Taking Hold of Torah
Subtitle: Jewish Commitment and Community in America (The Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780253213815
Subjects: Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts; Jewish studies; Judaism; Religion - Judaism; Religion; USA; Judaism - History; United States - General; Judaism - General; 20th century; Cultural assimilation; Jews; United States
First sentence: For as long as Jews have been reading Torah, they have been wondering why it begins where it does.