Rachel Adler (Livres)

Rachel Adler Livres

Rachel Adler est une éminente spécialiste de la pensée juive moderne, reconnue notamment pour son rôle pionnier dans l'intégration des perspectives féministes à l'interprétation des textes et du droit juifs. Son travail examine de manière critique comment le genre façonne notre compréhension de la théologie et de l'éthique juives, offrant des perspectives innovantes sur des traditions anciennes. Elle apporte une perspective unique à la recherche religieuse, enrichissant le discours contemporain par une approche réfléchie et perspicace.

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

168pages
6 heures de lecture

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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