Judaism

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for National Jewish Book Award (Jewish Thought) 2007.Book InformationISBN 9780805242249Author Ruth R. WisseFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Schocken...

Rabbi, educator, intellectual, and community leader, Leo Baeck (1873-1956) was one of the most important Jewish figures of prewar Germany. The publication of his 1905 Das Wesen des Judentums (The Essence of Judaism) established him as a major voice for...

Dinosaur skeletons, eggs, bones, and fossils have become increasingly coveted objects for collectors. Dinosaurs are Collectible explores the reasons for their popularity and tells the stories behind the many illustrious finds from the past. This...

In this unique collection of essays, some of today's smartest Jewish thinkers explore a broad range of fundamental questions in an effort to balance ancient tradition and modern sexuality In the last few decades a number of factors-post-modernism,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912676583Author Derek TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd

This book is a radical exploration of the mystical teachings in the Gospel of John. It helps the reader to experience these spiritual truths for themselves, and go beyond the everyday mind which is dominated by the ego and realize their eternal Being,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060082710Author Tirzah FirestoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperCollins (USA)Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580233965Author Kerry M. OlitzkyFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 164mm *...

Anything is possible. From We Need Diverse Books fifteen award-winning and celebrated diverse authors deliver stories about a princess without need of a prince, a monster long misunderstood, memories that vanish with a spell, and voices that refuse to...

Israel Denial is the first book to offer detailed analyses of the work faculty members have published-individually and collectively-in support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement; it contrasts their claims with options for promoting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780824604745Author Mark WischnitzerFormat HardbackPage Count 356Imprint Jonathan David Co., IncPublisher Jonathan David Co., IncWeight(grams) 689g

What is the role of Judaism and Jewish existence in America? And what role does America play in matters Jewish? This anthology considers these questions and offers a look at how the diverse body of Jewish thought developed within the historical and...

This fourth volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism covers the period from 70 CE to 640 CE (the rise of Islam). It deals with the major historical, political and cultural developments in Jewish history and the history of Judaism in this crucial era...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805211405Author Ammiel HirschFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 315gDimensions(mm) 205mm *...

Do you want to find out more about the Qabalah but have been put off by the Jewish terms and the complicated and obscure religious words usually used? Then this book is for you. Real life is meeting challenges or working around them. It is a never-ending...

The purpose of this book is to re-examine those basic issues in the study of Midrash which to some extent have been marginalised by trends in scholarship and research. Irving Jacobs asks, for example, whether the early rabbinic exegetes had a concept of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928822110Author Yitzchok BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Breslov Research InstitutePublisher Breslov Research InstituteWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666741865Author Laura Duhan-KaplanFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

The Mishnah is the foundational document of rabbinic Judaism-all of rabbinic law, from ancient to modern times, is based on the Talmud, and the Talmud, in turn, is based on the Mishnah. But the Mishnah is also an elusive document; its sources and setting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580233415Author Marc D. AngelFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 218mm * 142mm...

The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law explores the Jewish conception of law as an essential component of the divine-human relationship from biblical to modern times, as well as resistance to this conceptualization. It also traces the political,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789653015876Author Rabbi Adin SteinsaltzFormat HardbackImprint Koren PublishersPublisher Koren Publishers

An exploration of the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism drawing on primary sources and new methods Over the past generation, several major findings and methodological innovations have led scholars to reevaluate the foundation of Judaism. The Dead Sea...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385514088Author Joseph B. SoloveitchikFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

As the bible tells us, ancient Israel's neighbours worshipped a wide variety of gods. It is now widely accepted that the Israelites' God, Yahweh, must have originated as one among these many, before assuming the role of the one true God of monotheism...

An indispensable resource for everyone who cares about the Jewish future.Young people need to be included in the struggle for meaning, for the right questions to ask and the search for useful and relevant answers. This is the book that has been missing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652299093Author Ken SpiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 536g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Travel) 2017.Book InformationISBN 9780976305064Author Maggie AntonFormat PaperbackImprint Banot PressPublisher Banot...

This is the second of four volumes covering the history of Judaism from the Persian period, roughly 539-322 BCE, to the Tannaitic period, which culminated in the codification of the Mishnah around 250 CE. It deals with the encounter of Judaism with the...

In this encyclopedic text, completely revised and updated in this second edition, Joshua R. Jacobson presents the history of the ancient Jewish tradition of chanting the Bible and a comprehensive explanation of cantillation practice with its grammatical...

An intimate account of Orthodox family planning amid shifting state policies in Israel In recent years, Israeli state policies have attempted to dissuade Orthodox Jews from creating large families, an objective that flies in the face of traditional...

Food and feasting are key themes in the Hebrew Bible and the culture it represents. The contributors to this handbook draw on a multitude of disciplines to offer an overview of food in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel. Archaeological materials from...

Many Jewish people know the New Testament only through snippets of verse heard at a Christian wedding or funeral, or through a chapter read in literature class. Many are completely unfamiliar with the meaning or messages of Christian scripture and...

A detailed exploration of the biblical idea of the Messiah and its development over three thousand years.Book InformationISBN 9780567085863Author Dan Cohn-SherbokFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint T.& T.Clark LtdPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing...

While Scripture is at the center of many religions, among them Islam and Christianity, this book inquires into the function, development, and implications of the centrality of text upon the Jewish community, and by extension on the larger question of...

2022 Top Five Reference Book from Academy of Parish Clergy The most comprehensive book on the topic, Thinking about Good and Evil traces the most salient Jewish ideas about why innocent people seem to suffer, why evil individuals seem to prosper, and...

Millions of American Christians see U.S. support for the State of Israel as a God-ordained responsibility. Millions more see the ''special relationship'' between the two countries as a bond that should never be challenged, much less broken. Robert O...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989007214Author Dovber PinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Iyyun PublishingPublisher Iyyun PublishingWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Frumspeak examines the unique linguistic habits of Orthodox, native-born Americans. This book seeks to draw comparisons with parallel phenomena of Jewish linguistic creation including Yiddish and Ladino and reaches into the linguistic consciousness of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374506087Author Abraham Joshua HeschelFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...