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Rent Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary
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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Central Conference of American Rabbis
Published: May 2018
Genre: Religion - Judaism - Talmud
Pages: 468
Synopsis
Pirkei Avot is the urtext of Jewish practical wisdom. In many ways, the words of Pirkei Avot were the first recorded manifesto of social justice in Western civilization. This commentary explores the text through a lens of contemporary social justice and moral philosophy, engaging both classical commentators and modern thinkers.