The Devil might dress himself up as a business man, but he can't disguise his hooves. What do you do when a bear knocks on your door and demands your youngest daughter? St. Peter sleeps in a bread oven and a monk sets to sea on a millstone. Teaching geese to speak Latin and a boy so big that he sleeps on the roof and still his feet touch the ground. Then there's the hound that's stuck to the fox that's stuck to the goose that's stuck to the girl who's stuck to the boy who's stuck to his mistress who's stuck to the monk who's being thrashed unmercifully by a magic stick - you'll find them all in Three Pieces of good Advice.

What does Judaism say about free will, suffering, good and evil, sin, responsibility, righteousness? Danish philosopher Andreas Simonsen explains where Judaism stands on these and other complex moral issues, puts them into historical perspective and discusses their relevance to our lives today, while tackling the contradictions, confusions and paradoxes inherent in Judaism's fundamental tenets. He also compares Judaism's teachings to those of Christianity, humanism and selected Western philosophers, both classical and modern. Christians and Jews, believers and non-believers, alike, will find Simonsen's insights fascinating and enlightening. This important 20th-century religious-philosophical work is now available in English for the first time, translated from the Danish by Per K. Brask.