Judaism

The Jews from Aleppo, Syria, and their descendants compose a remarkable but little-known community that has spread throughout the world during the past two centuries, adapting to myriad social settings from Kobe to Buenos Aires. A Global Community is the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580230612Author Kerry M. OlitzkyFormat PaperbackPage Count 415Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947857483Author Daniel a KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Kodesh PressPublisher Kodesh PressWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

For many centuries Jewish prayer was so dominated by its male creators and male readers that the Jewish woman's role in prayer seems to have been all but obliterated. Yet Jewish women have always prayed and, before prayer became standardized into a...

A systematic chronological study by one of the world's leading Jewish theologians. A masterly guide to the major currents of Jewish thought.Book InformationISBN 9780874412260Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Behrman House Inc.,U.S...

Animals and Animality in the Babylonian Talmud selects key themes in animal studies - animal intelligence, morality, sexuality, suffering, danger, personhood - and explores their development in the Babylonian Talmud. Beth A. Berkowitz demonstrates that...

For some twenty years from the late 1960s, and thereafter following a brief pause, representatives of British Jewry's religious orientations held closed-door meetings at the Chief Rabbi's residence in attempts to bridge their communal and halachic...

This new book by historian David Ohana analyzes Zionism and the Israeli state as a theological ideology. The book pursues this provocative end by showing the dialectical tension between Judaism and Zionism. How has Zionism molded perceptions and images...

This work offers a systematic description of the highly interesting mystical doctrine of one of the most influential thinkers in Jewish mysticism. Two hundred years since Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav's demise, his philosophical writings and literary...

2022 Top Ten Book from Academy of Parish Clergy The teachings of the great twentieth-century Jewish thinker Martin Buber empower us to enter a spiritual dimension that often passes unnoticed in the daily routine. In A Year with Martin Buber, the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743254137Author KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Fireside BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 212gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 9mm

Nefesh HaTzimtzum provides the single most comprehensive and accessible presentation of the teachings and worldview of the Vilna Gaon's primary student, Rabbi Chaim Volozhin. It is focused on Rabbi Chaim's magnum opus, Nefesh HaChaim, a work that has...

A leading scholar of Jewish history's bracing and challenging case for the role of the historian today Why do we study history? What is the role of the historian in the contemporary world? These questions prompted David N. Myers's illuminating and...

A new translation according to the traditional Hebrew text The Psalms have long brought comfort to those who mourn and have helped us find the spiritual in everyday life. This edition presents the new JPS translation, based on the original Hebrew text,...

This book presents a radical new interpretation of Britain's Chief Rabbis from Nathan Adler to Immanuel Jakobovits. It examines the theologies of the Chief Rabbis and seeks to reveal and explain their impact on the religious life of Anglo-Jewry. Elton...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791410448Author Peter SchaeferFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

This long-awaited, magisterial study-an unparalleled blend of philosophy, poetry, and philology-draws on theories of sexuality, phenomenology, comparative religion, philological writings on Kabbalah, Russian formalism, Wittgenstein, Rosenzweig, William...

100 Jewish Brides: Stories from Around the World features stories of Jewish brides from six continents, highlighting diverse customs and rituals related to weddings now and in the past. The stories, written by brides, their relatives, clergy, and other...

Franz Rosenzweig is one of the greatest contributors to Jewish philosophy in the twentieth century and is, with Martin Buber and Abraham Heschel, one of the Jewish thinkers most widely read by Christians. On Jewish Learning collects essays, speeches, and...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781844176625Imprint Kevin Mayhew LtdPublisher Kevin Mayhew Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780862990770Author John PenroseFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Sutton Publishing LtdPublisher Sutton Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556711183Author George HartFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Sil International, Global PublishingPublisher Sil International, Global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646455805Author J C LaflerFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Redemption PressPublisher Redemption PressWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789463607711Author YoyoImprint Yoyo BooksPublisher Yoyo Books

Trying new things can be scary. But, with a little push and a lot of paddling, even the biggest waves are possible. A story about facing fears and how a few words of encouragement can change someone's day.Book InformationISBN 9781922503695Author Rebecca...

Interdisciplinary approach to the Iberian and Italian perceptions and representations of the Battle of Lepanto and the Muslim "other" The Battle of Lepanto, celebrated as the greatest triumph of Christianity over its Ottoman enemy, was soon transformed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789463385824Author Prof. Dr. Magd Abdel WahabFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Aspekt B.V., UitgeverijPublisher Aspekt B.V., UitgeverijWeight(grams) 258g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803372693Author Alex CoxFormat HardbackPage Count 12Imprint Make Believe IdeasPublisher Make Believe IdeasWeight(grams) 170g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462703087Author Sophie HochhauslFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Leuven University PressPublisher Leuven University PressWeight(grams) 170g

The national football teams of Mexico and the United States have a rivalry spanning decades. What made these teams such fierce competitors? How are both country's fans involved in keeping this rivalry going? Easy-to-read text and fantastic images make...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526499172Author Sarah CorrieFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint SAGE Publications LtdPublisher SAGE Publications LtdWeight(grams) 170g

When Kora's tongue gets sick of licking yucky stuff and decides to run away - it travels around the world making friends and experiencing lots of amazing new flavours. How will Kora convince her tongue to return and can she promise to stop licking gross...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922464637Author Wayne ErringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University Publishing

All Sofia wanted was to enjoy her new school, but sadly... along came a bully named Imogen Baddley! See how Sofia, with humour and heart, deals with Imogen the bully, causing most unexpected results!Book InformationISBN 9781922503442Author Sigi...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926991849Author Pnina GranirerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Granville Island PublishingPublisher Granville Island PublishingWeight(grams) 612g

CoCo Schreiber has dipped into the paint pot of her life and dolloped drops of colour on to the areas of her palette which seems to her to accommodate her memories and emotions: blue for the ladies she has loved and lost; purple for comfortable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800747173Author Thomas RowanFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia PublishersWeight(grams) 140g

The Golden Age of the Lithuanian Yeshivas tells the story of the last chapter of Jewish rabbinical schools in Eastern Europe, from the eve of World War I to the outbreak of World War II.The Lithuanian yeshiva established a rigorous standard for religious...

Jesus and After uses extracts from Biblical and other writings to outline the birth and early development of the Jesus sect of Judaism - its early simplicity, its later growth, and its separation from its Jewish parent. Besides its focus on the past,...