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Martin Buber: Prophet of Religious Secularism by Donald Moore 9780823216406
RRP: £25.99£22.49In this study of Martin Buber's life and work, Donald Moore focuses in on Buber's central message about what it means to be a human being and a person of faith.Book InformationISBN 9780823216406Author Donald MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint... -
Jews and the Ends of Theory by Shai Ginsburg 9780823282005
RRP: £114.00£98.51Theory, 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... -
Jewish Culture and Identity in the Soviet Union by Yaacov Ro'i 9780814774328
RRP: £24.99£22.07Over ten years ago, Benjamin Fain, a physicist now living in Tel Aviv, attempted to hold a conference on Jewish culture in Moscow, an effort that was foiled by the KGB. Many of the participants were eventually able to flee, most emigrating to Israel. ... -
Essential Papers on Jewish Culture in Renaissance and Baroque Italy by David B. Ruderman 9780814774199
£100.25This book represents a sample of the most penetrating Jewish movements.About the AuthorDavid Ruderman.Book InformationISBN 9780814774199Author David RudermanFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint New York University PressPublisher New York University... -
Mapping Jewish Identities by Laurence J. Silberstein 9780814797693
RRP: £24.99£21.67Is Jewish identity flourishing or in decline? Community leaders and scholarly researchers continually seek to determine the attitudes, beliefs, and activities that best measure Jewish identity. At issue, according to these studies, is the very survival... -
Impossible Images: Contemporary Art After the Holocaust by Shelley Hornstein 9780814798263
RRP: £24.99£21.67Impossible Images brings together a distinguished group of contributors, including artists, photographers, cultural critics, and historians, to analyze the ways in which the Holocaust has been represented in and through paintings, architecture,... -
Gender and Judaism: The Transformation of Tradition by Tamar Rudavsky 9780814774533
RRP: £24.99£21.67Every morning Jewish men offering their prayers to God in the traditional manner include the line Blessed are you Lord our God, King of the universe who has not made me a woman. Regardless of one's interpretation of this line, it is an inescapable fact... -
Elie Wiesel: Between Memory and Hope by Carol Rittner 9780814774212
RRP: £23.99£20.84A deeply reflective work, written by a number of eminent scholars both Jewish and Christian who represent a variety of disciplines and perspectives, this book explores basic issues in Wiesel's work -the nature of God, madness, silence, horror, and hope... -
Jewish Responses to Modernity: New Voices in America and Eastern Europe by Eli Lederhendler 9780814751381
RRP: £23.99£20.84Facing the dizzying array of changes commonly referred to as modernity, Jews in 19th-century Eastern Europe and early 20th-century America reflected the crises and opportunities of the modern world most eloquently in their speech, culture, and literature... -
Sacred Space: Shrine, City, Land by R. J. Z. Werblowsky 9780814746806
£89.88The way we understand particular spaces is mediated by our perceptions of the difference between the sacred and the profane. Throughout history, different peoples have revered vastly diverse spaces as sacred for vastly diverse reasons. In Sacred Spaces,... -
Women and Judaism: New Insights and Scholarship by Frederick E. Greenspahn 9780814732182
£89.88Although women constitute half of the Jewish population and have always played essential roles in ensuring Jewish continuity and the preservation of Jewish beliefs and values, only recently have their contributions and achievements received sustained... -
Essential Papers on Hasidism by Gershon David Hundert 9780814734704
RRP: £27.99£24.54Book InformationISBN 9780814734704Author Gershon David HundertFormat PaperbackPage Count 546Imprint New York University PressPublisher New York University Press -
Yankele: A Holocaust Survivor's Bittersweet Memoir by Alex Gross 9780761821380
RRP: £46.00£40.35In Yankele: A Holocaust Survivor's Bittersweet Memoir, Alex (Yankele) Gross tells the tale of his life as a Hungarian boy amidst the turmoil of World War II Europe. Beginning with his childhood in the village of Palanok, Alex recalls happy memories... -
Why Is America Different?: American Jewry on its 350th Anniversary by Steven T. Katz 9780761847687
