RECORD
The Promise
- Title:
- The Promise
- Author:
- Chaim Potok
- Date of Publication:
- 1969
- Description:
- The Promise is a novel written by Chaim Potok, published in 1969. It is a sequel to his previous novel The Chosen. Set in 1950s New York, it continues the saga of the two friends, Reuven Malter, a Modern Orthodox Jew studying to become a rabbi, and Danny Saunders, a genius Hasidic Jew who has broken with his sect's tradition by refusing to take his father's place as rebbe in order to become a psychologist. The theme of the conflict between traditional and modern Orthodox Judaism that runs throughout The Chosen is expanded here against the backdrop of the changes that have taken place in Reuven and Danny's world in the period of time between the two novels: following World War II, European survivors of the Holocaust have come to America, rebuilding their shattered lives and often making their fiercely traditionalist religious viewpoint felt among their people. (Source: Wikipedia)
- Wikidata Entity ID:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2630405
- Open Library ID:
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7565843M
- Item Type:
- Text
- Item Image Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "The Promise", Mapping Religion in the Global Anglophone Novel (MaRGAN), https://ghjensen.github.io/margan/items/margan028.html
Rights
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