The Woman Who Laughed at God
Subtitle: The Untold History of the Jewish People
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: October 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780670030095
Subjects: Judaism; Old Testament; Judaism - History; Jewish - General; Religion - Judaism; Religion; Religion / General; Identity; Essence, genius, nature; History; Jews
First sentence: Who is a Jew?
Description: "In The Woman Who Laughed at God, author Jonathan Kirsch takes us on a journey through Jewish history, and offers fresh and surprising answers to the provocative question "Who is a Jew?" Today, the Jewish world is divided by differences in faith and practice - but Kirsch's illuminating work reveals that Judaism has never been a strict and narrow orthodoxy. For every accepted tradition in Jewish faith there are countertraditions rooted in biblical antiquity.

Diversity, Kirsch shows, is a core value of Judaism."--BOOK JACKET.