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Symbols of Judiasm demonstrates that Jews around the world, despite the cultural diversity among their respective countries, follow the same rituals, celebrate the same festivals, read and study the same texts, and share the same collective memory. As part of Assouline’s Symbols of Religion Serie...
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Born in Paris in 1957, Rabbi Marc-Alain Ouaknin holds a doctorate in philosophy, is the director of the Institut de Recherches et d’Études sur la Traduction des Textes Sacrés “Targoum-IRETS” in Paris, and is an associate professor at the University of Bar‑Han in Israel, where he teaches comparative literature. He is the author of numerous books in which issues of Jewish thought and contemporary social science converge. His works have been translated throughout the world. B’nai B’rith Europe awarded him the Emil Domberger prize in 1991, which he shared with Bernard-Henri Lévy. In the same year, he was awarded the Actualité Juive prize for literature. He is also currently co-producer, together with Françoise-Anne Ménager, of the program “Talmudiques” on France Culture/ Radio France, since 2013.

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The Classics Collection

Symbols of Judaism

$120

The dialectic of ritual and myth constitutes the very rhythm of biblical life and subsequently of Judaism itself.

— Marc-Alain Ouaknin, French Rabbi and Philosopher
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Page count

196 pages

Number of illustrations

100

Language

English

Released on

September 2026

Dimensions

W 10 x L 13 x D 1.3 in

Cover materials

Silk Hardcover

ISBN

9781649807090

Weight

4.63 lb

Author

Marc-Alain Ouaknin

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