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Who is a Jew? In this colorful, eye-opening work, bestselling author and lecturer Jonathan Kirsch takes us on a three-thousand-year tour of Jewish identity and diversity and offers answers to this complex and difficult question. Kirsch reveals that Judaism has never been a religion of strict and narrow orthodoxy. For every accepted tradition in Jewish faith there are countertraditions rooted in biblical antiquity


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Who is a Jew? In this colorful, eye-opening work, bestselling author and lecturer Jonathan Kirsch takes us on a three-thousand-year tour of Jewish identity and diversity and offers answers to this complex and difficult question. Kirsch reveals that Judaism has never been a religion of strict and narrow orthodoxy. For every accepted tradition in Jewish faith there are countertraditions rooted in biblical antiquity: the Maccabee freedom fighters who closed the Bible and picked up swords, dervish-like ecstatics who claimed to enjoy direct communication with God even after they had been excommunicated by a distrustful rabbinate, and courageous men and women who were the forgotten heroes of the Holocaust. With drama and narrative verve, Kirsch explores these and many other "Judaisms" that make up the rich tapestry of Jewish identity.

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Jonathan Kirsch is a book columnist for the Los Angeles Times and author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed King David, Moses, The Harlot by the Side of the Road, and The Woman Who Laughed at God. He lectures and consults widely on biblical, literary, and legal topics and is a past president of PEN Center USA West.

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Who is a Jew?

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  • Title The Woman Who Laughed at God: The Untold History of the Jewish People
  • Author Jonathan Kirsch
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Date October 29, 2002
  • ISBN 9780142196113 / 0142196118
  • Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.73 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.85 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Jews - Identity, Judaism - Essence, genius, nature
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001026880
  • Dewey Decimal Code 296.09

About the author

Jonathan Kirsch is a book columnist for the Los Angeles Times and author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed King David, Moses, The Harlot by the Side of the Road, and The Woman Who Laughed at God. He lectures and consults widely on biblical, literary, and legal topics and is a past president of PEN Center USA West.
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