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      The Book of Lights

      by Chaim Potok
      Published
      Sep 1981
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      400
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      Gershon Loran, a quiet rabinical student, is troubled by the dark reality around him. He sees hope in the study of Kabbalah, the Jewish book of mysticism and visions, truth and light. But to Gershon's friend, Arthur, light means something else, the Atom bomb, his father helped create. Both men seek different a refuge in a foreign place, hoping for the same thing....

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      Sep 1982 Fawcett ISBN13 9780449245699 ISBN10 0449245691
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      Sep 1997 Ballantine ISBN13 9780449001141 ISBN10 0449001148
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      First Edition Sep 1981 Knopf ISBN13 9780394520315 ISBN10 0394520319
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      May 2021 Random House ISBN13 9780593359303 ISBN10 0593359305
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      May 1982 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780896213586 ISBN10 0896213587
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