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With clarity passion and outstanding scholarship David Hartman addresses the spiritual and theological questions that face all Jews and all people today. From the perspective of our traditional Judaism how can we understand the varieties of 20th-century Jewish practice and how should believing Jews relate to people of other faiths? In these powerful essays Dr. Hartman struggles to find ways to believe in a God of history who makes Israel important to all Jews. He argues that commitment to Jewish tradition and a commitment to pluralism need not conflict in this age of modernity but that each can enrich the other while maintaining its integrity.

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This is a book that ought to be read by everyone who is seriously interested in Judaism, or, for that matter, in what it means to be a religious person in a pluralistic age. --Hilary Putnam, Cogan University professor, Harvard University This is not just a book for Jews.... Hartman stands in the tradition of Abraham Joshua Heschel as a Jew who can speak to both his own people and to others with equal clarity. --Harvey Cox, professor of divinity, Harvard University; author, Fire from Heaven An extraordinary book, steeped in tradition, devoid of stereotypic thinking; lucid and pertinent, a modern classic. --Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, author, For Those Who Can't Believe In A Heart of Many Rooms David Hartman has given us that rarest of phenomena, an internal Jewish dialogue between the voices of tradition and modernity, Orthodoxy and Reform, religion and secularity, skepticism and faith. Thoughtful, provocative, imaginative in its reach, generous in its embrace, this is a work to challenge and enlarge us all. --Professor Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Britain and the Commonwealth

"""This is a book that ought to be read by everyone who is seriously interested in Judaism, or, for that matter, in what it means to be a religious person in a pluralistic age."" —Hilary Putnam, Cogan University professor, Harvard University “This is not just a book for Jews.... Hartman stands in the tradition of Abraham Joshua Heschel as a Jew who can speak to both his own people and to others with equal clarity.” —Harvey Cox, professor of divinity, Harvard University; author, Fire from Heaven “An extraordinary book, steeped in tradition, devoid of stereotypic thinking; lucid and pertinent, a modern classic.” —Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, author, For Those Who Can't Believe “In A Heart of Many Rooms David Hartman has given us that rarest of phenomena, an internal Jewish dialogue between the voices of tradition and modernity, Orthodoxy and Reform, religion and secularity, skepticism and faith. Thoughtful, provocative, imaginative in its reach, generous in its embrace, this is a work to challenge and enlarge us all.” —Professor Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Britain and the Commonwealth"

This is a book that ought to be read by everyone who is seriously interested in Judaism, or, for that matter, in what it means to be a religious person in a pluralistic age. Hilary Putnam, Cogan University professor, Harvard University This is not just a book for Jews.... Hartman stands in the tradition of Abraham Joshua Heschel as a Jew who can speak to both his own people and to others with equal clarity. Harvey Cox, professor of divinity, Harvard University; author, Fire from Heaven An extraordinary book, steeped in tradition, devoid of stereotypic thinking; lucid and pertinent, a modern classic. Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, author, For Those Who Can't Believe In A Heart of Many Rooms David Hartman has given us that rarest of phenomena, an internal Jewish dialogue between the voices of tradition and modernity, Orthodoxy and Reform, religion and secularity, skepticism and faith. Thoughtful, provocative, imaginative in its reach, generous in its embrace, this is a work to challenge and enlarge us all. Professor Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Britain and the Commonwealth

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A world-renowned philosopher and social activist, Dr. David Hartman (z""l) was the founder and president emeritus of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Named after his late father, the Institute is dedicated to developing a new understanding of classical Judaism that provides moral and spiritual direction for Judaism's confrontation with modernity. Formerly professor emeritus at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, he received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University's theological seminary in New York City. He is the author of many award-winning books, including From Defender to Critic: The Search for a New Jewish Self; The God Who Hates Lies: Confronting and Rethinking Jewish Tradition; A Heart of Many Rooms: Celebrating the Many Voices within Judaism, finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and a Publishers Weekly ""Best Book of the Year""; and Love and Terror in the God Encounter: The Theological Legacy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (all Jewish Lights). His classic works A Living Covenant: The Innovative Spirit in Traditional Judaism (Jewish Lights) and Maimonides: Torah and Philosophic Quest both were winners of the National Jewish Book Award.

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