Psychological Self-Help - General & Miscellaneous, Psychology & Religion, General & Miscellaneous Judaism, Religion - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
This book examines major psychological issues from a Judaic perspective. It concentrates on major Judaic themes that are essential to Jewish life, and how these themes relate to mental health, guilt, the self, the nature of the person, marriage, and the pain and suffering prior to death. Common threads weave their way through the different subject areas, which cover the wide gamut of life. Contents: Mental Health: Biblical and Talmudic Directives; Guilt From, Guilt Towards; Fulfilling the Self-Judaic Parameters; The Dynamics of Jewish Marriage; To be Good or Evil-Which is More Natural?; Illness, God and Us.Author Biography: Reuven P. Bulka is Editor of the "Journal of Psychology and Judaism."
Editorials
Contemporary Jewry
...a fundamentally sound and interesting work....this book is worth reading if one is seeking a thorough account of a little-known episode in Jewish history written 'from the heart' by a participant.Contemporary Jewry -
This is a refreshing set of papers which give the reader a range of Jewish topics relevant to our society. Well-written, in a clear and non-academic manner. A pleasure to read.Contemporary Jewry
Rabbi Bulka has written a thoughtful and engaging study. He deals with fundamental issues in a lucid and engaging style.Book Details
Published
January 28, 1992
Publisher
Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c1992.
Pages
162
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780819184764