Judaism
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The Ritual of New Creation: Jewish Tradition and Contemporary LiteratureFinkelstein examines a wide range of recent Jewish writing, including poetry, fiction, and literary criticism, in order to determine the changes such writing has undergone in its exposure to modern and postmodern conditions of culture. Featuring discussions of such figures as Gershom Scholem, Harold...
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Hebrew Reading and Writing: Self TaughtAuthor: Fern S. MargolisPublisher: 1st Book LibraryPublished: 09/11/2003Pages: 188Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 11.18h x 8.26w x 0.41dISBN: 9780759672468This title is not returnable
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Introduction to the Intertestamental PeriodAs people finish the last book of the Old Testament they realize when turning to the New Testament that there is a gap of time not addressed by the books in most English Bibles. This period of time, known commonly as the "Intertestamental Period"...
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Maimonides: Life and ThoughtA comprehensive and accessible account of the life and thought of Judaism's most celebrated philosopher Maimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of the medieval period, a towering figure who has had a profound and lasting influence on Jewish law, philosophy, and...
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Dead Sea Scrolls DeceptionThe oldest Biblical manuscripts in existence, the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in caves near Jerusalem in 1947, only to be kept a tightly held secret for nearly fifty more years, until the Huntington Library unleashed a storm of controversy in 1991 by releasing...
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Common Prayers: Faith, Family, and a Christian's Journey Through the Jewish YearHarvey Cox, the eminent Christian theologian and scholar of religion, offers an intimate tour through the Jewish year certain to inform and enlighten Jews and non-Jews alike. As a member of an interfaith household, Cox has had ample opportunity to reflect upon the essence...
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The Geologist of the Soul: Talks on Rebbe-craft and Spiritual LeadershipOnce, when Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi was still a young Hillel director, he took his students to meet the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994). To his embarrassment, one of his students asked the Rebbe, "What is a rebbe good for?" But the...
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Eight Lights: Eight Meditations for ChanukahEight Lights, Eight Meditations for Chanukah is the perfect Chanukah gift for anyone on your list, including yourself. Rabbi Pinson with his trademark spiritual sensitivity and deep understanding of tradition, illuminates the holiday of Chanukah in an entirely new way. In the format of...
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An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism: History and Religion of the Jews in the Time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel, and JesusAn internationally respected expert on the Second Temple period provides a fully up-to-date introduction to this crucial area of Biblical Studies. This introduction, by a world leader in the field, provides the perfect guide to the Second Temple Period, its history, literature, and religious...
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The Cambridge History of Judaism 2 Part Hardback Set: Volume 3, the Early Roman PeriodThis volume covers the history of Judaism in the Roman period. Political history is treated from Pompey to Vespasian, but many chapters on Jewish life and thought go beyond the period of the Flavian emperors to present themes and evidence of importance for Judaism...
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Who Will Lead Us?: The Story of Five Hasidic Dynasties in AmericaHasidism, a movement many believed had passed its golden age, has had an extraordinary revival since it was nearly decimated in the Holocaust and repressed in the Soviet Union. Hasidic communities, now settled primarily in North America and Israel, have reversed the losses they...
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Old Jews Telling Jokes: 5,000 Years of Funny Bits and Not-So-Kosher LaughsA grasshopper walked into a bar and ordered a drink.The bartender looked at him and said, "You know we have a drink named after you?"The grasshopper replied, "You have a drink named Stanley?" Schtick happens. For five thousand years, God's chosen people have cornered...
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Paul the Convert: The Apostolate and Apostasy of Saul the Pharisee (Revised)Although Paul's writings have been intensively studied by Christian theologians, they have been dismissed by Jewish scholars as the meditations of an antagonistic apostate who broke completely with his Jewish past. In this revisionist account of Paul's work, Alan Segal argues that Paul's life...
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Humanism of the OtherLevinas on the possibility and need for humanist ethicsIn Humanism of the Other, Emmanuel Levinas argues that it is not only possible but of the highest exigency to understand one's humanity through the humanity of others. In paperback for the first time, Levinas's work...
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Israel Has a Jewish Problem: Self-Determination as Self-EliminationExamining the production and assimilation of Jews as "the nation" in the modern state of Israel, this book shows how identity is constrained through myriad struggles over the meanings and practices of being Jewish. Based on years of ethnographic engagement, the book employs Franz...
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Commentary on the TorahIn this groundbreaking and insightful new commentary, one of the world's leading biblical scholars unveils the unity and continuity of the Torah for the modern reader. Richard Elliott Friedman, the bestselling author of Who Wrote the Bible?, integrates the most recent discoveries in biblical...
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The Meaning of YiddishThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...
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Why the Cross?: Divine Friendship and the Power of JusticeIn this book, Ligita Ryliskyte addresses what is arguably the most important and profound question in systematic theology: What does it mean for humankind to be saved by the cross? Offering a constructive account of the atonement that avoids pitting God's saving love against...
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The Teacher Training ManualThis 64-page workbook will help principals and supervisors train teachers to build their skills and confidence in the classroom.Author: Behrman HousePublisher: Behrman House PublishingPublished: 07/20/2007Pages: 1Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 6.77h x 9.76w x 0.10dISBN: 9780874418118
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Topical BibleA Topical Bible uses biblical texts to guide students as they wrestle with real-life social and ethical problems. Each chapter presents a major contemporary issue and examines it through the lens of the Bible.Author: Behrman HousePublisher: Behrman House PublishingPublished: 01/15/1997Pages: 1Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize:...
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