Filled with Fire and Light: Portraits and Legends from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidic World - Hardcover

$30.24

Filled with Fire and Light: Portraits and Legends from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidic World - Hardcover

Name: Filled with Fire and Light: Portraits and Legends from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidic World - Hardcover
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by Elie Wiesel (Author), Alan Rosen (Editor)

Here are magnificent insights into the lives of biblical prophets and kings, talmudic sages, and Hasidic rabbis from the internationally acclaimed writer, Nobel laureate, and one of the world's most honored and beloved teachers.

"This posthumous collection encourages a path toward purpose and transcendence." --The New York Times Book Review

From a multitude of sources, Elie Wiesel culls facts, legends, and anecdotes to give us fascinating portraits of notable figures throughout Jewish history. Here is the prophet Elisha, wonder-worker and adviser to kings, whose compassion for those in need is matched only by his fiery temper. Here is the renowned scholar Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, whose ingenuity in escaping from a besieged Jerusalem on the eve of its destruction by Roman legions in 70 CE laid the foundation for the rabbinic teachings and commentaries that revolutionized the practice and study of Judaism and have sustained the Jewish people for two thousand years of ongoing exile. And here is Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad Hasidism, languishing in a Czarist prison in 1798, the victim of a false accusation, engaging in theological discussions with his jailers that would form the basis for Chabad's legendary method of engagement with the world at large.

In recounting the life stories of these and other spiritual seekers, in delving into the struggles of human beings trying to create meaningful lives touched with sparks of the divine, Wiesel challenges and inspires us all to fill our own lives with commitment and sanctity.

Author Biography

The author of more than fifty works of fiction and nonfiction, ELIE WIESEL was awarded the United States Congressional Gold Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the French Legion of Honor's Grand Cross, an honorary knighthood of the British Empire, and the Nobel Peace Prize, among many other honors. He was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University for almost forty years. He passed away in 2016.

ALAN ROSEN has authored or edited fourteen books, including five dedicated to the teachings of Elie Wiesel.

Number of Pages: 240

Dimensions: 1 x 8.2 x 5.7 IN

Publication Date: November 02, 2021

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