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PublisherAcademic Studies Press
ISBN-101618117971
ISBN-139781618117977
eBay Product ID (ePID)248597553
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Number of Pages210 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSin*A*Gogue : Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought
Publication Year2019
SubjectChristian Life / General, Ethics, Inspiration & Personal Growth, Christian Theology / Anthropology, Jewish Studies
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBody, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Social Science
AuthorDavid Bashevkin
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2018-023281
Reviews" Sin*a*gogue is an invaluable resource for anyone who seeks to better understand the roles that sin and failure play in each of our lives. ... [Bashevkin] can add Sin*a*gogue proudly to his resume as a true accomplishment." -- Rabbi Marc Katz, Jewish Book Council, "An idea of sin, at least from a vernacular perspective, easily denotes immorality and a description of the worst parts of humanity. In the context of religious institutions, a vocabulary of sin and sinfulness underwrites ideas of discipline, prohibition and the control of the behaviour and actions of individuals. ... From this perspective, the place of sin in an account of religious experience and thought has an awkward and unwanted position. For David Bashevkin, however, such a view is reductive, because it misses the more subtle and important role played by conceptions of sin in the formation of the individual. Countering a reductive view of sin, Sin*a*gogue sets out the role of sin as a heuristic tool in Jewish thought. ... What Bashevkin reveals is an idea of individuality, which can only exist because of the very possibility of sin, and an individuality that can be strengthened and enriched through our struggle with our own failure." -- Mark A. Hutchinson, University of York, UK, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, "Although he is a profoundly learned man, he wears hislearning lightly in his lucid, witty and wholly winning new book. ... Dr. EstherHess, a colleague of my wife, always poses a thematic question to the guests ather Shabbat dinners, which invariably leads to table talk of extraordinaryrichness and meaning as each of us proposes an answer. The thought occurred tome as I read Sin*a*gogue that DavidBashevkin has provided enough questions to sustain the participants in athousand such meals." -- Jonathan Kirsch, the JewishJournal, "Too many of us find ourselves staying up late to gawk at cable news shows. We scour Facebook for any sign of our friends expressing opinions we find unacceptable. We insist that our every conversation--about literature or film, about history or art, about our careers or our families or our future--be repurposed as a partisan polemic. We're exhausted. Our rage yields no result. Increasingly, we feel as if we're failing at life. How fortunate, then, that we've just the book to guide us along in this uncertain season. Entitled Sin*a*gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought , it's a meditation on sin and failure in Jewish thought, and its insights couldn't be any timelier or any more essential. " --Leil Leibovitz, Tablet, "[Bashevkin] has succeeded in writing an entertaining, edifying, and eclectic (if at times a bit too much so) survey of an important aspect of Jewish thought. 'A person cannot stand on words of Torah until they have caused him to stumble,' Bashevkin quotes from the Talmud, and those who stumble across Sin-a-gogue will no doubt discover, within its pages, much to stand on." --Ilana Kurshan, The Forward, "In Sin*a*gogue , David Bashevkin, director ofeducation at NCSY and instructor at Yeshiva University, has chosen a subjectthat most of us shy away from discussing - sin and failure. He has penned athought-provoking, well-written study about sin and failure in contemporarylife, as seen through the lens of classical Jewish thought and contemporaryJewish thinkers. ... It is a fascinating study of Judaism's attitude toward sinand failure that provides the reader with a better understanding of humannature, and the constructive role that failure can play in our lives." --Alan Rosenbaum, The Jerusalem Post, " Sin*a*gogue is an invaluable resource for anyone who seeks to better understand the roles that sin and failure play in each of our lives. ... [Bashevkin] can add Sin*a*gogue proudly to his resume as a true accomplishment." --Rabbi Marc Katz, Jewish Book Council, "Bashevkin ... presents the reader with a series of powerful, dark-of-night meditations on sin and failure in Jewish thought that are wonderfully offset by his eccentric and irrepressible sense of humor. Prayerful yet not preachy, sophisticated yet unburdened by jargon, the book is a highly appealing