Not in the Heavens: The Tradition of Jewish Secular Thought

by David Biale

Book Overview

The story of the origins and development of a Jewish form of secularism

Not in the Heavens traces the rise of Jewish secularism through the visionary writers and thinkers who led its development. Spanning the rich history of Judaism from the Bible to today, David Biale shows how the secular tradition these visionaries created is a uniquely Jewish one, and how the emergence of Jewish secularism was not merely a response to modernity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691168040
• ISBN13: 9780691168043
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"