At FFOZ’s Shavuot 09 Conference last week, I had a few people ask me for recommendations on books to help them get started in Jewish sources. I’ll try to post recommendations / reviews now and then to help out with this. I’ll be publishing a review of Brad Young’s Meet the Rabbis a little later today.
If there is one book you need to get before Yom Kippur this is it. It should be in the library of anyone who can read. It will inspire you to live beyond yourself and for others. My wife began reading it a few weeks ago and it has presented serious challenges for both of us, as well as been an incredible source of inspiration to live an inspiring life. Legendary Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis tells how her family has left a legacy of a committed, inspired life of love for Hashem and His Torah, touching countless people in the process. The book is filled with innumerable, real-life stories of people whose lives have been challenged and changed through a Torah-filled life of love. It seems I can’t get past a story without weeping, being reminded of my short-comings, but being encouraged to know that there is hope for change as the illustrations prove over and over. If you’ve got nothing to remind you of how we need to be affecting those around us, this book is for you.
I have begun a Recommended Reading List which you may like to check out. Currently, it is very brief, but it includes short reviews of each book, cover artwork and a direct link to the selected book on Amazon. I will be adding to the list as time permits. Also, if you purchase any of these books through the links on this page, you will be helping to support this site. Thanks for taking the time to look these over.
This is a classic from half a century ago that is a must on every bookshelf. Some topics specifically addressed are the link between Yeshua’s words in the Sermon on the Mount in connection to Talmudic literature, linking the Last Supper with the Seder meal, etc. Although David Flusser is commonly attributed as to finding the connection of Micah regarding the ‘breaker going forth,’ and Yeshua’s words ‘the kingdom suffers violence,’ I believe Daube made ‘first contact’ decades previous, as this work testifies.
Bivin & Blizzard present a great deal of information in this little book. The primary subjects deal with the Hebraic background to the Apostolic Scriptures, arguing for a Hebrew undertext. They present some breakthrough understandings of difficult passages, such as “the kingdom suffers violence” (based on the work of David Flusser).
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