The Hebrew Prophets

Selections Annotated & Explained

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This unique look at the Hebrew Prophets sharpens the personal nature of their message and highlights their critique of the spiritual errors we all face in life, challenging readers to correct those errors and experience a life of awakening and joy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SkyLight Paths
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9781683363781
• ISBN-10: 1683363787
• Artikelnr.: 45374930

Autorenporträt

Rami Shapiro, a renowned teacher of spirituality across faith traditions, is an award-winning storyteller, poet and essayist. He is author of The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness: Preparing to Practice, Recovery-The Sacred Art: The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice and The Divine Feminine in Biblical Wisdom Literature: Selections Annotated & Explained (all SkyLight Paths), among other books. Rami Shapiro is available to speak on the following topics: * Writing-The Sacred Art: Beyond the Page to Spiritual Practice * Stop Playing God: 12 Steps as Spiritual Practice * Biblical Wisdom for Post-biblical Times: An Exploration of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job * The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness: Cultivating Compassion in Daily Life * Hasidic Wisdom: An Exploration of Hasidic Storytelling, Theology and Contemplative Practice * Saints and Sages: Biblical Prophets, Ancient Rabbis and the Building of a Just World

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Preface
Acknowledgments
A Note on Translation
Introduction
Brief Biographies of the Hebrew Prophets
The Mission of the Prophets
From Ignorance ...
... to Truth
From Injustice ...
... to Justice
From Despair ...
... to Joy
Afterword
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading