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Article: The Way Into Encountering God in Judaism.(Book Review)
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- January 1, 2005
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The Way Into Encountering God in Judaism, by Neil Gillman. Woodstock: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2000. 205pp. $21.95.
As he did in Sacred Fragments, Neil Gillman has once again presented complex theological ideas in a very accessible manner with a clear organizational framework. Drawing upon biblical, rabbinic, medieval, modern, and contemporary sources, he explores the seemingly abstract incomprehensibility of God's nature, attributes, and actions in the world. Gillman utilizes theological metaphors in a more liberal, humanistic approach that brings God down to earth, as it were, while at the same time recovering the wonder of divine presence in the universe. He ...