Rachel Adler (Boeken)

Rachel Adler Boeken

Rachel Adler is een vooraanstaand geleerde in het moderne Joodse denken, vooral bekend om haar pionierswerk in de integratie van feministische perspectieven in de interpretatie van Joodse teksten en wetten. Haar werk onderzoekt kritisch hoe gender ons begrip van de Joodse theologie en ethiek vormt, en biedt innovatieve inzichten in oude tradities. Ze brengt een unieke invalshoek in de religieuze wetenschap, en verrijkt het hedendaagse discours met een doordachte en scherpzinnige benadering.

Tales of the Holy Mysticat: Jewish Wisdom Stories by a Feline Mystic

168bladzijden
6 uur lezen

4,3(19)Tarief

In early 2007, Professor Rachel Adler, a Jewish feminist theologian, decided her new apartment needed a cat. As she searched through photos from local shelters, one gaunt feline caught her eye. Despite being caged, he retained the spiritual beauty of face and dignity of bearing that mark a great soul. As he settled into his new homeƒ‚‚"ƒ‚‚€ƒ‚‚"purring at the Hebrew volumes in Adler's rabbinic library, nodding attentively to the mezzuzot on the doorposts, and engaging in soulful meditation three times each dayƒ‚‚"ƒ‚‚€ƒ‚‚"it became clear that he was no ordinary kitty. Over the years, these eccentric practices revealed him to be a Hasidic master reincarnated to a higher level in the form of a gray tabby. This whimsical and engaging book began as several years of Adler's Facebook posts describing the idiosyncrasies of her peculiar cat, whom she called the Holy Mysticat. He became a holy teacher of sorts, leading her and her online friends on a journey through thousands of years of Jewish spiritual texts and p