Judaism
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This Precious Moment: The Wisdom of the Ba'al Shem TovA short introduction to the wisdom teaching of the Ba'al Shem Tov, by Rabbi Burt Jacobson. The author's hope is that the teachings and insights found in and between the lines of print in this book will open the reader, not only to an...
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The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice Their Religion TodayA leading expert provides an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism today American Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in recent decades. Like other religions in the United States, it has witnessed a decline in the number of participants over the past...
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What's Divine about Divine Law?: Early PerspectivesHow ancient thinkers grappled with competing conceptions of divine law In the thousand years before the rise of Islam, two radically diverse conceptions of what it means to say that a law is divine confronted one another with a force that reverberates to the...
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Historical Atlas of HasidismThe first cartographic reference book on one of today's most important religious movements Historical Atlas of Hasidism is the very first cartographic reference book on one of the modern era's most vibrant and important mystical movements. Featuring seventy-four large-format maps and a wealth of...
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The Story of HebrewA unique history of the Hebrew language from biblical times to the modern Jewish state This book explores the extraordinary hold that Hebrew has had on Jews and Christians, who have invested it with a symbolic power far beyond that of any other language...
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Maimonides in His World: Portrait of a Mediterranean ThinkerWhile the great medieval philosopher, theologian, and physician Maimonides is acknowledged as a leading Jewish thinker, his intellectual contacts with his surrounding world are often described as related primarily to Islamic philosophy. Maimonides in His World challenges this view by revealing him to have...
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The Song of Songs: A BiographyAn essential history of the greatest love poem ever written The Song of Songs has been embraced for centuries as the ultimate song of love. But the kind of love readers have found in this ancient poem is strikingly varied. Ilana Pardes invites us...
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Rosie in New York City: Gotcha!At age eleven, Rosie Lepidus's main concerns are winning ring-a-levio, going to school, and staying out of trouble. But when Mama falls ill with pneumonia and Papa throws all the family's savings into the nickelodeon business, the burden of caring for her family falls...
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The Dead Sea ScrollsContains new information about unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls with translations of key passages and recent discovery of the movement behind the Scrolls in their own words. See http: //deadseascrolls.org/www/Site/thedss.php In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd stumbled upon a cave near the Dead Sea, a settlement...
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Nine and a Half Mystics: The Kabbala TodayFrom Simon & Schuster, Nine and a Half Mystics is Herbert Weiner's exploration of the Kabbalah today. This revised edition of a modern classic includes a new foreword by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel and an afterword by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, editor of The Talmud:...
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Because God Loves Stories: An Anthology of Jewish StorytellingAn exciting new treasury of Jewish stories and storytellers, from ancient tales and classics re-imagined to contemporary family stories, parables, and humor Why were human beings created? goes a traditional Jewish saying. Because God loves stories. Storytelling has been part of Jewish religion and...
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The Uses of Tradition: Jewish Continuity in the Modern EraHow have modern Jews appropriated traditional aspects of their culture and religion to sustain them in the modern world? Twenty-one distinguished scholars address this question by drawing on a range of disciplines: social and cultural history, ethnography, folklore, sociology, educational theory, and rabbinics. They...
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Love and Joy: Law, Language, and Religion in Ancient IsraelThis is a book about law and religion. It opens with a study of prophrtic intercession as a response to the tensions inherent in monotheism, the struggles between love and justice that seem to take place within Israel's God. The final chapters concern the...
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The Invention of GodWho invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas R mer seeks to answer these questions about the deity of the great monotheisms--Yhwh, God, or Allah--by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in...
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Midrash, Mishnah, and GemaraAuthor: David Weiss HalivniPublisher: Harvard University PressPublished: 05/29/2014Pages: 178Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44dISBN: 9780674419308
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Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of IsraelThe essays in this volume address key aspects of Israelite religious development. Frank Moore Cross traces the continuities between early Israelite religion and the Canaanite culture from which it emerged; explores the tension between the mythic and the historical in Israel's religious expression; and...
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The Hebrew Republic: Jewish Sources and the Transformation of European Political ThoughtAccording to a commonplace narrative, the rise of modern political thought in the West resulted from secularization--the exclusion of religious arguments from political discourse. But in this pathbreaking work, Eric Nelson argues that this familiar story is wrong. Instead, he contends, political thought in...
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Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah: The Ceremony, the Party, and How the Day Came to BeIn some places, bar and bat mitzvahs are rivaled only by proms as the most important social event in many teens' lives. Parties celebrating the occasion can range from humble cookies-and-punch receptions to lavish catered affairs with elaborate themes and celebrity guests. But more...
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Messages of the Chofetz Chaim: 100 Stories and ParablesThis fascinating translation of a heretofore unknown Yiddish work offers new insights into the ethical teachings of the great rabbi, The Chofetz Chaim. Originally compiled in Yiddish by Rabbi Shmuel Greiniman, this translation contains 100 intriguing stories and parables based upon the Chofetz Chaim's...
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Ancient Jewish Magic: A HistoryGideon Bohak gives a pioneering account of the broad history of ancient Jewish magic, from the Second Temple to the rabbinic period. It is based both on ancient magicians' own compositions and products in Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek, and on the descriptions and prescriptions...
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