RABBI AKIVA’S PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE

Naftali Rothenberg

Dear Friends,

My book RABBI AKIVA’S PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE will be published next month by Palgrave-Macmillan.

Please don’t hesitate to forward this information to your interested contacts and to recommend the book to your librarian.

from the preface:
“Rabbi Akiva’s character has intrigued and fascinated me ever since I began to learn and teach the wisdom of love in the canonical Jewish literature, some 25 years ago.
He who first appeared in a love story in the legends; rescued the quintessential love song, Song of Songs from oblivion; developed an entire philosophy—and practice—of marital harmony; saw love between man and woman as a sacred perfection of body, mind and spirit; asserted that “love your fellow as yourself” is the great principle from which all morality derives; preached love for all who were created in God’s image; fulfilled the commandment to love God with every fiber of his being, loving Him with all his heart, soul and might, even when all was taken from him—an expression of love to the last breath. R’ Akiva was the only sage that entered and emerged safely from the Orchard of Love. His ideas, theories and praxis laid as a foundation for the study of the wisdom of love.” (please see Table of Contents below)
You are welcome to order your copy in print or an e-book at:

http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319581415

With wishes of friendship and love,
Naftali