The Complete Idiot's Guide® To Jewish Spirituality & Mysticism - Softcover

Levin, Michael

 
9780028643472: The Complete Idiot's Guide® To Jewish Spirituality & Mysticism

Synopsis

In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Jewish Mysticism and Spirituality, several sources of Jewish spirituality will be explored in a way that makes them accessible, interesting and exciting to everyone. Discover the broad reaches of Spirit that Judaism has always offered . . . that is, if you knew Hebrew and if you'd spent years in a yeshiva or Talmadic academy. This title brings together the most important, life-changing and spiritually powerful lessons and teachings that Judaism offers the world, from the Bible through the Talmud through the esoteric books like the Kaballah and Zohar. This book offers an unbiased, straightforward approach to these ideas in language that anyone can understand and enjoy.

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About the Author

Michael Levin began his biblical and Talmadic studies in a postgraduate year at Yeshivat HaMivtar, in Israel, where he learned biblical, Hebrew and the very complex language of the Talmad. He has written on the subject of Judaism for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and CBS News. He is the author of 22 books, and has taught both fiction and non-fiction writing for eleven years as a faculty member of the Writing Program at UCLA and at New York University. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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