The Book and the Sword: A Life of Learning in the Shadow of Destruction by: Halivni, David Weiss
Softcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 197 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a memoir, written by a Jew, discussing the horrors of the holocaust. Painful, beautiful, and passionate, it answers the question, what can the Holocaust mean for persons who have devoted their lives to the love of God? At the same time, it is a unique look into the world of Talmudic learning, millennia old and still vibrant. Clean copy. Record # 34281