A Jewish Book of Comfort
Three thousand years of wisdom and experience
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2014
Canterbury Press Norwich (Verlag)
978-1-84825-721-4 (ISBN)
Canterbury Press Norwich (Verlag)
978-1-84825-721-4 (ISBN)
Presents a wide selection of poems, psalms and meditations from all periods of the Jewish past and the present day that will provide food for thought, and words of comfort at difficult times of life. Themes included are illness, ageing, patience, loss, memory, grief, faith, immortality and much more.
Whether you are a person of faith or not, there are always times in every human life when we need to find comfort, to sustain us through times of anxiety, disappointment or pain, times of loss or bereavement. Throughout the millennia of Jewish history, from the Hebrew Bible to modern times, Jewish sages have written and spoken words of encouragement, reassurance and hope.
This anthology presents a wide selection of poems, psalms and meditations from all periods of the Jewish past and the present day that will provide food for thought, and words of comfort at difficult times of life. Themes included are illness, ageing, patience, loss, memory, grief, faith, immortality and much more. The wisdom in this book is deep and real, and is borne of centuries of suffering endured, faced, understood and overcome.
Whether you are a person of faith or not, there are always times in every human life when we need to find comfort, to sustain us through times of anxiety, disappointment or pain, times of loss or bereavement. Throughout the millennia of Jewish history, from the Hebrew Bible to modern times, Jewish sages have written and spoken words of encouragement, reassurance and hope.
This anthology presents a wide selection of poems, psalms and meditations from all periods of the Jewish past and the present day that will provide food for thought, and words of comfort at difficult times of life. Themes included are illness, ageing, patience, loss, memory, grief, faith, immortality and much more. The wisdom in this book is deep and real, and is borne of centuries of suffering endured, faced, understood and overcome.
Dr Charles Middleburgh is founder rabbi of Congregation Shir HaTzaphon in Copenhagen and Dean of Leo Baeck College in London. Andrew Goldstein is President of Liberal Judaism, Chair of the European Union for Progressive Judaism, and Rabbi Emeritus of Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue.
| Verlagsort | London |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 126 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84825-721-X / 184825721X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84825-721-4 / 9781848257214 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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