Judaism

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781571895561Author Rabbi Philip S BergFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Research Centre of KabbalahPublisher Research Centre of KabbalahWeight(grams)...

The legal profession needs more than law. Whether you are a student, a law school, a university, a law firm or an in-house legal team, The Legal Team of the Future is the definitive guide to understanding and building the holistic skills required of...

This is a comprehensive history of Jewish religion and philosophy, its traditions and practices, magnificently illustrated with over 500 photographs and paintings. It is an in-depth introduction to the religion and its rich cultural and spiritual...

A must-read book for understanding this vibrant and influential modern Jewish movementHasidism originated in southeastern Poland, in mystical circles centered on the figure of Israel Ba'al Shem Tov, but it was only after his death in 1760 that a movement...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780973190908Author Rabbi Michael LaitmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 463Imprint Laitman Kabbalah PublishersPublisher Laitman Kabbalah PublishersWeight(grams)...

Judaism and Modernity: Philosophical Essays challenges the philosophical presentation of Judaism as the sublime 'other' of modernity. Here, Gillian Rose develops a philosophical alternative to deconstruction and post-modernism by critically re-engaging...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060766627Author Michael WiseFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint HarperSanFranciscoPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671602703Author Blu GreenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 530Imprint Simon & Schuster LtdPublisher Simon & Schuster Ltd

In this book contemporary Judaism is presented in all its rich diversity, including both traditional and modern theologies as well as secular forms of Jewish identity. While the focus of the book is on developments that have taken place in the past two...

In 2008, The New York Times reported on the discovery of a Hebrew tablet, dating from before the birth of Christ, which predicted a Messiah who would rise from the dead after three days. Famed religious scholar Daniel Boyarin stated that 'some Christians...

The Collected Works of Spinoza provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592640256Author Rabbi Jonathan SacksFormat HardbackImprint Toby Press LtdPublisher Toby Press LtdWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 150mm * 28mm

Yehuda Bauer, one of the world's premier historians of the Holocaust, here presents an insightful overview and reconsideration of its history and meaning. Drawing on research he and other historians have done in recent years, he offers fresh opinions on...

'...detailed and fair.' - The Spectator 'An exhaustive, impressive achievement.' - The Tablet As a minority, Jews in Britain are confident, their institutions competent and mature. And yet within Jewish life in Britain there is a pervading sense of...

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...

" . . . Mr. Arad reports as a controlled and effective witness for the prosecution. . . . Mr. Arad's book, with its abundance of horrifying detail, reminds us of how far we have to go."-New York Times Book Review" . . . some of the most gripping chapters...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596364684Author Dr J. Randall PricePage Count 144Imprint Rose PublishingPublisher Rose Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416593065Author Wendy MogelFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & Schuster

This book tells the story of the mystical Jewish system known as Kabbalah, from its earliest origins until the present day. We trace Kabbalah's development, from the second century visionaries who visited the divine realms and brought back tales of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580238038Author Arthur GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

An innovative, spiritual workbook that integrates the Tarot and the Kabbalistic tradition of Counting the Omer * Explores the origins and meaning of the 49-day Kabbalistic meditative practice of Counting the Omer and how it can lead to spiritual...

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...

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,...

The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz Survivor April 7, 1944-This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf...

In April 1917, Lenin arrived at Petrograd's Finland Station and set foot on Russian soil for the first time in over a decade. For most of the past seventeen years, the Bolshevik leader had lived in exile, moving between Europe's many "Russian...

In this clear and authoritative guide, Lavinia and Dan Cohn-Sherbok concisely examine the Jewish faith and its practices and explore what it really means to be a Jew today. From the nature of God to the divisions within Judaism and from worship to...

In this magisterial history, David Nirenberg explores anti-Judaism from antiquity to the present, from the Ancient Egyptians who resented their Jewish neighbours to the ideas of Voltaire and Marx, thereby revealing it to be a mode of thought deeply...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250116949Author Rabbi Danya RuttenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877285366Author William G. GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

Integrating numerology, astrology, Kabbalah, and the contemplative life. As John Sandbach illuminates in depth, the Tarot is a portal to realms of wisdom. It not only can provide deep insight through traditional readings but also offers a hands-on way to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905297221Author David RankineFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint AvaloniaPublisher AvaloniaWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910383391Author Yoni BirnbaumFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint 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 9781683591443Author NiehausFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Faithlife CorporationPublisher Faithlife CorporationWeight(grams) 528gDimensions(mm) 227mm *...

In the years following the founding of the State of Israel, close to a million Jews became refugees fleeing their ancestral homelands in the Middle East, North Africa, and Iran. State-sanctioned discrimination, violence, and political unrest brought an...

In this sparkling debut, a young critic offers an original, passionate, and erudite account of what it means to feel Jewish-even when you're not. Self-hatred. Guilt. Resentment. Paranoia. Hysteria. Overbearing Mother-Love. In this witty, insightful, and...

One aim of this series is to dispel the intimidation readers feel when faced with the work of difficult and challenging thinkers. Moses ben Maimon, also known as Maimonides (1138-1204), represents the high point of Jewish rationalism in the middle ages...

As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in "The Beginning of Wisdom", it's also timeless. Examining Genesis in a philosophical light, Kass presents it not as a...

Edith Stein's Life in a Jewish Family, 1891-1916 is a treasure trove for the study of Stein's youth and early adulthood, her approach to writing autobiographically, and her intricate relationship with historical influences of her time and place. Through...

The traditional Jew has always accepted the study of Torah as central to his or her way of life. But without the ability to effectively analyze and interpret the text, one misses the opportunity to gain a deep and authentic appreciation of the Torah's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789657222041Author Rabbi Rabbi Yehudah Lev AshlagFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Nehora PressPublisher Nehora PressWeight(grams) 832gDimensions(mm)...