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Covenant and Conversation

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The Toby Press/KorenPub, 2009 - Religion - 353 pages
The Torah is an encounter between past and present, moment and eternity, that frames Jewish consciousness. In this long-anticipated five-volume collection of the parashat hashavua, Tabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks explores these intersections as they relate to universal concerns of freedom, love, responsibility, identity and destiny. Rabbi Sacks fuses Jewish tradition, Western philosophy and literature to present a highly developed understanding of the human condition under God's sovereignty. Erudite and eloquent, Covenant & Conversation allows us to experience Rabbi Sacks' sophisticated approach to life lived in an ongoing dialogue with the Torah.
  

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Review: Covenant & Conversation, A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible, Genesis: The Book of Beginnings

User Review  - Neil Krasnoff - Goodreads

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks is the most vibrant and pertinent commentator on Torah of our times. His erudition and soaring prose bring the families of Genesis to life and elucidates timely messages with ... Read full review

Review: Covenant & Conversation: Exodus: The Book of Redemption

User Review  - Michael Johnston - Goodreads

This is a brilliant, concise and thoroughly modern interpretation and study of the book of Genesis by Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain. He delivers an articulate case for the ... Read full review

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Noaĥ
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Lekh Lekha
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Promise and Fulfillment
87
Vayera
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Challenging God
103
The Ambivalent Jew
109
Toledot On Clones and Identity
147
The Future of the Past
153
The Courage of Persistence
159
The Other Face ofEsau
167
Vayetzeh
177
The Ladder of Prayer
185
When the I is Silent
191
Hearing the Torah
203

The Miracle of a Child
117
Land and Children
123
Prayer and Conversation
129
Parental Authority and
135
OnJudaism and Islam
141
Vayeshev
243
Miketz
271
Vayigash
301
Vayeĥi
329
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About the author (2009)

Sir Jonathan Sacks is Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Britain and the Commonwealth. He is the author of numerous books, including Celebrating Life, From Optimism to Hope, The Persistence of Faith, and The Dignity of Difference for which he won a Grawemeyer Award in Religion.