Baptist Among the Jews
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Like most Christians, Mary Blye Howe was uninformed about Jewish ritual and tradition. To satisfy her curiosity she joined a Jewish study group held in the home of a Hasidic rabbi. A Baptist Among the Jews is Howe's first-person account of her eye-opening experience of studying with that welcoming group and how this experience led her to a deeper, richer relationship with her God. While learning about the traditions of Judaism and studying the Torah, Howe discovered a new world of worship and ritual that expanded her experience to include several different Jewish groups, among them Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox. She reveled in the joys of arguing with God (even though God always wins), synagogue-hopping on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, and dancing with a sefer torah through the streets of Dallas. Page after page, we join Howe on her religious quest and discover how her once-narrow concept of God has expanded with her ability to read the scriptures and understand this new faith. Howe's profound and transforming experiences helped her develop a new sense of worship— one that eschews spectatorship in favor of participation.
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Mary Blye Howe is a cradle Southern Baptist who has found a warm, welcoming second home among several Jewish congregations in the Dallas, Texas, area. She has published over 100 articles in more than 60 diverse periodicals, including Entrepreneur, the Dallas Morning News, and the Chicago Tribune.
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Acknowledgments xvi
Foreword xviii
Chapter 1 Hanging with the Jews 1
Chapter 2 Arguing with God 23
Chapter 3 Dancing with the Torah 39
Chapter 4 Discovering the Passionate Hebrew God 67
Chapter 5 Women in Yarmulkes 89
Chapter 6 Men in Black Hats 107
Chapter 7 Hungering for My Roots 133
Chapter 8 A Spiritual Journey 153
Afterword 169
Judaism 101 173
Glossary 189
Recommended Reading 193
Notes 195
References 199
The Author 203
