| Phụ đề | : | The Jewish Impact on Civilization |
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| Tác giả | : | Spiro, Ken |
| Nơi xuất bản | : | U.S.A.: Simcha Press, 2002 |
| Thông tin trách nhiệm | : | Ken Spiro |
| Mô tả vật lý | : | xvi, 339 pages paperback, illustration 23 cm |
| Tóm tắt/ chú giải | : | In pursuit of an answer to the question of what would constitute a perfect world, author Ken Spiro questioned more than 1,500 people of various backgrounds and religions. His findings revealed six core elements: Respect for human life; peace and harmony; justice and equality; education; family; and social responsibility. He then set off on a journey to find out why these were such common goals across cultural, economic, social and racial lines, and in the process, traced the history of the development of world religions, values and ethics. As a rabbi, he paid particular attention to how Judaism impacted, and was influenced by, the course of these developments. The result is a highly readable and well-documented book about the origins of values and virtues in Western civilization as influenced by the Greeks, Romans, Christians, Muslims and, most significantly, the Jews. The history of religion, presented in Spiro's highly readable style, is a fascinating and timely subject, especially in today's volatile religious climate. Readers of all faiths will find that the elements of a perfect world can only be achieved by a common understanding of our mutual backgrounds and that our diverse religions are all merely branches growing from one single tree. |
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| Ngôn ngữ | : | Eng |
| DDC | : | 909.04924 / S759-K33 |
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Sách cùng khung phân loại
Jewish history and thought: An introduction
U.S.A: KTAV Publishing House, 1991
