From the author of the New York Times bestseller Letters to My
Palestinian Neighbor comes a new edition--with a new and updated
foreword--of his brilliantly observed memoir and unprecedented and
remarkable spiritual journey.
"One of the most important spiritual memoirs of our time."--Krista
Tippett, host of the radio program, On Being
While religion has fueled the often violent conflict plaguing the Holy
Land, Yossi Klein Halevi wondered whether it could be a source of unity
as well. To find the answer, this religious Israeli Jew began a two-year
exploration to discover a common language with his Christian and Muslim
neighbors. He followed their holiday cycles, befriended Christian
monastics and Islamic mystics, and joined them in prayer in monasteries
and mosques in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza.
At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden traces that remarkable spiritual
journey. Halevi candidly reveals how he fought to reconcile his own
fears and anger as a Jew to relate to Christians and Muslims as fellow
spiritual seekers. He chronicles the difficulty of overcoming multiple
obstacles--theological, political, historical, and psychological--that
separate believers of the three monotheistic faiths. And he introduces a
diverse range of people attempting to reconcile the dichotomous heart of
this sacred place--a struggle central to Israel, but which resonates for
us all.
