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The Promise

by Chaim Potok

First published: 1969
Pages: 360

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The Promise by Chaim Potok is a fascinating narrative brought to you by Chaim Potok. This tale is a continuation of The Chosen, his earlier work, and sends the readers to the 1950s era in New York. We revisit the lives of two companions, Reuven Malter, a Modern Orthodox Jew on his path to becoming a rabbi.

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Chaim Potok

The Promise takes up where The Chosen left off, with Reuven Malter studying for ordination and Danny Saunders training as a psychologist, and sets them against a scholarly quarrel over how to read sacred texts that decides careers and friendships. Chaim Potok published it in 1969, two years after the first book, and it took the Athenaeum Award.

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