The Journey Home: Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition

Hoffman, Lawrence

ISBN 10: 080703620X / ISBN 13: 9780807036204

Published by Beacon Pr (edition ), 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Journey Home: Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition
• Publisher: Beacon Pr (edition )
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080703620X
• ISBN 13: 9780807036204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition
"Larry Hoffman is one of contemporary Judaism 's most perceptive and creative teachers."
—Lawrence Kushner, author of Eyes Remade for Wonder

Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman is widely recognized as a leader in bringing spiritual innovation into modern Jewish life and worship. Now, drawing on a lifetime of study, he explores the Jewish way of being in the world—the Jewish relationship to God and to questions of human purpose that lie just below the surface of biblical and rabbinic literature. This is Jewish spiritual wisdom—the wisdom that unites thousands of years of texts and ritual. In learned but accessible language Hoffman discusses:


the importance of blessings, that quintessentially Jewish form of prayer, and what they reveal about the Jewish worldview

the meaning of study in Jewish life, and what it tells us is sacred

the spirituality of being a "landed" religion, and what Israel stands for in the Jewish imagination

the significance of Jewish metaphors for shaping our lives

how Judaism speaks spiritually even to the suffering

The Journey Home is a book for spiritual seekers everywhere: Jews looking for the spiritual component of Judaism, Jews estranged from their roots, and non-Jews who wonder what Judaism has to say about life's great questions.

Review

"[Hoffman] explains the spirituality of Jewish metaphors, the significance of blessings, the spirituality of discovery through Torah study, and the spirituality of land (i.e. Israel). He also ponders the importance of spiritual thinking and how it relates to suffering. Hoffman's analysis of Jewish spiritual wisdom and its relevance to today's world is both lucid and perceptive."

"ÝHoffman¨ explains the spirituality of Jewish metaphors, the significance of blessings, the spirituality of discovery through Torah study, and the spirituality of land (i.e. Israel). He also ponders the importance of spiritual thinking and how it relates to suffering. Hoffman's analysis of Jewish spiritual wisdom and its relevance to today's world is both lucid and perceptive."

'Through seamless excursions into history, law, comparative religion, art, music, literature, psychology, sociology and philosophy, he examines the Jewish way of 'mapping reality' to meet our most important challenge: finding shape in our lives. . . . Hoffman's lucid and eloquent interpretations will appeal to Jewish and non-Jewish readers searching to understand Judaism and to 'connect the dots' in their own lives.' --Publishers Weekly, starred review
'Hoffman's analysis of Jewish spiritual wisdom and its relevance to today's world is both lucid and perceptive.' --George Cohen, Booklist