| A Baptist Among the Jews Contributor(s): Howe, Mary Blye (Author), Wilson, John (Foreword by), Kushner, Lawrence (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 1118425766 ISBN-13: 9781118425763 Publisher: Jossey-Bass
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2003 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Baptist - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Judaism - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.68 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Evangelical - Theometrics - Mainline |
| Features: Glossary |
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| Publisher Description: Like most Christians, Mary Blye Howe was uninformed about Jewish ritual and tradition. To satisfy her curiosity she joined a Jewish study group held in the home of a Hasidic rabbi. A Baptist Among the Jews is Howe's first-person account of her eye-opening experience of studying with that welcoming group and how this experience led her to a deeper, richer relationship with her God. While learning about the traditions of Judaism and studying the Torah, Howe discovered a new world of worship and ritual that expanded her experience to include several different Jewish groups, among them Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox. She reveled in the joys of arguing with God (even though God always wins), synagogue-hopping on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, and dancing with a sefer torah through the streets of Dallas. Page after page, we join Howe on her religious quest and discover how her once-narrow concept of God has expanded with her ability to read the scriptures and understand this new faith. Howe's profound and transforming experiences helped her develop a new sense of worship-- one that eschews spectatorship in favor of participation. |
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