Preface
Chapter 1 Covenantal Judaism
Chapter 2 Kabbalistic Meditation: Beginning the Path of
Jewish Covenant
Chapter 3 The Sinai Sabbath and the Covenant of Holiness
Chapter 4 Prayer and the Moabite New Covenant of Love
Appendix: The Biblical Power Word Vehayah
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Leonora Leet received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 1960 and was a Professor of English at St. John's University. The author of Elizabethan Love Tragedy and many other scholarly works, she was engaged from 1978 until her death in 2004 in a massive reinterpretation of the Kabbalah. Her books on the Kabbalah are Renewing the Covenant, The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah, The Kabbalah of the Soul, and The Universal Kabbalah.
"A fascinating reinvention of the venerable tradition of the
Kabbalah. Mystical adepts and beginners alike should enjoy Leet's
advice about the meaning and strength of prayer and her renewed
vision of Kabbalistic cosmology."
*Library Journal*
"This is not another pop Kabbalah book. Dr. Leet has written for
serious readers and aspirants who want to delve much deeper than
the surface and work on their transformation. Her original approach
is grounded in her own authentic discoveries in an ancient
tradition."
*Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi*
"Renewing the Covenant addresses some of the more thorny and
complicated issues in Jewish law and Jewish texts, and relates
these to issues that are of concern to people in the contemporary
world who seek a spiritual path."
*Michael Lerner, Editor, Tikkun*
"The first in a four-book project, Renewing the Covenant delivers
on its promise of a new approach to Jewish ritual practice in tune
with the spiritual attitudes of the 21st century. Leet synthesizes
historical, textual, and linguistic analysis with kabbalistic
meditation and Judaic tradition in this scholarly address of Jewish
spiritual advancement. Focusing on the covenant between God and
Israel as set forth in the Bible, Leet distills the essence of the
most basic Jewish customs--Sabbath observance and ritual
prayer--and recovers early Jewish meditative practices, which she
then melds with kabbalistic meditative techniques. One might think
that Renewing the Covenant decrees revolutionary change, but in
reality it offers an accessible return path to the very foundations
of sacred Jewish traditions and a revitalization of Jewish
spirituality."
*Brian Patterson, Amazon.com*
"In Renewing the Covenant Dr. Leet has made a brilliant
contribution to the future of Jewish faith, with significant
implications for Christianity and Islam as well. The scholarship,
writing, and manifestations of personal insight and spiritual
development are of the highest quality."
*Ralph Abraham, author of Chaos, Gaia, Eros*
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