Atwo-volumehardcoversetInTheHeartofTorah,RabbiShaiHeld’sTorahessays--twoforeachweeklyportion--opennewhorizonsinJewishbiblicalcommentary.Heldprobestheportionsinbold,original,andprovocativeways.HeminesTalmudandmidrashim,greatwritersofworldliterature,andastutecommentatorsofotherreligiousbackgroundstoponderfundamentalquestionsaboutGod,humannature,andwhatitmeanstobeareligiouspersoninthemodernworld.Alongtheway,heilluminatesthecentralityofempathyinJewishethics,thepredominanceofdivineloveinJewishtheology,theprimacyofgratitudeandgenerosity,andGod’ssummoningofeachofus--withallourlimitations--intothedignityofacovenantalrelationship.
