Seek My Face: A Jewish Mystical Theology Paperback – April 1, 2003

Rabbi Arthur Green is one of the greatest Jewish scholars of this generation, and Seek My Face is yet another shining example of his deft analysis and comprehensive command of Jewish praxis and his encyclopedic knowledge of Jewish mysticism and neo-Hasidism. Well worth the shekels for an accessible and beautifully written approach to Jewish theology.

Arthur Green is an excellent writer. His ideas on God and Judaism show a path for advancing and modernizing religion that is needed for the 21st Century. It helped change my image of God from someone sitting on a throne in heaven to a force that is constantly present and a part of our being.

I love all his books

(Really 3 ½ stars)Green's exploration of nonduality in Judaism is tantalizing, but Seek My Face, Speak My Name, does not go far enough; it does not fully answer the deep questions that nondual approaches to Judaism create. A great deal of this book reads like preliminary comments about topics Green will handle in more detail later. Green gives us a sketch in this book while we really need a completed painting.

Arthur Green is one of my favorite leaders in Kabalah. His books are based on traditional mysticism, not a New Age Quick Fix Self-Help type of Judaism. I found this book appealing because each chapter is very short, dealing with one, simple idea that is not dependent on previous chapters. It's a great book to read at bedtime; a brief essay, written clearly that opens your mind to many "ah-ha" moments. Great choice for all levels interested in Kabalah.

As a liberal Jew I have searched for an articulation of Jewish theology that I can recommend to people. This work by Rabbi Green is one of the best such articulations of progressive Jewish theology that I have come across and is easily accessible to lay people. I highly recommend it! Rabbi Amy Bernstein

I tried to give this book a good chance and carefully read the beginning chapters, but was disappointed and felt that the author was not clear in explaining his ideas. Green is very knowledgeable. I read other essays and books he wrote that were more coherent. Jewish mystical theology needs a foundation that this book lacked. I would not recommend this book.

A good book if you want to uncritically accept the ancient pagan ideas of pantheism and you are willing to deny the problem of evil in your theological speculations. This is not a work of Torah hashkafah, but rather of neo-Platonic paganism.Goyisheh Kop!!!

i loved it