Akiba French Edition

Stories and anecdotes about Rabbi Akiba, the remarkable sage who was a poor, ignorant shepherd till 40, then took to mastering the Oral Torah, through years of dedicated intensive study, till he became the religious leader of his time. Gathering the stories together, Marcus Lehmann wove them into a single, continuous account that brings the characters vividly to life and depicts in detail the turbulent times, when Rome ruled the land of Israel with imperious cruelty and eventually sentenced Rabbi Akiba to a martyr's death. The author, the noted Rabbi Dr Marcus Lehmann, was a leading figure of 19th-century Orthodoxy in Germany, who gained renown for his commentaries on the Pesach Haggadah, Pirkey Avoth, etc. He was equally gifted as a writer of books for the young, dealing with great figures and dramatic events in Jewish history. Akiba has remained one of his most popular works, whose appeal and value has never waned.