Seeking the Path to Life: Theological Meditations on God and the Nature of People, Love, Life and Death

By Ira Stone

For people who never thought they would read a book of theology—let alone understand it, enjoy it, savor it and have it affect the way they think about their lives.

In forty-five intense meditations, each a page or two in length, Stone takes us on explorations of the most basic human struggles: life and death, love and anger, peace and war, covenant and exile.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
• Release date: Jan 23, 2014
• ISBN: 9781580237697

Ira Stone

Ira F. Stone, rabbi of Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel in Phildelphia is a teacher of theology at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

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