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Jewish Wisdom, a Modern Look

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Marvelous book.
Mixes Christianity and Judaism with fictional meetings between characters from the bible and the Torah to create a view of a modern religion of compatibility.
A joy to read

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Written in short bite sized chapters, this book looks at 7000 years of Jewish wisdom. It looks at its origins and the reinterpretations and changes made along the way. It reinforces how fundamental this is to morality and why, in spite of centuries of attempts from all corners to eradicate it, it has survived.

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This book is beyond marvelous! It uses fictional meetings between several important Torah and Biblical personages to explore and reinforce the compatibility and shared heritage of the two major religions. Did I say that it is wonderful? And eminently readable!
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Xlibris via NetGalley. Thank you!

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The kindle version is formatted a little wonky but still readable.

An interesting look into Jewish history from a biblical perspective. The author takes great care with the Torah and uses accessible language that makes an otherwise foreign subject understandable!

I thoroughly enjoyed gleaning wisdom from the Jewish sages!

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Phenomenal book

Asher Elkayam did an amazing job of coverying a myriad of subjects in his Jewish Wisdom A Modern Look. Part history lesson part sociological study I was impressed with the amount of material covered and the conciseness of its presentation. This is a book to savor not devour.
I received an advance reader copy via Netgalley.

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I was fascinated by this book and enjoyed reading it. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Jewish wisdom and history.

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