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In The Thicket

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An autobiographical novel about an adolescent Yeshiva student and his private war with himself, his Jewish heritage and the new political-social ideas of the 20th century.

In the Thicket describes Shimon’s yeshiva education during a period of intellectual and political ferment. Reluctant to abandon the beauty he sees in the source texts, but unable to believe in the God of Moses as he is presented by the tradition, the teenage rabbinical student aims to strive for a synthesis of religious and modern life.

Language: English

Pages: 273

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: The Jewish Publication Society of America

Release: May 14, 1963

In The Thicket

4/5 ( ratings)

An autobiographical novel about an adolescent Yeshiva student and his private war with himself, his Jewish heritage and the new political-social ideas of the 20th century.

In the Thicket describes Shimon’s yeshiva education during a period of intellectual and political ferment. Reluctant to abandon the beauty he sees in the source texts, but unable to believe in the God of Moses as he is presented by the tradition, the teenage rabbinical student aims to strive for a synthesis of religious and modern life.

Language: English

Pages: 273

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: The Jewish Publication Society of America

Release: May 14, 1963

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