Can the Torah—a 3,000-year-old book—really ask and answer the most interesting and important questions in
contemporary life?
For three millennia, individuals in all walks of life have asked the same question: Is the Torah true? Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Biblical teacher Mark Gerson has found a new, unique, and only now possible way to answer that question.
In God Was Right, Gerson examines the Torah on the basis of what it declares itself to be—a guidebook, which identifies, asks and answers the practical, relevant and important questions that enable us to live our best lives. Gerson shows in detail that the Torah’s questions and claims are exactly those asked and investigated by modern social scientists. Their work has enabled perhaps the biggest discovery of all: The Torah is true—absolutely, comprehensively, and enthusiastically so.
God Was Right addresses
the Torah and science
of hundreds of life’s questions including:
How can our society become healthier?
How should I allocate my time?
How can I get the best out of my job?
How much money should I give to charity?
How can I make my spouse happy?
Surprising insights on contemporary activities, including insurance rates, casual sex, hockey uniforms, educational outcomes, and basketball championships
An examination of social phenomena including peer pressure, antifragility, diversity, fear, future orientation, reframing, victimization and the key to personal transformation
How might the solution to happiness and success exist in my closet?
How can I best educate my child?
How should I decide that I should marry him/her?
How can I become a better person by developing new character traits?
How can I become a better person with character traits that I can’t shake?
How can I convince others about my beliefs and/or convictions?
How should I deal with an unfortunate (or even tragic) situation in my life?
How can I become a safer driver?
How should I respond to a seeming (or actual) slight?
Suitable for reading chapter by chapter, or for focusing only on a particular subject of interest, God Was Right is an extraordinary book that will enlighten, inspire, and delight every reader.
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About the Author
Mark Gerson, a New York–based entrepreneur and philanthropist, is the cofounder of Gerson Lehrman Group,
3I Members, United Hatzalah of Israel, and African Mission Healthcare—where he and his wife, Rabbi Erica Gerson, made the largest gift ever to Christian medical missionaries. A graduate of Williams College and Yale Law School, Mark is the author of the national bestseller The Telling: How Judaism’s Essential Book Reveals the Meaning of Life. Mark’s articles and essays on subjects ranging from Frank Sinatra to the biblical Jonah to the Torah and science of clothing have been published in The New Republic, USA Today, Commentary, and Christian Broadcast Network. Mark lives with his wife and their four children.
All author proceeds from God Was Right will be directed to support surgical care for children in Africa through African Mission Healthcare.