RRP: £95.00£83.52Does the American Jewish experience represent a singular communal circumstance, or does it repeat, with obvious and unavoidable variation, the older European pattern of Jewish existence? In 2004, on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the... -
SifrZ Zutta to Numbers by Jacob Neusner 9780761844037
RRP: £48.00£42.05Sifre Zutta to Numbers is the first translation into English of H.S. Horovitz's Siphre d'be Rab: Siphre ad Numeros adjecto Siphre zutta. It aims at contributing to the characterization of Sifre Zutta to Numbers, its recurrent formal traits, its paramount... -
The Serpent Symbol in the Ancient Near East: Nahash and Asherah: Death, Life, and Healing by Leslie S. Wilson 9780761821243
RRP: £83.00£72.79The serpent symbol has been a part of western culture since antiquity. Throughout time, it has been misunderstood and misrepresented. The Serpent Symbol in the Ancient Near East is the first comparative study of the origins of the serpent symbol from its... -
Jewish-Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity: Seven Twentieth-Century Converts by Shalom Goldman 9780739196083
RRP: £88.00£77.49This 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... -
A History of Judaism by Martin Goodman 9780691197104
RRP: £20.00£16.29A sweeping history of Judaism over more than three millenniaJudaism has preserved its distinctive identity despite the extraordinarily diverse forms and beliefs it has embodied through the centuries. Martin Goodman provides a comprehensive look at how... -
Halakhah in the Making: The Development of Jewish Law from Qumran to the Rabbis by Aharon Shemesh 9780520259102
RRP: £71.00£55.05"Halakhah in the Making" offers the first comprehensive study of the legal material found in the "Dead Sea Scrolls" and its significance in the greater history of Jewish religious law (halakhah). Aharon Shemesh's pioneering study... -
The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000 by Hasia R. Diner 9780520248489
RRP: £27.00£21.46Since Peter Stuyvesant greeted with enmity the first group of Jews to arrive on the docks of New Amsterdam in 1654, Jews have entwined their fate and fortunes with that of the United States - a project marked by great struggle and great promise. What... -
The Life of Judaism by Harvey E. Goldberg 9780520227538
£28.66Approximately thirteen million people around the world define themselves as Jews, with the majority residing in the United States and Israel. This collection portrays the diversity of Jewish experience as it is practiced and lived in contemporary... -
Hidden: A Sister and Brother in Nazi Poland by Fay Walker 9780299180607
RRP: £24.95£17.93Of the Rosenbluth family, only the older children, Faiga and Luzer, had gone into hiding before the SS rounded up the Jews of Kanczuga, Poland. ""Hidden"" is Faiga and Luzer's story. In alternating first-person narratives, Faiga (Fay)... -
What Does a Jew Want?: On Binationalism and Other Specters by Udi Aloni 9780231157599
RRP: £20.00£15.89In the hopes of promoting justice, peace, and solidarity for and with the Palestinian people, Udi Aloni joins with Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, and Judith Butler to confront the core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Their bold question: Will a... -
What Does a Jew Want?: On Binationalism and Other Specters by Udi Aloni 9780231157582
RRP: £70.00£54.30In the hopes of promoting justice, peace, and solidarity for and with the Palestinian people, Udi Aloni joins with Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, and Judith Butler to confront the core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Their bold question: Will a... -
Taking Stock: Cultures of Enumeration in Contemporary Jewish Life by Michal Kravel-Tovi 9780253020475
RRP: £70.00£60.31Taking Stock is a collection of lively, original essays that explore the cultures of enumeration that permeate contemporary and modern Jewish life. Speaking to the profound cultural investment in quantified forms of knowledge and representation-whether... -
Rabba, Maharat, Rabbanit, Rebbetzin: Women with Leadership Authority According to Halachah by Daniel Sperber 9789655242461
£25.50Rabba, Maharat, Rabbanit, Rebbetzin: Women with Leadership Authority According to Halachah examines in detail the legitimacy for feminine leadership in Jewish law. Exploring the various manifestations of female leadership, whether as women clergy or... -
