's dream in Genesis. Through creative reconstructions of "conversations" with seven Jewish spiritual masters, he asks and answers the fundamental questoins of human existence: Who am I? Who is God? A new and dynamic spiritual and literary genre. Rabbi Kushner's insights put him at the forefront of America's spiritual renewal. Christian Century "A combination of ancient wisdom, modern good sense, and the impetus for some do-it-yourself meaning-stalking."
\ Christian Century"A combination of ancient wisdom, modern good sense, and the impetus for some do-it-yourself meaning-stalking."\ \ \ \ \ \ Publishers Weekly\ - Publisher's Weekly\ The interpretations of the Genesis (28:16) account of Jacob's dream of a ladder with ascending and descending angels by seven historical rabbis--one, Hannah Rachel Werbermacher, who lived in Poland 200 years ago--are gathered here in an arresting interplay of ideas and backgrounds. According to Massachusetts rabbi Kushner ( The Book of Letters ), this collection of views is ``actually one long midrash, that is, fiction concealed beneath the apparent text of the biblical narrative.'' This imaginative volume is filled with reverence for the Hebrew word and the tradition that transmits as well the identity of its great teachers through the centuries. With considerable flexibility in blending ancient wisdom with contemporary illuminations, Kushner makes accessible to readers the richness and attractions of mystical inquiry. (Dec.)\ \ \ Library JournalUsing a biblical verse (Genesis 28:16) as a starting point, Kushner, a Reform rabbi, introduces the reader to seven spiritual teachers of the 3rd to the 19th centuries who ``come alive'' in Kushner's presentation and offer midrashic interpretations of the verse. The book is not only an introduction to Jewish mysticism and to midrash, but also a profound exploration of the necessity of paying attention to God's presence, of the nature of evil, and of the dangers of egoism. These meditations can benefit Christians as well as Jews. Highly recommended for public libraries.\ \
