The Seven Deadly Sins: Jewish, Christian, and Classical Reflections on Human Psychology
"An ardent and eloquent argument for bringing back the biblical notion of sin and putting it to work in our own benighted world....Challenging, even radical. Essentially, Schimmel questions the conventional wisdom of...psychotherapy."--Los Angeles Times"Schimmel artfully weaves ideas from Judaism, classical philosophy, and Christianity to observe the ways the seven cardinal sins...are played out in the modern world....It is a scholarly rendering of ancient thought applied to modern times."--Contemporary Psychology"Schimmel's examples are penetrating and pointed....Read this book. It is time and effort well spent."--Rocky Mountain News