The Path of the Upright / Mesillat Yesharim by Moses Hayyim Luzzatto; Mordecai M. Kaplan (translator) - 1995

Northvale NJ: Jason Aronson, 1995. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. As New in all respects, clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line.The text is in Hebrew and English. The translator, Mordecai M. Kaplan, was the founder of the Jewish Reconstructionism school. While Luzzatto's works have always been religiously controversial Jewish scholars of the Enlightenment admired Luzatto's secular writings and deemed him the founder of modern Hebrew literature. From Wikipedia: " Mesillat Yesharim is perhaps the most important work of Musar literature (ethical literature) of the post-medieval period. The Vilna Gaon (leading rabbi of Vilna, Lithuania) commented that he couldn't find a superfluous word in the first seven chapters of the work, and stated that he would have traveled to meet the author and learn from his ways if he'd still been alive." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!