Taking Hold of Torah: Jewish Commitment and Community in America

Arnold M. Eisen

1997

Leviticus

Ritual and Community

The Book of Leviticus is not terribly popular among American Jews of my acquaintance. […] Leviticus seems so repetitive, so anachronistic. […] [The] book is in many cases offensive to contemporary convictions and sensibilities. […]

Only recently have I come to see what I for so long missed in Leviticus, and to…

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Arnold M. Eisen

b. 1951

Brought up in Philadelphia, Arnold M. Eisen is chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. Eisen holds a doctorate from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and previously taught at Stanford University. His area of specialization is American Judaism.

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