guide to teshuvah for postmodern readers." --Henry Abramson, Jewish Action, "In Sin*a*gogue , author Rabbi David Bashevkin has written a remarkable book that analyzes the nature of sin. ... Bashevkin has done a remarkable job of explaining the Jewish approach to sin. For many, they may think it is closer to the mortifications of Opus Dei; when it is, in fact, just the opposite. Do not think that Bashevkin minimizes the effect of sin. Just the opposite. He makes it eminently clear its devastating effects. However, he also shows that sins can be rectified, and that there was only one acher . If Bashevkin is guilty of any sin, it is that of brevity, in this all too short remarkable work. At a brief 145 pages, this fascinating book shows what a gifted and quick-witted writer he is. To which the reader is left, like a sinner, desirous, wanting much more." --Ben Rothke, The Times of Israel, "Outside of the High Holidays, Jews don't talk much aboutsin or failure. Rabbi David Bashevkin, director of education at NCSY andinstructor at Yeshiva University, has written an in-depth but very readablebook about sin and failure, tracing how Judaism discusses the topic from theBible, through rabbinic literature, up to modern times. His sources range fromthe Talmud to Hassidic masters such as Rabbi Nachman, contemporary rabbinicgreats, including Moshe Feinstein, Rav Hunter, social scientists and literarygiants, current news sources and pop culture, all fully annotated. ... Hismessage is simple: sin and failure is part of life, along with the struggle forspirituality and redemption. This book is highly recommended for academiclibraries." --Harvey Sukenic, Hebrew College Library, AJL Reviews
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Table Of ContentTable of Contents Foreword Introduction: The Stories We Tell Section I: The Nature of Sin What We Talk About When We Talk About Sin Sin's Origins and Original Sin Sick, Sick Thoughts: Intention and Action in Sin What to Wear to a Sin: Negotiating With Sin Can Sinning Be Holy? Does God Repent? Section II: Case Studies in Sin and Failure Once a Jew Always a Jew? What Leaving Judaism Tells Us About Judaism When Leaders Fail An Alcoholic Walks into a Bar: Putting Yourself in Sin's Path Rabbi's Son Syndrome: Why Religious Commitment Can Lead to Religious Failure Jonah and the Varieties of Religious Motivation: Religious Frustration as a Factor in Religious Motivation Section III: Responses to Sin and Failure I Kind of Forgive You: Half Apologies and Half Repentance To Whom It May Concern: Rabbinic Correspondence on Sin and Failure Index Bibliography Permissions Acknowledgements
SynopsisThis volume presents the concepts of sin and failure in Jewish thought, weaving together biblical and rabbinic studies to reveal a holistic portrait of the notion of sin and failure within Jewish thought., "A manual for living with defeat" --Tablet It is no more possible to think about religion without sin than it is to think about a garden without dirt. By its very nature, the ideals of religion entail sin and failure. Judaism has its own language and framework for sin that expresses themselves both legally and philosophically. Both legal questions--circumstances where sin is permissible or mandated, the role of intention and action--as well as philosophical questions--why sin occurs and how does Judaism react to religious crisis--are considered within this volume. This book will present the concepts of sin and failure in Jewish thought, weaving together biblical and rabbinic studies to reveal a holistic portrait of the notion of sin and failure within Jewish thought. The suffix "agogue" means to lead or grow. Here as well, Sin-a-gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought will provide its readers frameworks and strategies to develop even in the face of failure., "A manual for living with defeat" --Tablet It is no more possible to think about religion without sin than it is to think about a garden without dirt. By its very nature, the ideals of religion entail sin and failure. Judaism has its own language and framework for sin that expresses themselves both legally and philosophically. Both legal questions--circumstances where sin is permissible or mandated, the role of intention and action--as well as philosophical questions--why sin occurs and how does Judaism react to religious crisis--are considered within this volume. This book will present the concepts of sin and failure in Jewish thought, weaving together biblical and rabbinic studies to reveal a holistic portrait of the notion of sin and failure within Jewish thought. The suffix "agogue" means to lead or grow. Here as well, Sin*a*gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought will provide its readers frameworks and strategies to develop even in the face of failure.
LC Classification NumberBM630.B38 2018
