{"product_id":"after-onehundredandtwenty-9780691181165","title":"After OneHundredandTwenty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Long-listed for the 2017 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize\"\u003cbr\u003e\"It's refreshing to read a Jewish book on death that does not presume to offer guidance, either through that dark portal, or around it. Instead, Hillel Halkin . . . has written a brief, pellucid account of the role death has played in Jewish texts, law, thought and lives--including his own.\"\u003cb\u003e---Esther Schor, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Halkin combines an accessible and trenchant exploration of Judaism's evolving concepts of death with his own struggle with understanding it. He leavens what could be a depressing read with humor. . . . Halkin's frankness about his own difficulties . . . help make this nuanced quest for meaning personal and affecting.\" * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\"Well-rounded and thoroughly readable.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jeff Fleischer, \u003ci\u003eForeWord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Deeply moving.\"\u003cb\u003e---Ray Olson, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A very user-friendly historical account of Jewish ideas about death . . . and how those ideas change. . . . [Halkin] is a master at 'popularisation' in the best sense of that term, bringing to a non-academic audience what are, in essence, some very complicated ideas.\"\u003cb\u003e---David Hillel-Ruben, \u003ci\u003eJewish Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hillel Halkin, an American-born Israeli scholar and novelist, poignantly explores his own experiences while providing a history of Jewish thought.\"\u003cb\u003e---Amy Frykholm, \u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Instructive and thought-provoking. . . . One would be hard-pressed to find a more knowledgeable or astute guide through the vast literature of Jewish thanatology than Hillel Halkin. . . . The Biggest of Mysteries being tackled by one of our best and brightest.\"\u003cb\u003e---Matt Nesvisky, \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Learned and beautifully written.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"At once scholarly and passionate, secular and religious, detached and autobiographical.\"\u003cb\u003e---Edward Alexander, \u003ci\u003eChicago Jewish Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Charming, frankly vulnerable, and deceptively deep.\"\u003cb\u003e---Abraham Socher, \u003ci\u003eJewish Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this important new book, Hillel Halkin explores Jewish attitudes towards death and the world to come. . . . A highly readable book which provokes reflection on an often uncomfortable subject. It would prove a valuable resource for all those involved in the field of pastoral care.\"\u003cb\u003e---Randall C. Belinfante, \u003ci\u003eAssociation of Jewish Libraries Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403857699159,"sku":"9780691181165","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691181165.jpg?v=1730484738","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/after-onehundredandtwenty-9780691181165","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}