Title: Speaking silences : stillness and voice in modern thought and Jewish tradition /
Authors: Ettin, Andrew V., 1943-
Publisher: University Press of Virginia,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Silence Religious aspects Judaism; Spiritual life Judaism; Silence
Abstract: Language and silence have usually been understood as opposites and assigned different values, but which one is positive and which negative? When people equate silence with suppression or repression, they argue that it is through language that we discover meaning. Yet people who perceive deep wisdom in silence believe that words falsify experience.
Contents: Ch. 1. Speaking of Silences -- Ch. 2. A Sea of Ink -- Ch. 3. Letters in Love with Letters -- Ch. 4. The Silence of Potentiality -- Ch. 5. Limen / Mezuzah -- Ch. 6. Compulsion for the Word -- Ch. 7. Exiles from Their Words -- Ch. 8. One-Way Conversations -- Ch. 9. The Lead Plates of the Rom Press.