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The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planbook by Jane Lewit 9780812885460
RRP: £13.99£10.84A comprehensive, step-by-step handbook that leads parents through every detail. -Library JournalBook InformationISBN 9780812885460Author Jane LewitFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Scarborough HousePublisher Scarborough HouseWeight(grams) 386g -
Kabbalistic Metaphors: Jewish Mystical Themes in Ancient and Modern Thought by Sanford L. Drob 9780765761255
£85.89Kabbalistic Metaphors: Jewish Mystical Themes in Ancient and Modern Thought places the major symbols of the theosophical Kabbalah into a dialogue with several systems of ancient and modern thought, including Indian Philosophy, Platonism, Gnosticism, and... -
Kashrut, Tefillin, Tzitzit: The Purpose of Symbolic Mitzvot Inspired by the Commentaries of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch by Stephen Bailey 9780765761064
£90.49Although many contemporary committed Jews practice these rituals, many admit that there is little understanding, relevance, or meaning experienced in their observance because of the enigmatic, symbolic nature of these mitzvot. Kashrut, Tefillin, Tzitzit:... -
A Gathering of Angels: Angels in Jewish Life and Literature by Morris B. Margolies 9780765760487
£47.86A Gathering of Angels: Angels in Jewish Life and Literature looks at Jewish history in a unique way–through the eyes of angels. A rabbi and a scholar, Morris B. Margolies pores through nearly three thousand years of literature and lore in an enlightening... -
You Saved Me, Too: What A Holocaust Survivor Taught Me About Living, Dying, Fighting, Loving, And Swearing In Yiddish by Susan Resnick 9780762780389
RRP: £18.99£15.90An extraordinary and literary "love story" between a young mother and a much older Holocaust survivor that celebrates the unique and powerful bonds of friendship. It explores a complex relationship with someone from a different generation and... -
The Torah and the Halakhah: The Four Relationships by Jacob Neusner 9780761825265
RRP: £91.00£79.67This is a study of the relationship between two cognate religious components of Judaism, the laws of the Pentateuch and the corpus of Halakhah set forth by the Mishnah-Tosefta-Yerushalmi-Bavli. Both contain normative rules or Halakhah. The four... -
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Lamentations Rabbati by Jacob Neusner 9780761820222
£85.78This theological commentary to the Rabbinic Midrash explores a simple proposition, in three parts: I. The reading of Scripture by principal parts of the Rabbinic Midrash is formed by compositions and composites that are animated by a cogent theological... -
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Genesis Raba by Jacob Neusner 9780761819585
£98.83This theological commentary to the Rabbinic Midrash explores a simple proposition, in three parts: I. The reading of Scripture by principal parts of the Rabbinic Midrash is formed by compositions and composites that are animated by a cogent theological... -
The Aggadic Role in Halakhic Discourses by Jacob Neusner 9780761819332
£98.13This research report answers the question, how and specifically in what passages do the distinct Rabbinic modes of discourse, Halakhah and Aggadah, intersect? How do they make a statement in common? Halakhah is given priority. Then where and how does... -
Dual Discourse, Single Judaism by Jacob Neusner 9780761819288
£80.62How does the inner logic of the Aggadah, its narrative and theology (whether systematic or merely episodic) match the deepest rationality of the Halakhah, its norms and foci and points of tension and remission of tension? The answer emerges from the... -
Midrash Criticism: Introduction and Appraisal by Charles L. Quarles 9780761809241
£85.62This book is an in-depth introduction and appraisal of midrash criticism, a critical approach applied to Gospel studies. Though midrash criticism utilizes genre criticism, redaction criticism, and historical criticism, it has developed into a separate... -
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms by Sol Steinmetz 9780742543874
RRP: £84.00£73.65Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms is a unique and much needed guide to the way many Hebrew, Yiddish, and Aramaic words and meanings are used by English speakers. Sol Steinmetz draws upon his years of dictionary editorial... -
Jews in American Politics: Introduction by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman by Sandy L. Maisal 9780742501812
RRP: £35.00£30.54Joseph Lieberman's Vice Presidential nomination was neither the first nor last word on signal Jewish achievements in American politics. Jews have played an important role in American government since the early 1800s at least, and in view of the 2000... -
