Judaism

In this classic study, Herbert A. Davidson examines every medieval Arabic and Hebrew proof for the eternity of the world, the creation of the world and the existence of God which has philosophical character, disregarding only those that rest entirely on...

This lavish volume contains everything your students need to know about the feasts, fasts, and festivals that mark the Jewish year. Modern customs and celebrations are presented alongside each holiday's history and ancient traditions. Bible stories and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451627312Author Senator Joseph I LiebermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

The Life and Teachings of Hillel provides the most comprehensive treatment ever published of one of the greatest figures in Jewish tradition. Yitzhak Buxbaum weaves together the various stories about Hillel along with his teachings and sayings to develop...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916306806Author Paul KolbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Marmalade PublishingPublisher Marmalade PublishingDimensions(mm) 195mm * 127mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541674035Author Hayim H DoninFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 36mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978159009Author Rav Michael LaitmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Laitman Kabbalah PublishersPublisher Laitman Kabbalah PublishersWeight(grams)...

The first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism This is the first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism. The book's unique blend of intellectual, religious, and social history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877286547Author Charles FieldingFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

In exploring the social background of early Jewish mysticism, Scholastic Magic tells the story of how imagination and magic were made to serve memory and scholasticism. In the visionary literature that circulated between the fifth and ninth centuries,...

The story of the prophet Elijah's transformation from fierce zealot to compassionate hero and cherished figure in Jewish tradition "In a series on Jewish Lives, this volume is about the Jewish life-the one that goes on forever. Becoming Elijah blends...

The traditional Jew has always accepted the study of Torah as central to his or her way of life. But without the ability to effectively analyze and interpret the text, one misses the opportunity to gain a deep and authentic appreciation of the Torah's...

The first cartographic reference book on one of today's most important religious movementsHistorical Atlas of Hasidism is the very first cartographic reference book on one of the modern era's most vibrant and important mystical movements. Featuring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733813013Author Dovber PinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 266Imprint Iyyun PublishingPublisher Iyyun PublishingWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The story of Judaism, its religion, culture and civilization, is shown in more than 240 illustrations. It is a history of the Jewish faith from the time of Abraham and the 12 tribes through the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem to the Diaspora and...

Between 1935 and 1938 the celebrated photographer Roman Vishniac explored the cities and villages of Eastern Europe, capturing life in the Jewish shtetlekh of Poland, Romania, Russia, and Hungary, communities that even then seemed threatened - not by...

The Jewish religion is grounded in belief about the nature of God and his relation to the world, and this expertly written volume offers an accessible account of the Jewish faith, its core beliefs and practices. It introduces the reader to the God of the...

The fashion identities in the context of a wider conversation about American nationhood, to whom it belongs and what belonging means. Race and ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality are all staple ingredients in this conversation. They are salient...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782357285675Author S L MacGregor MathersFormat HardbackPage Count 346Imprint Alicia EditionsPublisher Alicia EditionsWeight(grams) 676gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807407486Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint UAHC PressPublisher UAHC Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688129583Author Rabbi Joseph TelushkinFormat HardbackPage Count 663Imprint HarperCollins (USA)Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Why, during the Holocaust, did some ordinary people risk their lives and the lives of their families to help others--even total strangers--while others stood passively by? Samuel Oliner, a Holocaust survivor who has interviewed more than 700 European...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807412336Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint UAHC PressPublisher UAHC Press

The Holocaust changed what it means to be a Jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. Much of the discussion about this new meaning is a storm of contradictions. In The Imaginary Jew, Alain Finkielkraut describes with passion and acuity his own passage through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955618307Author Sheila ShulmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Peter Daniels Publisher ServicesPublisher Peter Daniels Publisher...

Were there groups in Ancient Judaism that cultivated esoteric knowledge and transmitted it secretly? With the discovery and burgeoning study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and particularly of the documents legislating the social structure of the Qumran group,...

The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World examines Judaism in Palestine throughout the Hellenistic period, from Alexander the Great's conquest in 334BC to its capture by the Arabs in AD 636. Under the Greek, Roman and finally Christian supremacy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580232012Author Lawrence A. HoffmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358108528Author Ariel BurgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995656031Author Nachum ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Promised LandPublisher Promised LandWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802870834Author Anathea E. Portier-YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 462Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

Students will experience the text just as Jews have studied it for nearly 2,000 years. Features twelve key passages from the Mishnah that carry special significance for today's students. Each excerpt is given in both Hebrew and English.Book...

After a nearly two-thousand-year interlude, and just as Christian Europe was in the throes of the great Witch Hunt and what historians have referred to as "The Age of the Demoniac," accounts of spirit possession began to proliferate in the Jewish world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881233223Author Shmuly YanklowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint Central Conference of American RabbisPublisher Central Conference of American...

The death of Edmond Jabes in January 1991 silenced one of the most compelling voices of the postmodern, post-Holocaust era. Jabes's importance as a thinker, philosopher, and Jewish theologian cannot be overestimated, and his enigmatic style-combining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977193707Author Asher NormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Black White and Read PublishingPublisher Black White and Read PublishingWeight(grams)...

What does lived religion look like in the 21st century? Against the polarizations of old and new, religion and secularism, theory and practice, a cadre of internationally renowned scholars interrogate the ways spiritual ideas and practices remain...

Standing at the very foundation of monotheism, and so of Western culture, Moses is a figure not of history, but of memory. As such, he is the quintessential subject for the innovative historiography Jan Assmann both defines and practices in this work,...

The evil of the holocaust demands a radical rethink of the traditional Christian understanding of Judaism. This does not mean jettisoning Christianity's deepest convictions in order to make it conform to Judaism. Rather, Richard Harries develops the work...

Winner of the Jewish Book Council Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award in Scholarship This book explores the reception history of the most important Jewish Bible commentary ever composed, the Commentary on the Torah of Rashi (Shlomo Yitzhaki; 1040-1105)...