In the Valley of the Shadow: On the Foundations of Religious Belief

Version: Unabridged
Author: James L. Kugel
Narrator: George K. Wilson
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Biographies
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published In: February 2011
# of Units: 7 CDs
Length: 8 hours, 30 minutes
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Overview

From the celebrated author of How to Read the Bible comes a deeply moving and powerful meditation on the origins and authenticity of religious belief and what matters most in our lives.

Author Details

Author Details

Kugel, James L.

James L. Kugel, formerly Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard University, is Director of the Institute for the History of the Jewish Bible at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, where he also serves as Professor of Bible. Kugel is the author of ten books, including "The God of Old: Great Poems of the Bible" and "The Bible as It Was" (a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction and the winner of the Grawemeyer Prize in Religion in 2001). He lives in Jerusalem.