Paperback
-
PICK UP IN STORECheck Availability at Nearby Stores
Available within 2 business hours
Related collections and offers
Overview
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781620328750 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Wipf & Stock Publishers |
Publication date: | 05/14/2013 |
Pages: | 270 |
Sales rank: | 945,366 |
Product dimensions: | 5.63(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xv
Part 1 Building a Contemporary Mussar Theology
Introduction What Is Theology? 3
Chapter 1 Creation 7
Chapter 2 Revelation 15
Chapter 3 Redemption 31
Part 2 The Theory of Mussar
Chapter 4 Yetzer Ha-Tov and Yetzer Ha-Ra 43
Chapter 5 Yirat Hashem and Ahavat Hashem 51
Chapter 6 Kibbush Ha-Yetzer and Tikkun Ha-Yetzer 57
Chapter 7 Olam Ha-Zeh, Olam Ha-Ba, and Reward and Punishment 61
Part 3 Contemporary Mussar Practice
Chapter 8 Shiur - Learning 73
Chapter 9 Heshbon Ha-Nefesh - An Accounting of the Soul 77
Chapter 10 Hitpa'alut and Studying with Lips Aflame 82
Chapter 11 Worldly Wisdom 92
Chapter 12 Mazkeh Ha-Rabbim 95
Part 4 Mussar and Mitzvot
Chapter 13 Introduction: The Particularity of Love and Choosing Judaism 99
Chapter 14 Middot and Mitzvot 110
Chapter 15 Staying Awake and Sharing the Burden through Halakhah 118
Chapter 16 Hearing the Cry and Giving It Voice 121
Chapter 17 Becoming a Revelation 142
Chapter 18 Making Space for Eternity 148
Chapter 19 Hyperbole and Messianism 151
Appendix: Hokhmah U-Mussar-Translation and Commentary 157
Bibliography 233
What People are Saying About This
"This book is a marvelous gift to a generation seeking new spiritual paths in order to live a richly Jewish and deeply human life. Ira Stone uncovers a neglected treasure in modern Judaism, the nineteenth-century Mussar movement, which sought to develop the human being into a mensch by reuniting mitzvot and morality. Stone gives us his postmodern theology of Mussar, and guides us through its theory of the process of self-development using its methods of self-improvement. In a final tour de force Stone shows how, in the mode of Mussar, prayer and halakah awaken our spirit and teach us to concretize God's love and our love for fellow human belngs. This book is a treasure to be read and reread." -Rabbi Irving Greenberg, President, Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation
"Sometimes we know how to act morally but we lack the strength of character or motivation to do it. The Mussar movement developed in Judaism to help us do what we know is right. This book is a wonderfully clear and helpful exposition of one form of Mussar. As such, it has the power to do nothing less than improve our moral character and change our lives for the better." -Rabbi Elliot Dorff, author of To Do the Right and the Good
"Here you will find hidden gems of the authentic, time-tested Jewish spiritual tradition of Mussarand be shown steps you can seek to open your own heart. Rabbi Stone passionately reminds us that when we extend our hand to help another bear her burden, the pathway to the Beloved we seek opens before us." -Alan Morinis, author of Climbing Jacob's Ladder
"Ira Stone gives us a lucid and thoughtful account of the writings of the great Mussar teachers. His passion and compassion are apparent on every page, as he conveys his vision of a contemporary Jewish ethical practice. This book deals with vital issues, such as the spiritual imperative of responsibility for the other in a way that is both philosophically cogent and accessible. A fine study. -Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, author of Genesis: The Beginning of Desire