Judaism

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609800553Author Rabbi Rami ShapiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 241g

In Midrash for Beginners, Rabbi Edwin Goldberg presents English readers with an easily accessible entrance into the fascinating and insightful world of Midrash. Instead of trying to explain or define the Midrash and the midrashic process, Rabbi Goldberg...

Originally published in 1951, this book explores the development in England of the Sephardi branch of the Jewish community, the co-heirs, with their kinsmen in Holland, in Italy, in North America and in the Middle East, of the Golden Age of Jewish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615464572Author Ze'ev OrzechFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint Beit Am PublicationsPublisher Beit Am PublicationsWeight(grams) 522g

What kind of literature is the Talmud? To answer this question, Daniel Boyarin looks to an unlikely source: the dialogues of Plato. In these ancient texts he finds similarities, both in their combination of various genres and topics and in their dialogic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683361466Author Stuart M. MatlinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

This engaging argument for the future of Jewish theology, written by a renowned Jewish scholar, provides a rounded introduction to the faith, its history, and its place in the modern world. Explores foundational Jewish structures and concepts through...

Originally published in 1987, this book explores the emergence, structure and ultimate fate of the Viennese Jewish community. Thirteen eminent specialists on Viennese social, political and cultural history combine to cover a wide variety of topics,...

Fifteen years in the making, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer is a monumental achievement. Never before has such a comprehensive resource been available to those searching for answers to questions on Jewish prayer. Macy Nulman has provided, in one...

To young children, the world is full of things to see and touch. And by using those very examples, this enchanting book gently invites children to become aware of God's presence all around us. Abridged from Because Nothing Looks Like God by Lawrence and...

Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World explores the Jewish experience with art during the Greco-Roman period - from the Hellenistic period through the rise of Islam. It starts with the premise that Jewish art in antiquity was a 'minority' or 'ethnic'...

In the postmodern, relativist world-view with its refutation of a single, objective, and ultimate truth, it has become difficult if not impossible to argue in favour of one's own beliefs as preferable to those of others. Miriam Feldmann Kaye's ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802867681Author Reinhard PummerFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing Co

The Jewish religion possesses a virtually uninterrupted record of scripture and commentary dating back to 1000 BCE. In Judaism and Disability, Judith Z. Abrams accesses this unique Judaic library to document changing attitudes toward people with...

Via a participant-observer approach, Synagogue Life analyzes the three essential dimensions of synagogue life: the houses of prayer, study, and assembly. In each Heilman documents the rich detail of the synagogue experience while articulating the social...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802843722Author John J. CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 327Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

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 religious consciousness. This book provides a comprehensive and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580231909Author Neil GillmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

The Karaites, a small Jewish sect that arose twelve centuries ago and still exists today, was at one time the most outspoken and productive schismatic division in Judaism. The Karaites contributed much to the Jewish literature of the Middle Ages, for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934730751Author Peter PitzleFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Ben Yehuda PressPublisher Ben Yehuda PressWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Conceiving Agency: Reproductive Authority among Haredi Women explores the ways Haredi Jewish women make decisions about their reproductive lives. Although they must contend with interference from doctors, rabbis, and the Israeli government, Haredi women...

Only one of the world's mythologies has remained essentially unrecognized-the mythology of Judaism. As Howard Schwartz reveals in Tree of Souls, the first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, this mythical tradition is as rich and as fascinating as...

A classic text of enduring significance, Moses Mendelssohn's Jerusalem (1783) stands as a powerful plea for the separation of church and state and also as the first attempt to present Judaism as a religion eminently compatible with the ideas of the...

Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik was not only one of the outstanding Talmudists and religious leaders of the 20th century, but also one of its most creative and seminal Jewish thinkers. This comprehensive study of Rabbi Soloveitchik's religious philosophy...

Since it was first published in 1980, From Generation to Generation has inspired thousands to pursue the unique challenges and rewards of Jewish genealogy. Far more engaging than a mere how-to reference guide, this landmark book is also part detective...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979963186Author D M MurdockFormat PaperbackPage Count 582Imprint Stellar House Publishing, LLCPublisher Stellar House Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)...

Coherent Judaism begins by excavating the theologies within the Torah and tracing their careers through the Jewish Enlightenment of the 18th century. Any compelling, contemporary Judaism must cohere as much as possible with traditional Judaism. The...

The first book to combine the modern science of positive psychology with the ancient wisdom of Judaism. The principles of Positive Judaism include Jewish virtues and well-being practices that are available to everyone offering a profoundly new vision for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400048359Author Rabbi Joseph TelushkinFormat HardbackPage Count 559Imprint Bell TowerPublisher Random House USA Inc

The 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789653015890Author Rabbi Adin SteinsaltzFormat HardbackImprint Koren PublishersPublisher Koren Publishers

Most scholars of Judaism take the term "Jewish mysticism" for granted, and do not engage in a critical discussion of the essentialist perceptions that underlie it. Mystifying Kabbalah studies the evolution of the concept of Jewish mysticism. It examines...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780973231564Author Rabbi Rav Yehuda AshlagFormat PaperbackPage Count 612Imprint Laitman Kabbalah PublishersPublisher Laitman Kabbalah...

The modern Jew, living in a world of shattered beliefs and competing ideologies, is often confronted with questions of faith. Sacred Fragments is for those who still care enough to continue the struggle. In forthright, nontechnical language the author...

The Emancipation of European Jewry during the nineteenth century led to conflict between tradition and modernity, creating a chasm that few believed could be bridged. The emergence of modern traditionalism was fraught with obstacles. The essays published...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805210903Author Beatrice WeinreichFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm)...

Robert Weinberg and Bradley Berman's carefully documented and extensively illustrated book explores the Soviet government's failed experiment to create a socialist Jewish homeland. In 1934 an area popularly known as Birobidzhan, a sparsely populated...

This volume is a collection of essays devoted to aspects of Jewish liturgy and devotion as represented by texts from three historical periods, namely, Second Temple times, the Rabbinic age, and the modern period. The first of these periods is...

A clear and concise handbook to the TANAKHNamed one of the "Best of the Best from the University Presses: Books You Should Know About" by the Association of American University Presses. This new volume in the acclaimed JPS Guides series is an invaluable...

Symbols of the Kabbalah: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives provides a philosophical and psychological interpretation of the major symbols of the theosophical Kabbalah. It shows that the Kabbalah, particularly as it is expressed in the school...