Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary
by Shmuly Yanklowitz
foreword by Ruth Messinger
Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2018
Paper: 978-0-88123-322-3 | eISBN: 978-0-88123-323-0
Library of Congress Classification BM506.A23P59 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 296.1234707
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Pirkei Avot is the urtext of Jewish practical wisdom. In many ways, Pirkei Avot was the first recorded manifesto of social justice in Western civilization. This commentary explores the text through a lens of contemporary social justice and moral philosophy, engaging both classical commentators and modern thinkers.
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