The Receiving: Reclaiming Jewish Women's Wisdom - Softcover

Firestone, Tirzah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060082712 ISBN 13: 9780060082710

Publisher: HarperCollins (USA), 2004

Synopsis

A highly respected rabbi, therapist, and teacher restores women's spiritual lineage to Judaism and empowers women to reclaim their rightful connection to Jewish teachings, Kabbalah, and to their own spiritual wisdom.

About this title

Product Description:

Profiles seven women throughout history whose lives are representative of Jewish women's spiritual heritage, inviting readers to reconnect with the Jewish feminine experience. Reprint.

Review:

"A groundbreaking book on Kabbalah and the inner life .... This invaluable book will lead men and women to wholeness."--Rabbi Zalman Shachter-Shalomi, author of From Age-ing to Sage-ing: A Profound New Vision for Growing Older

"The book that I've waited for all my life...Firestone has brought through a great blessing for us all."--Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind and A Woman's Journey to God

"Rabbi Firestone has written a very important book...This is a liberation of the voices of Jewish women."--Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man

"Rabbi Tirzah Firestone has given us a gift...the history of religious experience is enriched, and so are we."--Anita Diamant, author of The Red Tent

"[Firestone] writes convincingly of the power of the feminine to enrich and uplift the world."--Publishers Weekly

"Incisive and thought-provoking"--Booklist

"Firestone is a talented writer....She is also an excellent psychotherapist and has delved deeply into Kabbala and Jewish mysticism..."----The Jerusalem Post

"Whatever their religious background, readers with inquisitive spirits are likely to be both entertained and enlightened by The Receiving."----Clay Evans, Boulder Daily Camera

..".has the solidity of an academic work, [Firestone's] crystalline prose carries a warmth that makes it accessible to all."--Rocky Mountain News

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins (USA)
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060082712
• ISBN 13: 9780060082710
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304