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Judaism Without God? Judaism as Culture and Bible as Literature
Price: $24.95 Call 847-383-6330 or email info@iishj.org to order, or purchase directly from Amazon.com. This book is also available in a Kindle e-book edition. Judaism Without God? Judaism as Culture and Bible as Literature presents Judaism as the culture of the Jewish people, not a religion, and looks at the Bible as literature, with God as a literary figure created by its authors. By learning to read the Bible as literature instead of fact, you will see that it represents the cultural and spiritual life of the eras in which it was created, and you can understand the human condition of its literary heroes. The Bible, as literature, influenced the annals of humanity’s spiritual life – in its presentation of God as an abstract concept; in the socialist laws of the Sabbath; and in the choice of justice and virtue over God’s commandments. Written by Yaakov Malkin, International Co-Provost of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. Malkin is also the author, among many other works in Hebrew and translated into other languages, of What do Secular Jews Believe? and Epicurus and Apikorsim: The Influence of the Greek Epicurus and Jewish Apikorsim on Judaism. Read inside this book at Amazon.com. Their preview includes more detailed contents and the opening pages of the book.
Yaakov Malkin on “Creating a Secular Judaism”
Contents
Part I – Judaism as Culture
- Judaism as Culture in Light of Secular Beliefs
- Basic Concepts in Judaism as Culture
- Pluralism Characterizes Judaism Throughout the Ages
- Humanism and National Culture
Part II – The Bible as Literature: Biblical Literature and Its Role in Secular Jewish Culture
- Approaching the Bible from the Perspective of Cultural Criticism
- Literary Genres in the Bible
- Secular Literature in the Bible
- Individual Interpretation at Every Reading and Peshat as the Common Denominator for All
- God and Moses: Literary Protagonists that Became Historical Figures, Leaders of the First Struggle for Liberation and Causes of the Suffering it Entailed.
Read inside this book at Amazon.com. Their preview includes more detailed contents and the opening pages of the book. Price: $24.95 Call 847-383-6330 or email info@iishj.org to order, or purchase directly from Amazon.com. This book is also available in a Kindle e-book edition.