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Item specifics
- Condition
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Signed By
- David Mamet
- Signed
- Yes
- Book Series
- Historical
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- Yes
- California Prop 65 Warning
- Does Not Apply
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Literary Movement
- Enlightenment, Modernism
- Era
- 2000s
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Unabridged
- Personalization Instructions
- Does Not Apply
- ISBN
- 9780805242201
- Book Title
- Five Cities of Refuge : Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Religion
- Topic
- Judaism / Sacred Writings, Biblical Meditations / Old Testament, Judaism / History
- Item Weight
- 11 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0805242201
ISBN-13
9780805242201
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2341381
Product Key Features
Book Title
Five Cities of Refuge : Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Judaism / Sacred Writings, Biblical Meditations / Old Testament, Judaism / History
Genre
Religion
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-042790
Reviews
"When I was a kid, I used to hide comic books behind my copy of the Bible. Having read FIVE CITIES OF REFUGE, I will now keep it behind my copy of the Bible. It is an invaluable midrash on familiar verses, bringing them alive to contemporary readers. Don't go to synagogue without it. Even if the sermon puts you to sleep, this will keep you awake." -- Alan Dershowitz Author of The Case for Israel "If you think everything to be said about the Bible has already been said, pick up this book of weekly reflections. You will find yourself surprised, awed, angry at times, and always engaged. Lawrence Kushner and David Mamet delve into some of the richest and most challenging of biblical texts and come up with original, often unconventional insights. Read it for learning--and for fun." --Francine Klagsbrun Author of The Fourth Commandment "Lawrence Kushner and David Mamet are both study partners and creative spirits who have touched and inspired the lives of thousands during the course of their respective careers. Their collaboration in FIVE CITIES OF REFUGE has produced a work of rare insight, intelligence, and sensibility. Readers of the Bible will be enriched and moved by their reflections. I recommend this book most highly! " -- David Ellenson, President Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, "When I was a kid, I used to hide comic books behind my copy of the Bible. Having read FIVE CITIES OF REFUGE, I will now keep it behind my copy of the Bible. It is an invaluable midrash on familiar verses, bringing them alive to contemporary readers. Don't go to synagogue without it. Even if the sermon puts you to sleep, this will keep you awake." -- Alan Dershowitz Author of The Case for Israel "If you think everything to be said about the Bible has already been said, pick up this book of weekly reflections. You will find yourself surprised, awed, angry at times, and always engaged. Lawrence Kushner and David Mamet delve into some of the richest and most challenging of biblical texts and come up with original, often unconventional insights. Read it for learning--and for fun." --Francine Klagsbrun Author of The Fourth Commandment "Lawrence Kushner and David Mamet are both study partners and creative spirits who have touched and inspired the lives of thousands during the course of their respective careers. Their collaboration in FIVE CITIES OF REFUGE has produced a work of rare insight, intelligence, and sensibility. Readers of the Bible will be enriched and moved by their reflections. I recommend this book most highly! " -- David Ellenson, President Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion From the Hardcover edition., "When I was a kid, I used to hide comic books behind my copy of the Bible. Having read FIVE CITIES OF REFUGE, I will now keep it behind my copy of the Bible. It is an invaluable midrash on familiar verses, bringing them alive to contemporary readers. Don't go to synagogue without it. Even if the sermon puts you to sleep, this will keep you awake." --Alan Dershowitz Author ofThe Case for Israel "If you think everything to be said about the Bible has already been said, pick up this book of weekly reflections. You will find yourself surprised, awed, angry at times, and always engaged. Lawrence Kushner and David Mamet delve into some of the richest and most challenging of biblical texts and come up with original, often unconventional insights. Read it for learning--and for fun." --Francine Klagsbrun Author ofThe Fourth Commandment "Lawrence Kushner and David Mamet are both study partners and creative spirits who have touched and inspired the lives of thousands during the course of their respective careers. Their collaboration in FIVE CITIES OF REFUGE has produced a work of rare insight, intelligence, and sensibility. Readers of the Bible will be enriched and moved by their reflections. I recommend this book most highly! " -- David Ellenson, President Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
222/.106
Synopsis
In the ancient Jewish practice of the kavannah (a meditation designed to focus one's heart on its spiritual goal), Lawrence Kushner and David Mamet offer their own reactions to key verses from each week's Torah portion, opening the biblical text to new layers of understanding. Here is a fascinating glimpse into two great minds, as each author approaches the text from his unique perspective, each seeking an understanding of the Bible's personalities and commandments, paradoxes and ambiguities. Kushner offers his words of Torah with a conversational enthusiasm that ranges from family dynamics to the Kabbalah; Mamet challenges the reader, often beginning his comment far afield--with Freud or the American judiciary--before returning to a text now wholly reinterpreted. In the tradition of Israel as a people who wrestle with God, Kushner and Mamet grapple with the biblical text, succumbing neither to apologetics nor parochialism, asking questions without fear of the answers they may find. Over the course of a year of weekly readings, they comment on all aspects of the Bible: its richness of theme and language, its contradictions, its commandments, and its often unfathomable demands. If you are already familiar with the Bible, this book will draw you back to the text for a deeper look. If you have not yet explored the Bible in depth, Kushner and Mamet are guides of unparalleled wisdom and discernment. Five Cities of Refuge is easily accessible yet powerfully illuminating. Each week's comments can be read in a few minutes, but they will give you something to think about all week long. Lawrence Kushner teaches and writes as the Emanu-El Scholar at The Congregation Emanu-El of San Francisco. He has taught at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City and served for twenty-eight years as rabbi of Congregation Beth El in Sudbury, Massachusetts. A frequent lecturer, he is also the author of more than a dozen books on Jewish spirituality and mysticism. He lives in San Francisco. David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. He is the author of Glengarry Glen Ross, The Cryptogram, and Boston Marriage , among other plays. He has also published three novels and many screenplays, children's books, and essay collections.
LC Classification Number
BS1225.54.K87 2003
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