Rabbis of the Air

By Philip Terman

In Philip Terman's third major collection, he writes of his Jewish ancestry and his current home in rural Pennsylvania, combining a fine lyric sensibility with an awareness of history and mystical tradition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932870156
• ISBN13: 9781932870152
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Autumn House Press
• Length: 112 Pages

Customer Reviews

Domestically enchanting

I was a bit resistant to Phil Terman's Rabbis of the Air, being an atheist and generally wanting little to do with religion in the broad sense of the term. This book isn't just about Judaism, though. It is a wonderful collection of musings and reflections on personal history, family, and mythology, presented in deeply meaningful and careful ways. The landscape of many of these poems is Amish Country, Pennsylvania, which poses an interesting relationship with the tangible surroundings of garden and field, and the more personal ones of spirituality, love, and community. These are wise, thoughtful poems that do not waste a word.