Basel Und Bibel: Collected Communications to the Xviith Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, Basel 2001 by Matthias Augustin 9783631511688
RRP: £61.90£50.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783631511688Author Matthias AugustinFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Peter Lang GmbHPublisher Peter Lang GmbHWeight(grams) 420g -
The Biblical Outlook: Topics in Jewish Philosophy by Rabbi Shlomo Polachek 9781936068272
£28.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936068272Author Rabbi Shlomo PolachekFormat PaperbackPage Count 463Imprint Devora Publishing CompanyPublisher Devora Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 775g -
Blessed Is the Daughter: The Inspiring Story of Jewish Women in all Lands, from Biblical Times to our Own Time by Carolyn Starman Hessel 9781887563444
RRP: £39.99£23.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781887563444Author Carolyn Starman HesselFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Schreiber PublishingPublisher Schreiber PublishingWeight(grams) 795g -
The Secrets of the Haggadah by Matityahu Glazerson 9781568219363
RRP: £38.00£33.51The Haggadah, one of the best known texts of our sacred literature, is rich in meaning. Once again Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson has used his unique approach to uncover the exalted ideas that the words and letters of the holy language, Hebrew, convey. This... -
This House We Build: Lessons for Healthy Synagogues and the People Who Dwell There by Rabbi Terry Bookman 9781566993333
RRP: £25.00£21.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566993333Author Rabbi Terry BookmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Alban Institute, IncPublisher Alban Institute, IncWeight(grams) 540g -
The Animal in the Synagogue: Franz Kafka's Jewishness by Dan Miron 9781498595131
RRP: £85.00£78.10The Animal in the Synagogue explores Franz Kafka's sense of being a Jew in the modern world and its literary and linguistic ramifications. It falls into two parts. The first is organized around the theme of Kafka's complex and often self-derogatory... -
You Saved Me, Too: What A Holocaust Survivor Taught Me About Living, Dying, Fighting, Loving, And Swearing In Yiddish by Susan Resnick 9780762788194
RRP: £12.99£9.72A New York Times bestseller! An 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... -
Trumah / Band 24: Wandel Judischer Traditionen Im Wechselspiel Von Lebenswelt Und Diskurs/Discourse, Lifeworld and the Transformation of Jewish Traditions by Universitatsverlag Winter 9783825368562
RRP: £27.00£26.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783825368562Author Universitatsverlag WinterFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Universitatsverlag WinterPublisher Universitatsverlag WinterWeight(grams)... -
Key Words in Judaism by Ron Geaves 9781589011281
£18.05Daily political events and the steady inevitability of globalism require that informed students and citizens learn something about religious traditions foreign to their own. Designed for both classroom and general use, these handy Key Words guidebooks... -
The Jewish Tradition and Choices at the End of Life: A New Judaic Approach to Illness and Dying by Lewis D. Solomon 9780761819592
£102.25This book will help readers make better, more informed choices as they or their loved ones face: the onset of a terminal illness or an incurable, chronic, debilitating condition; a lengthy period of debility and frailty, with ever greater and more... -
Playlist Judaism: Making Choices for a Vital Future by Kerry M. Olitzky 9781566994392
£28.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566994392Author Kerry M. OlitzkyFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Alban Institute, IncPublisher Alban Institute, IncWeight(grams) 181g -
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Leviticus Rabbah by Jacob Neusner 9780761819875
£86.00This 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: Song of Songs Rabbah by Jacob Neusner 9780761819868
£91.31This 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... -
Surviving the Camps: Unity in Adversity During the Holocaust by Paul R. Bartrop 9780761816294
£98.76Surviving the Camps is an intriguing study of life in the Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Paul R. Bartrop responds to earlier scholarly evaluations with the theory that the formation of a prisoner social system based on cooperation and...