Jewish-Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity: Seven Twentieth-Century Converts by Shalom Goldman 9780739196106
RRP: £43.00£37.78This book is an exploration of what would seem to be a simple question, but is actually the object of a profound quest-"who is a Jew?" This is a deeply complex issue, both within Judaism, and in interactions between Jews and Christians... -
Keter: The Crown of God in Early Jewish Mysticism by Arthur Green 9780691636757
RRP: £88.00£68.75Keter is a close reading of fifty relatively brief Jewish texts, tracing the motif of divine coronation from Jewish esoteric writings of late antiquity to the Zohar, written in thirteenth-century Spain. In the course of this investigation Arthur Green... -
Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt: The Origins of the Office of the Head of the Jews, ca. 1065-1126 by Mark R. Cohen 9780691642888
RRP: £150.00£117.51Under three successive Islamic dynasties--the Fatimids, the Ayyubids, and the Mamluks--the Egyptian Office of the Head of the Jews (also known as the Nagid) became the most powerful representative of medieval Jewish autonomy in the Islamic world. To... -
American JewBu: Jews, Buddhists, and Religious Change by Emily Sigalow 9780691174594
RRP: £25.00£19.99A revealing look at the Jewish American encounter with BuddhismToday, many Jewish Americans are embracing a dual religious identity, practicing Buddhism while also staying connected to their Jewish roots. This book tells the story of Judaism's encounter... -
After One-Hundred-and-Twenty: Reflecting on Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition by Hillel Halkin 9780691149745
RRP: £22.00£17.36After One-Hundred-and-Twenty provides a richly nuanced and deeply personal look at Jewish attitudes and practices regarding death, mourning, and the afterlife as they have existed and evolved from biblical times to today. Taking its title from the Hebrew... -
The Jewish Social Contract: An Essay in Political Theology by David Novak 9780691122106
RRP: £75.00£58.09The Jewish Social Contract begins by asking how a traditional Jew can participate politically and socially and in good faith in a modern democratic society, and ends by proposing a broad, inclusive notion of secularity. David Novak takes issue with the... -
An Uncommon Friendship: From Opposite Sides of the Holocaust by Bernat Rosner 9780520261310
RRP: £25.00£19.59In 1944, 13-year-old Fritz Tubach was almost old enough to join the Hitler Youth in his German village of Kleinheubach. That same year in Tab, Hungary, 12-year-old Bernie Rosner was loaded onto a train with the rest of the village's Jewish inhabitants... -
Enforced Marginality: Jewish Narratives on Abandoned Wives by Bluma Goldstein 9780520249684
RRP: £71.00£55.05This illuminating study explores a central but neglected aspect of modern Jewish history: the problem of abandoned Jewish wives, or agunes ('chained wives') - women who under Jewish law could not obtain a divorce -and of the men who deserted them... -
Religion Around Walter Benjamin by Brian Britt 9780271094502
RRP: £24.95£21.99This book shows how institutional religion and the religiosity of political and cultural life provide a necessary dimension to Walter Benjamin, one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers. Lived religion surrounded Benjamin, whose upper-middle-class... -
No Religion without Idolatry: Mendelssohn's Jewish Enlightenment by Gideon Freudenthal 9780268206635
RRP: £83.00£72.11Moses Mendelssohn (1725-1786) is considered the foremost representative of Jewish Enlightenment. In No Religion without Idolatry, Gideon Freudenthal offers a novel interpretation of Mendelssohn's general philosophy and discusses for the first time... -
The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and Talmudic Tradition by William Kolbrener 9780253022240
RRP: £45.00£39.18Joseph Soloveitchik (1903-1993) was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, philosopher, and theologian. In this new work, William Kolbrener takes on Soloveitchik's controversial legacy and shows how he was torn between the traditionalist demands of... -
Anti-Zionism on Campus: The University, Free Speech, and BDS by Doron S. Ben-Atar 9780253034076
RRP: £83.00£72.11Many scholars have endured the struggle against rising anti-Israel sentiments on college and university campuses worldwide. This volume of personal essays documents and analyzes the deleterious impact of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)... -
Jews and the American Religious Landscape by Uzi Rebhun 9780231178266
RRP: £55.00£42.91Jews and the American Religious Landscape explores major complementary facets of American Judaism and Jewish life through a comprehensive analysis of contemporary demographic and sociological data. Focusing on the most important aspects of social... -
