[PDF.13cv] The Love of God: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism (Library of Jewish Ideas)

The Love of God: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism (Library of Jewish Ideas)

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 | #97188 in Books |  Jon D Levenson |  2015-10-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.60 x1.00 x5.50l,.0 | File type: PDF | 264 pages

 | The Love of God Divine Gift Human Gratitude and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism Library of Jewish Ideas

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||9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| Masterful essay on the heart of religious life|By Eco-capitalist|How can love be commanded or prescribed? Jon Levenson’s beautiful exploration of this and related questions is an eloquent search into one of the central issues of a religious life.

The clarity of Levenson’s prose illuminates subtle pathways in guiding the reader to an understanding of how l| |"Our debt to Levenson is enormous. Here we receive the benefit of his attentive perception, which permits both Jewish and Christian readers of the Bible to see how much is shared, even given our formidable differences."--The Christian Century

The love of God is perhaps the most essential element in Judaism―but also one of the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as a formal commandment. Yet most people today think of love as a feeling. How can an emotion be commanded? How could one ever fulfill such a requirement? The Love of God places these scholarly and existential questions in a new light.

Jon Levenson traces the origins of the concept...

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