Modern musar : contested virtues in Jewish thought /

"Modern Musar explores the diverse ways Jews understand ten virtues: honesty and love of truth; curiosity and inquisitiveness; humility; courage and valor; temperance and self-restraint; gratitude; forgiveness; love, kindness, and compassion; solidarity and social responsibility; and justice an...

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Main Author: Claussen, Geoffrey D., 1979- (Author)
Other Authors: Newman, Louis E. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lincoln : Jewish Publication Society ; University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Series:JPS anthologies of Jewish thought.
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Summary:"Modern Musar explores the diverse ways Jews understand ten virtues: honesty and love of truth; curiosity and inquisitiveness; humility; courage and valor; temperance and self-restraint; gratitude; forgiveness; love, kindness, and compassion; solidarity and social responsibility; and justice and righteousness"--
Physical Description:xxiii, 434 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780827613508
0827613504