Teach me about God : the meaning and significance of the name of God / Walter Orenstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orenstein, Walter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God (Judaism).

Physical Description:

xxvii, 263 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : J. Aronson, [2005]

Summary:

While the essence of God will always remain a mystery to man, much has been written through the ages about how God relates to the world. In this regard, the Divine names are of ultimate significance to man for they represent the Divine attributes. Focusing on these names in the context in which they appear, Teach Me About God discovers and delineates the way God relates to the world as seen and put forth by the Jewish tradition. Texts for the book were selected from the lives of Adam, Noah, the Patriarchs and Moses, the prophesies of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel and the Book of Psalms, to illustrate the significance of the Divine encounter and the relationship between God and Man. Written for the layperson, Teach Me About God can serve as a source book to teach the fundamentals of Jewish thinking on how God relates to the world in general and man in particular.

Contents:

1 The Significance of the Names of God 1

2 The Thirteen Divine Attributes 23

3 The God of Adam and Noah 39

4 The God of the Patriarchs 55

5 The God of Moses 113

6 The Meaning and Significance of Providence 185

7 When God Relates to Man 217

8 When Man Relates to God 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765761882

0765700115

OCLC:

45308799