Sinning in the Hebrew Bible: How the Worst Stories Speak for Its Truth by Alan F. Segal 9780231159265
RRP: £92.00£71.81Stories of rape, murder, adultery, and conquest raise crucial issues in the Hebrew Bible, and their interpretation helps societies form their religious and moral beliefs. From the sacrifice of Isaac to the adultery of David, narratives of sin engender... -
Jewish Stories of Wisdom by Patrick Fischmann 9780316349949
RRP: £12.99£9.44Jewish Stories of Wisdom is the perfect antidote to our busy, modern lives. It serves as a daily companion that one can return to again and again for a much-needed moment of spiritual sustenance. The 34 stories in this uplifting collection can be read in... -
Scattered Tribe: Traveling The Diaspora From Cuba To India To Tahiti & Beyond by Ben Frank 9780762770335
RRP: £13.99£12.14This book is an odyssey to discover exotic Jewish communities around the world--a road map of travel and adventure set in such locals as Russia (including Siberia), Tahiti, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Cuba, Morocco, Algeria, and Israel.Book InformationISBN... -
Piyyut and Midrash: Form, Genre, and History by Tzvi Novick 9783525570807
RRP: £114.00£104.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783525570807Author Tzvi NovickFormat HardbackPage Count 235Imprint Vandenhoeck & RuprechtPublisher Vandenhoeck & RuprechtWeight(grams) 517g -
The Happiness Prayer: Ancient Jewish Wisdom for the Best Way to Live Today by Evan Moffic 9781478918066
RRP: £18.99£14.74At age 30 Evan Moffic became the leader of a large congregation. He had great success. But he couldn't find happiness. Then he found a 2000-year-old prayer. In it were hidden elements of Jewish wisdom. They became a part of his life and those of his... -
Storytelling and Spirituality in Judaism by Yitzhak Buxbaum 9780765761668
£49.51"The purpose of this book is to elevate stories and storytelling in people's esteem, so they will understand their holiness and appreciate them at their full worth. There are those who enjoy stories and storytelling but in the back of their minds think,... -
Bittersweet Legacy: Creative Responses to the Holocaust by Cynthia Moskowitz Brody 9780761819769
£85.81Bittersweet Legacy is a collection of poetry, short stories and art inspired by the Holocaust. It is a book born of paradox, evoking remembrances of the darkest moments known to humankind by utilizing the power and beauty of the creative force. The... -
Jerusalem Diet: Guided Imagery & the Personal Path to Weight Control by Judith Besser-Man 9789652294012
RRP: £17.99£11.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652294012Author Judith Besser-ManFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 374g -
Sources of Holocaust Research: An Analysis by Raul Hilberg
£24.31Since the publication of his monumental Destruction of the European Jews forty years ago, Raul Hilberg has been the acknowledged master of Holocaust historians. In Sources of Holocaust Research he distills a lifetime of scholarly investigation into an... -
Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud by Michal Bar-Asher Siegal 9781107195363
RRP: £90.00£75.12Stories portraying heretics ('minim') in rabbinic literature are a central site of rabbinic engagement with the 'other'. These stories typically involve a conflict over the interpretation of a biblical verse in which the rabbinic figure emerges... -
Danger! Three Jewish Peoples by Avraham Avi-Hai 9780884001645
RRP: £20.99£12.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884001645Author Avraham Avi-HaiFormat HardbackPage Count 190Imprint Shengold Publishers Inc.,U.S.Publisher Shengold Publishers Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 490g -
Birth of a Worldview: Early Christianity in its Jewish and Pagan Context by Robert M. Doran 9780847693719
RRP: £46.00£40.35Birth of a Worldview is a groundbreaking intellectual history of the making of the worldview that came to define western Christian culture for two millennia. Using a broad range of primary sources, Robert Doran narrates the story of how early thinkers... -
Providential Accidents: An Autobiography by Geza Vermes 9780847693405
RRP: £46.00£40.35Geza Vermes is known world-wide as an expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls and for his pioneering work, Jesus the Jew. But in addition to that he is the living embodiment of Jewish-Christian relations in the context of an honest quest for the truth. Few... -
Jews and the Ends of Theory by Shai Ginsburg 9780823281992
RRP: £31.00£27.36Theory, as it's happened across the humanities, has often been coded as "Jewish." This collection of essays seeks to move past explanations for this understanding that rely on the self-evident (the historical centrality of Jews to the rise of Critical...