[ArGee]

But there wasn't a big Jewish community where I grew up, so my religious education is spotty and often self-taught.

Then why aren't you rectifying that situation? Is there any knowledge that is more profitible to you than knowledge of G-d and His ways?

Shalom.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Is there any knowledge that is more profitible to you than knowledge of G-d and His ways?

Most of my education has been gained through reading on my own, answering questions for others, and discussions. This being the latter, I'd ask for your references with regard to the Tanak.

BTW, I believe most, if not all books, have to with God and his ways. Few parts of the Bible inspire me with awe and reverence for God, more than James Gleick's Chaos, Steven Levy's Artificial Life, the poems of Rudyard Kipling, and the Dames Point Bridge in Jacksonville. For the last 3, if we are created as images of God and we can do what is portrayed and Levy's book and created by Kipling and the bridge, imagine what God can do. Gleick's book clues me in somewhat more to that.