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On Being Free

On Being Free( )
Author: Steinsaltz, Adin
ISBN:978-1-56821-327-9
Publication Date:Jan 1995
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Imprint:Jason Aronson
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $56.95
Book Description:

With his typical grace and sparkling wit, Talmudic master and rabbi Steinsaltz explores in these collected essays topics ranging from the nature of Jewish identity and the character of the state of Israel to interpretations of the five megillot (Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, and Esther). Included here are two interviews that provide glimpses into the intensity that marks the life and work of this great teacher. Highly recommended.

Book Details
Pages:264
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Judaism / General
Religion / Biblical Meditations / Old Testament
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.44 x 9.26 x 0.99 Inches
Book Weight:0.002 Pounds
Author Biography
Steinsaltz, Adin (Author)
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is the editor and translator of Random House's twenty-two-volume edition of the Talmud. He is also the author of many volumes on Jewish thought and practice and has been a resident scholar at both Yale University and the Institute for Advanced Study. In 1988 he was invited to open a Judaic studies center in Moscow, the first such institution in the former Soviet Union in sixty years.

Rabbi Steinsaltz lives in Israel.

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