- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Fount (2 April 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007108427
- ISBN-13: 978-0007108428
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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135,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #85 in Books > History > Religious History > Judaism
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Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' Radical Then, Radical Now is destined to join the masterpieces of modern Judaic scholarship as his magnum opus, a magisterial work that, in its breadth of vision and beauty of language, is unlikely to be surpassed by any other Jewish thinker of our age. Preceded by tumultuous applause in the United States, where it has just won a National Jewish Book Award, it succeeds two other contemporary classics--Isidore Epstein's Judaism and Herman Wouk's This Is My God--as the definitive exposition of Judaism for the new millennium.
Every Jew, writes Rabbi Sacks, is a letter. "Each Jewish family is a word, every community a sentence, and the Jewish people at any one time are a paragraph. The Jewish people through time constitute a story, the strangest and most moving story in the annals of mankind." But, says the Chief Rabbi, something has gone wrong. Somehow, in today's world, many Jews have lost the script of the story, "that breathtaking attempt to build, out of simple acts and ordinary lives, a fragment of heaven on earth." Why, he asks, "at the very moment when we are freer than ever before to be Jews, are so many ceasing to be Jews? What is the shadow over Jewish life today?"
Described, in his own words, as "an open letter to the next generation" and as "my own theology of Judaism, something I have never previously written," this tour de force is an attempt to come to grips with those devastating questions. An intensely personal statement of belief, and an epic "journey of discovery" through the ideas, ideals, mysteries and marvels of Judaism, it is, above all, a realisation that, for the Chief Rabbi as for every Jew, being Jewish means being a letter in the eternal scroll, making one's own contribution to the glorious but unfinished story of faith above fate. --Meir Persoff
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Book chosen by Lord Alton of Liverpool for his Lenten reading.-The Times
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A wonderful read that looks at the different crises which have occurred over four thousand years, to threaten the very existence of the Jewish People.
Originally written for his son and step-daughter as a wedding gift, Rabbi Jonathon Sacks tells 'the legacy of the world's oldest religion' with such passion and wisdom youll find it impossible to put down. Asking specifically 'why be Jewish', 'who am i' and 'why should i remain a Jew', then looking for the answers magnificently though historical discussion.
What makes this book for me, is the obvious great understanding and teaching, in how we can move forward not only as Jewish people, but human society as a whole - I highly recommend this book.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book portrays Judaism as a fully validated relationship of Love. Whilst the tone is one of objectivity the reader can't avoid delving into his/her own spirituality journeys.
The book is full of enchanted corners and everytime you bump into one its like having light being cast in your heart. Because its beautifully written and because its based a very moving and real story with no foreseable end.
As someone who is not Jewish but wanted to get to grips with Judaism I could not recomend a better start.
The book is full of enchanted corners and everytime you bump into one its like having light being cast in your heart. Because its beautifully written and because its based a very moving and real story with no foreseable end.
As someone who is not Jewish but wanted to get to grips with Judaism I could not recomend a better start.
Format:Paperback
I am inclined to agree with the reviewer on amazon.com who describes this book as Rabbi Sacks' Magnum Opus. It is undoubtedly one of the best books I have ever read and every individual I have ever reccomended it to has shared these feelings. It is not only beautifully written, it is so magically crafted that it stirs the full range of human emotion. It is difficult to put down and mildly heartbreaking when it comes to an end. It is a must read for anyone wishing to achieve ownership in the journey of their Jewish identity and it will be attractive to those wishing to understand the Jewish people in a deeper sense.
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