Judaism

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781897448977Author Rav Michael LaitmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Laitman Kabbalah PublishersPublisher Laitman Kabbalah PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781879045989Author Lawrence KushnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590308103Author Alan MorinisFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Trumpeter BooksPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951800232Author Rabbi Jeremy GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Masorti PublicationsPublisher Masorti PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853035671Author Louis JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800631550Author Samuel E. BalentineFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Augsburg FortressPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

This is a comprehensive look at the intriguing concept of reincarnation as taught by the masters of the Kabbalah and as analyzed by major Jewish thinkers throughout history. Rabbi DovBer Pinson, born and raised in a Hasidic family immersed in the study...

A major Conservative movement leader of our time, Elliot N. Dorff provides a personal, behind-the-scenes guide to the evolution of Conservative Jewish thought and practice over the last half century. His candid observations concerning the movement's...

This book explores the origins of Zionism within Jewish tradition, the variety of Zionist ideologies, and the political circumstances that fostered this movement. Jewish immigration to Palestine, shifting British policies, Arab reactions to Jewish...

In this book, Lynn Kaye examines how rabbis of late antiquity thought about time through their legal reasoning and storytelling, and what these insights mean for thinking about time today. Providing close readings of legal and narrative texts in the...

In this volume a distinguished group of international scholars draws from history, folklore, political anthropology, historiography, and cultural criticism to reexamine critical issues surrounding the birth of Israel. The authors explore such issues as...

Passover and Easter constitute for Jews and Christians respectively the most important festivals of the year. Although sharing a common root, the feasts have developed in quite distinct ways in the two traditions, in part independently of one another and...

From the ninth to the fifteenth centuries Jewish thinkers living in Islamic and Christian lands philosophized about Judaism. Influenced first by Islamic theological speculation and the great philosophers of classical antiquity, and then in the late...

Missing from most accounts of the modern history of Jews in Europe is the experience of what was once the largest Jewish community in the world - an oversight that Gershon David Hundert corrects in this history of Eastern European Jews in the eighteenth...

This is a book about law and religion. It opens with a study of prophrtic intercession as a response to the tensions inherent in monotheism, the struggles between love and justice that seem to take place within Israel's God. The final chapters concern...

The Star of Redemption is widely recognized as a key document of modern existential thought and a significant contribution to Jewish theology in the twentieth century. An affirmation of what Rosenzweig called "the new thinking," the work ensconces common...

No work has informed Jewish life and history more than the Talmud. This unique and vast collection of teachings and traditions contains within it the intellectual output of hundreds of Jewish sages who considered all aspects of an entire people's life...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615699912Author Eliezer Lipa (Leonard) MoskowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 652Imprint New Davar PublicationsPublisher New Davar PublicationsWeight(grams)...

What ancient graffiti reveals about the everyday lives of Jews in the Greek and Roman worldFew direct clues exist to the everyday lives and beliefs of ordinary Jews in antiquity. Prevailing perspectives on ancient Jewish life have been shaped largely by...

An in-depth look at how The New York Times failed in its coverage of the fate of European Jews from 1939-45. It examines how the decisions that were made at The Times ultimately resulted in the minimizing and misunderstanding of modern history's worst...

The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony of bar mitzvah was first recorded in thirteenth-century France, where it took the form of a simple statement by the father that he was no longer responsible for his thirteen-year-old son. Today, bar mitzvah for boys and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934730805Author Jay MichaelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Ben Yehuda PressPublisher Ben Yehuda PressWeight(grams) 404g

A welcoming introduction to the most important ideas in Judaism. In an age of fluid identity, many people are honestly asking the question "Why be Jewish?" What in this religious and ethnic legacy is worth preserving? Does Judaism have something...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580238731Author Rabbi Aryeh Ben DavidFormat PaperbackImprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874419467Author Ellen RankFormat PaperbackImprint Behrman House PublishingPublisher Behrman House PublishingWeight(grams) 227g

"Magic culture is certainly fascinating. But what is it? What, in fact, are magic writings, magic artifacts?" Originally published in Hebrew in 2010, Jewish Magic Before the Rise of Kabbalah is a comprehensive study of early Jewish magic focusing on...

In the Greco-Roman period there arose among the Jews a new genre for re-telling Bible stories and for composing new religious stories as well. This genre was the novel. This volume brings together for the first time and in fresh, lively translations all...

A leading expert provides an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism todayAmerican Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in recent decades. Like other religions in the United States, it has witnessed a decline in the number of...

Through an innovative synthesis of narrative critique, oral-formulaic study, folkloric research, and literary analysis, Kristen H. Lindbeck reads all the Elijah narratives in the Babylonian Talmud and details the rise of a distinct, quasi-angelic figure...

Examining the production and assimilation of Jews as "the nation" in the modern state of Israel, this book shows how identity is constrained through myriad struggles over the meanings and practices of being Jewish. Based on years of ethnographic...

When the Jews of Eastern Europe came to the United States in the 19th century, they brought with them their own special humor. Developed in response to the dissonant reality of their lives, their self-critical humor served as a source of salvation,...

By returning to primary source material, including the Torah and ancient and medieval rabbinic literature, Rabbi Gershon Winkler illustrates the often uninhibited and celebrative attitudes towards sexuality and sensual pleasure found in Jewish teachings...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825426971Author Alec GarrardFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Kregel Publications,U.S.Publisher Kregel Publications,U.S.Weight(grams)...

In this vivid collection, Judaic scholar Vanessa Ochs brings the legends of the biblical matriarchs to new life. Intimate, familiar and wise, the heroines in Sarah Laughed are revealed to be inspiring role models for women today. From Eve's rebellious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805200751Author Judah HaleviFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 316gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Samuel Dresner, a former student and lifelong friend of Heschel's, gives a personal insight into his life and views into the Hasidic movement and the important concept of halakha.About the AuthorSamuel Dresner is a former Visiting Professor at the Jewish...

An unprecedented annotated anthology of the most important Jewish mystical works, A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader is designed to facilitate teaching these works to all levels of learners in adult education and college classroom settings. Daniel M...

While Jews in the land of Israel in ancient times shared much in common - scripture, reverence for the Temple and its cult, some traits as one 'Orthodox' Judaism. Diverse 'Judaisms' flourished, each with its particular way of life, world view, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952326547Author Menachem Z RosensaftFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Kelsay BooksPublisher Kelsay BooksWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...