A Baptist Among the Jews
3/5
(13 votes)
Like most Christians, Mary Blye Howe was uninformed about Jewish ritual and tradition. To satisfy her curiosity she joined a Jewish study group held in the home of a Hasidic rabbi.
- Format
- 256 pages, Hardcover
- First published
- July 25, 2003
- Publishers
- Jossey-Bass
- Subjects
- Judaism·Personal Christian testimony·Popular inspirational works·Christianity·Baptists·Relations with Jews·Biography·Autobiography·Biography·Autobiography·Jews·Biography·Autobiography·Howe·Mary Blye·Customs and practices·Chr
- Language
- English
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Reviews
A Baptist Among the Jews is a great starter book for Christians interested in almost all forms of Judaism. The only 'denomination' she leaves out is Reconstructionism, explaining that this is because she had no access to it.
"A Baptist Among the Jews" is a passionate blueprint for achieving ecumenical understanding and cooperation. The author has managed to transcend the confines of her narrow fundamentalist origins and allow herself to experience other approaches to the Divine.
This book is so filled with spirit and heart. As it unfolds, the reader is drawn into a deep understanding about spirituality with a sense of humor and feeling.
From the first page to the last, this book captivated me with Ms. Howe's experience among the Jewish religion and culture.
A very interesting and informative insight into the Jewish people and their religion and traditions.
With the author's excellent vocabulary, her thoughts are clearly written. She was energetic, thorough and tireless in her research by reading, conversations and personal experiences.
A Baptist among the Jews is an exuberant, uplifting, and inspiring read for all of us who have found ourselves embarking on a spiritual journey. Mary Howe reveals her excellent grounding in Jewish belief and practice without ever straying far from her own personal experiences.
With the disarming passion of a neophyte (but withoutleaving her own faith behind), Howe plunges into therich world of traditional Judaism, emerging withjewels from which all of us can profit: a profoundsense of God's holiness, an insatiable hunger for andlove of God's Word, and an understanding of theimportance of ritual and community. Howe's friendshipwith the Jewish people and her deep spiritualexperiences amidst them bring a whole new dimension toher Christian faith, and her winsome story encouragesthose of us who have yet to embrace our Jewish rootsto enrich our journey by crossing the cultural and emotional barriers that so often separate us from our spiritual kin.
Mary Howe allows us to accompany her as she spends years seeking genuine understanding of the Jewish faith. Her writing is an olive branch between two previously divided communities.
Mary Blye Howe's spiritual memoir offers a snapshot of a remarkable period in the life of the Dallas Jewish community. Long a bastion of southern liberal Judaism, in the 1970s Dallas came close to losing its aging, traditional Jewish community for good.