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Introduction to the Code of Maimonides: (Mishneh Torah)"Every once in a while a book appears that is certain to become a classic in its field. The present volume is such a work.... It goes well beyond anything that can be reasonably called an Introduction. In fact, it is now the definitive...
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Jewish Culture Between Canon and HeresyThis career-spanning anthology from prominent Jewish historian David Biale brings over a dozen of his key essays together for the first time. These pieces, written between 1974 and 2016, are all representative of a method Biale calls "counter-history" "the discovery of vital forces precisely...
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Jewish Insights Into ScriptureAuthor: Eli Lizorkin-EyzenbergPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 12/17/2017Pages: 100Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21dISBN: 9781981822041This title is not returnable
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Figuring Jerusalem: Politics and Poetics in the Sacred CenterFiguring Jerusalem explores how Hebrew writers have imagined Jerusalem, both from the distance of exile and from within its sacred walls. For two thousand years, Hebrew writers used their exile from the Holy Land as a license for invention. The question at the heart...
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Daven Your Age: An Adult Journey Through the Daily Prayer ServiceJews spend endless hours of their lives in prayer, yet many Jews view prayer as an obligation to strike off the schedule rather than enjoy and be uplifted by. Since we generally don't learn about prayer past grade school, we often find ourselves praying...
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Everyman's Talmud: The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic SagesThe First Comprehensive Summary, for the English Reader, of the Teaching of the Talmud and the Rabbis on Ethics, Religion, Folk-lore and Jurisprudence. Cohen does an excellent job of presenting the origins of Talmudic literature and summarizing in a meaningful way the many doctrines...
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Beside Still Waters: A Journey of Comfort and RenewalBeside Still Waters: A Journey of Comfort and Renewal is a book for mourners, for those who will someday become mourners, and for those anticipating their own journey out of this life. It offers liturgy both classical and contemporary for different stages along the...
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Exodus: A Teacher's GuideA Teacher's Guide for Exodus, similar in method to the Genesis curriculum and designed for Grade 5 (12 or 13 year olds). This totally revised guide is also appropriate for day schools, older students and adults, as individuals and groups.Author: Ruth ZielenzigerPublisher: Melton Research...
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Zohar: Reception and ImpactNational Jewish Book Awards Finalist for the Nahum N. Sarna Memorial Award for Scholarship, 2016. The Zohar is one of the most sacred, authoritative, and influential books in Jewish culture. Many scholarly works have been dedicated to its ideas, its literary style, and the...
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Freedom Journeys: The Tale of Exodus and Wilderness Across MillenniaShares the enduring spiritual resonance of the Exodus journey, offering social justice, ecological and feminist perspectives and showing how the story has been adapted by African American, Christian and Muslim communities for insight and inspiration.Author: Arthur O. Waskow, Phyllis O. BermanPublisher: Jewish Lights PublishingPublished:...
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The Sages: Character, Context & Creativity, Volume 2: From Yavneh to the Bar Kokhba RevoltThis multi-volume series offers fresh perspectives on the individual characters of the sages (Hazal), the historical contexts in which they lived, and the creativity they brought to the pursuit of Jewish wisdom. Volume II covers the period from Yavne to the Bar Kokhba Revolt....
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The Jewish Connection to Israel, the Promised Land: A Brief Introduction for ChristiansA window into the Jewish People's connection to Israel--written especially for Christians. "Israel has taken Jewish sacred history, peoplehood and ethics out of the realm of speculation and put them into the crucible of real life experience. In returning the Jewish People to its...
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Counting the Omer: A Daily Devotional Toward ShavuotThe seven-week period between the Biblical festivals of Passover and Shavuot, or Pentecost, is the season of Counting the Omer (Leviticus 23:10-16; Deuteronomy 16:9-11). Originally in the Tabernacle and Temple of Ancient Israel, the priests were to present special offerings before the Lord each...
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Heritage: Civilization and the JewsA magnificently illustrated, superbly written history and the companion volume to the award-winning PBS television series Heritage, narrated by Abba Eban and viewed by some 50 million Americans.Author: Abba EbanPublisher: Simon & SchusterPublished: 09/24/2011Pages: 368Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.77dISBN: 9781451662405About...
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England's Jews: Finance, Violence, and the Crown in the Thirteenth CenturyIn 1290, Jews were expelled from England and subsequently largely expunged from English historical memory. Yet for two centuries they occupied important roles in medieval English society. England's Jews revisits this neglected chapter of English history--one whose remembrance is more important than ever today,...
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Manuel d'Étude de la KabbaleCe livre est une compilation des écrits majeurs du Baal HaSoulam et du Rabash. Ils introduisent les concepts fondamentaux nécessaires à la bonne compréhension de la Kabbale et éviter ainsi les erreurs classiques lors des premières anées d'étude.Michaël Laitman, titulaire d'un Doctorat en philosophie...
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Jewish Politics in Spinoza's AmsterdamThis book untangles a web of ideas about politics, religion, exile, and community that emerged at a key moment in Jewish history and left a lasting mark on Jewish ideas. In the shadow of their former member Baruch Spinoza's notoriety, and amid the aftermath...
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PSAUMES TEHILIM Hebreu-Phonetique-FrancaisVOUS POUVEZ LIRE ET CHANTER LES PSAUMES DANS LE TEXTE ORIGINEL EN HÉBREU, ET COMPRENDRE LE SENS AVEC LA TRADUCTION LITTÉRALE EN FRANÇAIS IMPORTANCE DE LIRE LES PSAUMES EN HÉBREU C'est en hébreu que Le Créateur a parlé au peuple d'Israël et à travers...
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Studies in the Masoretic Tradition of the Hebrew BibleThis volume brings together papers on topics relating to the transmission of the Hebrew Bible from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern period. We refer to this broadly in the title of the volume as the 'Masoretic Tradition'. The papers are innovative studies of...
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The Five Books of Maccabees in EnglishThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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