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The Jewish Tradition and Choices at the End of Life. A New Judaic Approach to Illness and Dying.
Lewis D. Solomon
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Description for The Jewish Tradition and Choices at the End of Life. A New Judaic Approach to Illness and Dying.
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
This book will help readers make better, more informed choices as they or their loved ones face: the onset of a terminal illness or an incurable, chronic, debilitating condition; a lengthy period of debility and frailty, with ever greater and more demeaning physical or mental weakness and dependency; or a hopeless medical condition marking the final agony of a fatal illness. The author wants readers to face the process of dying and death in the twenty-first century informed by the Jewish tradition. To help them make sound end-of-life choices and deal with their angst and ambivalence, the book ... Read more
This book will help readers make better, more informed choices as they or their loved ones face: the onset of a terminal illness or an incurable, chronic, debilitating condition; a lengthy period of debility and frailty, with ever greater and more demeaning physical or mental weakness and dependency; or a hopeless medical condition marking the final agony of a fatal illness. The author wants readers to face the process of dying and death in the twenty-first century informed by the Jewish tradition. To help them make sound end-of-life choices and deal with their angst and ambivalence, the book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761819592
SKU
V9780761819592
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About Lewis D. Solomon
Lewis D. Solomon is the author of The Jewish Book of Living and Dying, (Jason Aronson, 1999) and Jewish Spirituality: Revitalizing Judaism for the Twenty-First Century, (Jason Aronson, 2000). He completed Rabbinical Studies at the New Seminary, S'micha in 1996. He is Theodore Rinehart Professor of Business Law, the George Washington University Law School.
Reviews for The Jewish Tradition and Choices at the End of Life. A New Judaic Approach to Illness and Dying.
Solomon, a prolific legal and religious writer, reexamines the traditional Jewish approach to suffering and dying, offering a more spiritually attuned alternative to end-of-life issues. A spiritual option for faithful Jews grappling with the multiple complexities of suffering and dying in a high-tech culture.
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