Seek My Face by Arthur Green

Seek My Face by Arthur Green

The new Jewish spirituality lies somewhere between God's elusive presence in our world and our search for authentic language to describe it. Personal journeys seldom have a clear beginning, and they rarely have a definite end. If there is an end to our journey, surely it is one that leads to some measure of wisdom, and thence back to its own beginning. But somewhere along the way, we come to realize that we must know where we have been going, why we have been going. Most of all, we come to understand as best we can the One who sends us on our way. --from the Introduction Rabbi Arthur Green leads us on a journey of discovery to seek God, the world, and ourselves. One of the most influential Jewish thinkers of our time, Green has created a roadmap of meaning for our lives in the light of Jewish mysticism, using the Hebrew letters that make up the divine name: Yod-- Reality at the beginning. God as the oneness of being at the outset, before it unfolds into our universe. Heh-- Creation and God's presence in the world. A renewed faith in God as Creator has powerful implications for us today. Vav-- Revelation, the central faith claim of Judaism and the claim it makes on our lives. Heh-- Redemption and our return to God through the life of Torah and by participating in the ongoing repair of the world. A personal and honest framework of understanding for the seeker, this revised and updated edition of a classic sheds new light on our search for the divine presence in our everyday lives.

Arthur Green, PhD, is regarded as one of the world's foremost experts on Jewish spirituality and thinking. He is the Irving Brudnick professor of philosophy and religion at Hebrew College, as well as the rector of the Rabbinical School, which he established in 2004. Dr. Green is the author of several publications, including Judaism's Ten Best Ideas: A Short Guide for Seekers; Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow; Seek My Face: A Jewish Mystical Theology; and Your Word Is Fire: The Hasidic Masters on Contemplation. He is a professor emeritus at Brandeis University and formerly taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as dean He is also the writer of Speaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings from Around the Maggid's Table (Yale University Press) and the author of Radical Judaism (Yale University Press). He's been linked to the Havurah movement and a neo-Hasidic approach to Judaism for a long time.