Judaism

See how ancient Jewish mystical traditions and rituals can transform your lifeKabbalah For Dummies presents a balanced perspective of Kabbalah as an "umbrella" for a complex assemblage of mystical Jewish teachings and codification techniques. Kabbalah...

'Nothing I have read is more affecting than Mihail Sebastian's magnificent, haunting 1934 novel, For Two Thousand Years' - Philippe Sands, Guardian Books of the YearA prescient interwar masterpiece, available in English for the first time'Absolutely,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805202533Author Nahum M. SarnaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm...

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks presents a proposal for reframing the terms of this important debate. The first major statement by a Jewish leader on the ethics of globalization, it introduces a new paradigm into the search for co-existence. Sacks argues that we...

The classic and beloved guide to the cultural and spiritual treasures of Judaism; Living a Jewish Life is a primer on Jewish vocabulary, holidays, life cycle events, as well as a handbook for how to make Jewish choices for yourself in our ever-changing...

The history of the Jews is the tale of a wandering tribe that set down roots and became a nation. This is an in-depth history of the Jewish faith and development of Jewish peoplehood. It opens in the time of Abraham and the 12 tribes, covers the...

The crucial question for today's Jewish world, Menachem Kellner argues, is not whether Jews will have Jewish grandchildren, but how many different sorts of mutually exclusive Judaisms those grandchildren will face. Kellner's short, brisk, and...

A book that challenges our most basic assumptions about Judeo-Christian monotheismContrary to popular belief, Judaism was not always strictly monotheistic. Two Gods in Heaven reveals the long and little-known history of a second, junior god in Judaism,...

The religious buildings of the Jewish community in Britain have never been explored in print. Lavishly illustrated with previously unpublished images and photographs taken specially by English Heritage, this book traces the architecture of the synagogue...

Greco-Roman antiquity's premier Jewish historian.Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about AD 37. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading in...

The Zohar is the fundamental work of Jewish mysticism. Isaiah Tishby's classic and definitive Wisdom of the Zohar makes the world of the Zohar available to the English-speaking reader in all its complexity and poetry. The extended extracts are...

"Published to celebrate the autumn 2023 opening of the new NLI building in Jerusalem, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, the book is full of fascinating insights and manuscripts. It is akin to a greatest-hits collection from the...

Trans Talmud places eunuchs and androgynes at the center of rabbinic literature and asks what we can learn from them about Judaism and the project of transgender history. Rather than treating these figures as anomalies to be justified or explained away,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805211474Author Rabbi Adin SteinsaltzFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

At first glance the Old and New Testaments of the Bible could not appear to be more different on the subject of prosperity. The Hebrew teachings encourage the accumulation of wealth and state that God will prosper us if we trust in Him while the Gospels...

From January to April 2000 historian David Irving brought a high-profile libel case against Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt in the British High Court, charging that Lipstadt's book, Denying the Holocaust (1993), falsely labeled him a Holocaust denier...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936533077Author Joseph B. LumpkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Fifth Estate, IncPublisher Fifth Estate, IncWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781879045118Author Arthur GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957712017Author Elana SztokmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint Lioness BooksPublisher Lioness BooksWeight(grams) 649gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

The Jewish Journey is unique in three respects. First, it is a short, accessible, affordable and illustrated history of the Jewish people. Most books of this kind are heavy, unwieldy, expensive coffee-table books. Secondly, the book is absolutely unique...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580231305Author Arthur GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams)...

Read our customer guideThe Torah is the essence of Jewish tradition; it inspires each successive generation. The current JPS translation, based on classical and modern sources, is acclaimed for its fidelity to the ancient Hebrew.Book InformationISBN...

"Simple Guides Judaism" provides a concise and accessible introduction to Judaism. Written without bias, this guide presents engaging descriptions of the key concepts, beliefs and practices. Pocket sized and presented in an accessible format with clearly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807407264Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint UAHC PressPublisher UAHC Press

The #1 bestselling inspirational classic from the internationally known spiritual leader; a source of solace and hope for over 4 million readers.Since its original publication in 1981, When Bad Things Happen to Good People has brought solace and hope to...

'Leonard Cohen taught us that even in the midst of darkness there is light, in the midst of hatred there is love, with our dying breath we can still sing Hallelujah.' - The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks 'Among the finest volumes on Cohen's life and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578636150Author Lon Milo DuQuetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451529404Author Max I. DimontFormat PaperbackPage Count 572Imprint Signet ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 280g

Searching for Meaning in Midrash explores the fascinating body of Jewish literature called Midrash-creative interpretations of the Bible that are designed to reveal hidden or deeper meaning in Scripture. Each of the over 50 midrashim sit next to its...

A unique and haunting first-person Holocaust account by Zalmen Gradowski, a Sonderkommando prisoner killed in Auschwitz. On October 7, 1944, a group of Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz obtained explosives and rebelled against their Nazi murderers. It was a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948626828Author Tirzah FirestoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Monkfish Book Publishing Company

How have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. Many have attempted to explain this singular success as a result of divine intervention. In...

Bahya Ibn Pakuda was born c. 1050, and lived for some time in Saragossa in Spain. His major work was written in Arabic, but it is most well-known by its Hebrew title Hovot ha-Levavot (Duties of the Heart). It enjoyed enormous popularity and was ...

This accessible book is a practical introduction to the technique, with projects to try and ideas for your own designs. Master brioche knitting and create textured, reversible knitted fabrics. Whether you're a new knitter expanding your skillset or an...

Anyone who is unfamiliar with medieval commentary, or who is unable to study the commentators in the original Hebrew, will find The Commentators' Bible a worthy addition to his or her bookshelves. Carasik has done a real service making this material...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789653018181Author Rabbi Jonathan SacksFormat HardbackImprint Koren PublishersPublisher Koren PublishersWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 142mm * 213mm * 30mm

A classic study of the Jews by a best selling author.In this critically acclaimed book, Paul Johnson delves deep into the 4,000-year history of the Jews: a race of awe-inspiring endurance, steadfast homogeneity and loyalty and, above all, the belief that...

In the popular field of books on angels, this is the first title to take an in-depth look at angels in the context of the Kabbalah, the metaphysical underpinning of Western religion and spirituality. It provides a complete introduction to Kabbalistic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609807316Author Rav P.S. BergFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578632152Author Lon Milo DuQuetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser