Judaism
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Haskalah: The Romantic Movement in Judaism Volume 3Commonly translated as the "Jewish Enlightenment," the Haskalah propelled Jews into modern life. Olga Litvak argues that the idea of a Jewish modernity, championed by adherents of this movement, did not originate in Western Europe's age of reason. Litvak contends that the Haskalah spearheaded...
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Lesbian Rabbis: The First GenerationThe office of rabbi is the most visible symbol of power and prestige in Jewish communities. Rabbis both interpret to their congregations the requirements of Jewish life and instruct congregants in how best to live this life. Lesbian Rabbis: The First Generation documents a...
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Maimonides and the Merchants: Jewish Law and Society in the Medieval Islamic WorldThe advent of Islam in the seventh century brought profound economic changes to the Jews living in the Middle East, and Talmudic law, compiled in and for an agrarian society, was ill equipped to address an increasingly mercantile world. In response, and over the...
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Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire: The Poetics of Power in Late AntiquityIn histories of ancient Jews and Judaism, the Roman Empire looms large. For all the attention to the Jewish Revolt and other conflicts, however, there has been less concern for situating Jews within Roman imperial contexts; just as Jews are frequently dismissed as atypical...
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Demonic Desires: Yetzer Hara and the Problem of Evil in Late AntiquityIn Demonic Desires, Ishay Rosen-Zvi examines the concept of yetzer hara, or evil inclination, and its evolution in biblical and rabbinic literature. Contrary to existing scholarship, which reads the term under the rubric of destructive sexual desire, Rosen-Zvi contends that in late antiquity the...
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Pope Benedict XVI in the Holy LandAddresses given by Pope Benedict XVI on his visit to the Holy Land from May 8-15, 2009. Includes an interview with the Holy Father; welcoming ceremony, visit to Regina Pacis center; visit to the ancient basilica of the memorial of Moses; blessing of the...
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Philo of Alexandria: The Contemplative Life, Giants and SelectionsClassics in a classic collection...clearly a must for all libraries, from the university to the small town, and for all readers interested in spirituality. Religious Studies Review Philo of Alexandria: The Contemplative Life, Giants and Selections translation and introduction by David Winston preface by...
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Safed Spirituality: Rules of Mystical Piety, the Beginning of Wisdom...an undertaking of signal importance. Jacob Needleman Professor of Philosophy, San Francisco State University Safed Spirituality: Rules of Mystical Piety, The Beginning of Wisdom translated and introduced by Lawrence Fine preface by Louis Jacobs Prepare the meal of the King. This is the meal...
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Bridges and Boundaries: African Americans and American JewsWhile no single volume can fully explain this issue, Bridges and Boundaries: African Americans and American Jews provides us with a means to challenge, and perhaps even to verify, our sense of the past - and in so doing to better understand the present....
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Did Moses Really Have Horns? and Other Myths about Jews and JudaismWhy did generations of people grow up thinking that Jews really had horns? Did Eve really eat an apple and if not why does everyone think she did? Did NoahÔ Ωs ark really exist? Did Moses really write the Torah?Author: Behrman HousePublisher: Behrman House...
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HasidismFamous Zionist philosopher Martin Buber introduces the philosophies of Hasidism to a Western audience in his modern masterpiece. This book is a result of forty years of study, and Buber interprets the ideas and motives that underlie the great Jewish religious movement of Hasidism...
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One People, Two Worlds: A Reform Rabbi and an Orthodox Rabbi Explore the Issues That Divide ThemFor Jews and non-Jews: An honest, intelligent, no-holds-barred discussion of virtually every "hot button" issue on which Reform and Orthodox Jews differ. After being introduced by a mutual friend in the winter of 2000, Reform Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch and Orthodox Rabbi Yosef Reinman embarked...
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The Zohar, Pritzker Edition, Volume EightSefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Radiance) has amazed readers ever since it emerged in medieval Spain over seven hundred years ago. Written in lyrical Aramaic, this masterpiece of Kabbalah exceeds the dimensions of a normal book; it is virtually a body of mystical literature,...
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The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume FiveSefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Radiance) has amazed and overwhelmed readers ever since it emerged mysteriously in medieval Spain toward the end of the thirteenth century. Written in a unique, lyrical Aramaic, this masterpiece of Kabbalah exceeds the dimensions of a normal book; it...
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The Sinner and the Amnesiac: The Rabbinic Invention of Elisha Ben Abuya and Eleazar Ben ArachThis is a detailed study of two intriguing figures in early rabbinic literature, shown to be products of the literary creativity of rabbinic storytellers who convey a particular ideology through the image of the rabbinic heroes they portray: Elisha ben Abuya, considered as apostate...
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Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel: When Archaeology and the Bible IntersectThe Lives of Ordinary People tells the untold story of how the vast majority of Israelites -- the people who are usually overlooked in typical histories of ancient Israel -- lived during the eighth century b.c.e. William G. Dever applies the latest archaeological evidence...
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Dead Sea Scrolls and the BibleThe substantial value of the Dead Sea Scrolls for biblical studies is well known. However, it can be difficult to remain on the cutting edge of Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship. In this volume leading expert James C. VanderKam offers detailed summaries of significant ways...
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Judaism, the First Phase: The Place of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Origins of JudaismMost studies of how early Judaism related to the non-Jewish world and how it was perceived by others start no earlier than the Hellenistic period. Joseph Blenkinsopp argues that we must go further back, to the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and its temple and...
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Jewish Mysticism: From Ancient Times Through TodayQuestions of how the divine presence is understood and interacts within the world have been around since the time of the biblical prophets. The Jewish mystical tradition conceives God as active, just, powerful, and present while allowing for divine limitation so as to understand...
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The Library of Qumran: On the Essenes, Qumran, John the Baptist, and JesusThe incredible discoveries at Qumran are unveiled in this compelling volume by one of the world's foremost experts on biblical archaeology and the ancient Qumran community. Drawing on the best of current research and a thorough knowledge of all the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hartmut...
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