Tree of life, tree of knowledge : conversations with the Torah / Michael Rosenak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenak, Michael, 1932-2013.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish religious education--Philosophy.

Jewish religious education.

Judaism--Study and teaching.

Judaism.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Pentateuch.

Physical Description:

xvi, 382 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.

Contents:

Introduction: The Great Conversation 1

Part 1 Parents and Children: Within the Family 25

1 Who Are Our First Parents? 27

2 Teaching at the Family Table 47

3 Holding Hands: Abraham Walks with Isaac 63

4 Bringing Up a "Problem Child" 79

5 Learning to Make Decisions 91

Part 2 The Community: From the Home to the School 103

6 The Community Teaches the Narrative of Beginnings 105

7 Priestly Garments and All That: Still Splendid? 123

8 Jewish Law and Human Nature: Educational Models 137

9 Learning and Leadership: Hillel and Menahem 155

Part 3 Inside Out: Learning About Ourselves and Others 177

10 Jacob and Esau: Strategies for Coexistence 179

11 The Curriculum of Jewish Life

Goshen and the Land of Israel 197

12 Children of Two Covenants 217

13 A Tale of Two Tents: Scholarship and Faith 231

Part 4 Learning About Ourselves: Jewish Self-Education 249

14 A Question of Character: The Case of Joseph 251

15 Learning to Cope with What We Remember 273

16 Can Illness Have a Meaning?: Community, Solitude, and Providence 285

17 Living Until One Hundred and Twenty: On Dying 297

18 What Is Worth Knowing? Learning Torah "for Its Own Sake" 315

Postscript: The Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life 333

Appendix The Chapter, the Verse, and the "Portion" 339.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813365619

OCLC:

46240329