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Your Word Is Fire: The Hasidic Masters on Contemplative Prayer Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Green, Arthur (Translator), Holtz, Barry W. (Translator)
ISBN: 1879045257     ISBN-13: 9781879045255
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $15.29  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 1993
* Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: These parables, prayers, and aphorisms of the Hasidic masters pierce to the heart of the modern reader's search for God, and "opens up some of the more accessible realms of the Jewish inner life" (Eugene B. Borowitz, Sh'ma).
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Prayerbooks - Jewish
- Religion | Judaism - General
Dewey: 296.72
LCCN: 93025865
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.76" W x 9.32" (0.57 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
 
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Publisher Description:
These parables, prayers and aphorisms of the Hasidic masters pierce to the heart of the modern reader's search for God.

Contributor Bio(s): Holtz, Barry W.: -

Barry W. Holtz is dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish
Education at The Jewish Theological Seminary, where he is also the Theodore and
Florence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education. His books include, among
others, Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts and Your Word Is
Fire: The Hasidic Masters on Contemplative Prayer (Jewish Lights), the latter coauthored
with Arthur Green.

Green, Arthur: -

Arthur Green, PhD, is recognized as one of the world's preeminent authorities on Jewish thought and spirituality. He is the Irving Brudnick professor of philosophy and religion at Hebrew College and rector of the Rabbinical School, which he founded in 2004. Professor emeritus at Brandeis University, he also taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as dean and president.

Dr. Green is author of several books including Judaism's Ten Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers; Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow; Seek My Face: A Jewish Mystical Theology; Your Word Is Fire: The Hasidic Masters on Contemplative Prayer and Tormented Master: The Life and Spiritual Quest of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav (all Jewish Lights). He is also author of Radical Judaism (Yale University Press) and coauthor of Speaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings from around the Maggid's Table. He is long associated with the Havurah movement and a neo-Hasidic approach to Judaism.