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The Five Scrolls

The Five Scrolls - Vintage Spiritual Classics

1st Edition

Paperback (05 Dec 2000)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The five books of the Hebrew Bible known--collectively as the Five Scrolls--are among the most universally revered books of the Old Testament and are considered "wells of living water" from which flow the intense spirituality of deep Jewish piety.  

Here, published together for the first time in a trade edition and ordered according to their use in services during the year, are Canticle of Canticles, The Book of Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and The Book of Esther. Each book presents a message of hope and trust in God in spite of the cruelties of chance and the barbarity of enemies.  With a preface by National Book Award-nominated poet Alicia Suskin Ostiker, The Five Scrolls shows us how love has power over death, how the light of Providence shines even in the dark, that to see clearly is to fear God, and that Existence is both miracle and sacrifice.

Book information

ISBN: 9780375724947
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint: Vintage Books
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 221.044
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 160
Weight: 181g
Height: 203mm
Width: 127mm
Spine width: 13mm