Description: The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis by Leon R. Kass (Paperback – Illustrated, 2006) ABOUT THE BOOK As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it’s also timeless. Examining Genesis in a philosophical light, Kass presents it not as a story of what happened long ago, but as the enduring story of humanity itself. He asserts that the first half of Genesis contains insights about human nature that “rival anything produced by the great philosophers.” Kass here reads these first stories—from Adam and Eve to the tower of Babel—as a mirror for self-discovery that reveals truths about human reason, speech, freedom, sexual desire, pride, shame, anger, and death. Taking a step further in the second half of his book, Kass explores the struggles in Genesis to launch a new way of life that addresses mankind’s morally ambiguous nature by promoting righteousness and holiness. Even readers who don’t agree with Kass’s interpretations will find The Beginning of Wisdom acompelling book—a masterful philosophical take on one of the world’s seminal religious texts.
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Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.5in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Leon R. Kass
Publication Name: Beginning of Wisdom : Reading Genesis
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 35.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 716 Pages
