Understanding The Lonely Man of Faith: A Commentary and Guide to the Text

by Richard Borah

This book provides a commentary and textual analysis of Rabbi Soloveitchik's essay "The Lonely Man of Faith". The dual nature of the human personality, described by Rabbi Soloveitchik, as "Adam the first" and "Adam the second" are analyzed along with the respective communities that are formed and inhabited by each of these two human types.

122 pages, Paperback

First published May 6, 2013

About the author

Rabbi Richard Borah

Reviews

[Melvin Marsh]

It helped... a little, although the price is a bit steep. I think the free classes on Webyeshiva helped significantly more. However, it did give some decent commentary which will be a little easier to bring to class.