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Studying the Torah: A Guide to in-Depth Interpretation by Avigdor Bonchek 9780765799647
RRP: $58.50$52.03The 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... -
A Tapestry for the Soul: The Introduction to the Zohar by Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag, Explained Using Excerpts Collated from His Other Writings Including Suggestions for Inner Work by Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag 9789657222041
RRP: $50.68$41.93Apologies 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)... -
Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes by William M. Schniedewind 9780691233178
RRP: $48.75$38.12A groundbreaking new account of the writing of the Hebrew BibleWho wrote the Bible? Its books have no bylines. Tradition long identified Moses as the author of the Pentateuch, with Ezra as editor. Ancient readers also suggested that David wrote the... -
In the Beginning by Karen Armstrong
RRP: $25.33$17.73The foundation stone of Jewish and Christian scriptures, the power of the Book of Genesis lies in its stories - Creation, the Fall, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Jacob and Joseph. These ancient tales illuminate some of our most enduring and profound... -
A Guide to the Zohar by Arthur Green 9780804749084
RRP: $31.18$23.36The Zohar is the great medieval compendium of Jewish esoteric and mystical teaching, and the basis of the kabbalistic faith. It is, however, a notoriously difficult text, full of hidden codes, concealed meanings, obscure symbols, and ecstatic expression... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Prophets by Carolyn Sharp
$76.26The Latter Prophets--Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Book of the Twelve--comprise a fascinating collection of prophetic oracles, narratives, and vision reports from ancient Israel and Judah. Spanning centuries and showing evidence of compositional... -
Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible by Gregg Drinkwater
RRP: $48.73$43.04A modernized, queer reading of the Torah In the Jewish tradition, reading of the Torah follows a calendar cycle, with a specific portion assigned each week. These weekly portions, read aloud in synagogues around the world, have been subject to... -
The Steinsaltz Humash, 2nd Edition by Adin Steinsaltz
RRP: $81.88$75.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789653019126Author Adin SteinsaltzFormat HardbackPage Count 1436Imprint Koren PublishersPublisher Koren PublishersWeight(grams) 1542gDimensions(mm) 239mm *... -
The Commentators' Bible: Genesis: The Rubin JPS Miqra'ot Gedolot by Michael Carasik
RRP: $144.30$128.80Anyone who is unfamiliar with medieval commentary, or who is unable to study the commentators in the original Hebrew, will find The Commentators' Bible a worthy addition to his or her bookshelves. Carasik has done a real service making this material... -
The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity by Eva Mroczek 9780190886080
RRP: $71.16$53.43The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls revealed a world of early Jewish writing larger than the Bible, from multiple versions of biblical texts to "revealed" books not found in our canon. Despite this diversity, the way we read Second Temple Jewish... -
Torah Without End: Neo-Hasidic Torah and Practices in Honor of Rabbi Jonathan Slater by Michael Stassfeld 9781953829412
RRP: $48.65$39.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953829412Author Michael StassfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Ben Yehuda PressPublisher Ben Yehuda PressWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The Women's Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions by Elyse Goldstein 9781580233705
RRP: $38.98$30.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580233705Author Rabbi Elyse GoldsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams) 1g -
What Is Midrash? by Professor of Religion Jacob Neusner 9781498200837
RRP: $33.15$25.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498200837Author Professor of Religion Jacob NeusnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls by Timothy H. Lim 9780199663088
$68.25In 1946 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Despite the much publicized delays in the publication and editing of the Scrolls, practically all of them had been made public by... -
Proverbs 1-15 by Schipper, Bernd U.
RRP: $93.58$67.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800660673Author Schipper, Bernd U.Format HardbackPage Count 624Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 Media -
Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible by Karel van der Toorn 9780674032545
$66.90We think of the Hebrew Bible as the Book--and yet it was produced by a largely nonliterate culture in which writing, editing, copying, interpretation, and public reading were the work of a professional elite. The scribes of ancient Israel are indeed the... -
Zohar: The Masterpiece of Kabbalah with Facing Page Commentary That Brings the Text to Life for You - Annotated & Explained by Daniel Chanan Matt 9781893361515
RRP: $35.08$26.91The best-selling author of The Essential Kabbalah now offers readers the best introduction to the Zohar. The splendor and enigmatic appeal of the Zohar, the major text of the Jewish mystical tradition, has never intrigued readers of all faiths more... -
The Kabbalistic Tree / by J. H. Chajes 9780271093451
RRP: $163.70$149.23Ilanot-parchment sheets presenting the kabbalistic "tree of life"-have been at the center of Jewish mystical practice for the past seven hundred years. Written by leading ilanot expert J. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree is a comprehensive and gorgeously... -
The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls by Philip R. Davies 9780500283714
RRP: $29.15$19.85New in paperback, this is a fully illustrated volume on the discovery, meaning and significance of all the Dead Sea Scrolls by acknowledged experts in the field. Offering intriguing historical and religious insights into the period of authorship, from... -
Opening Israel's Scriptures by Ellen F. Davis 9780190948948
RRP: $86.76$74.82Opening Israel's Scriptures is a collection of thirty-six essays on the Hebrew Bible, from Genesis to Chronicles, which gives powerful insight into the complexity and inexhaustibility of the Hebrew Scriptures as a theological resource. Based on more than... -
The Washington Haggadah Joel ben Simeon 9780674051171
$69.09After the Bible, the Passover haggadah is the most widely read classic text in the Jewish tradition. More than four thousand editions have been published since the late fifteenth century, but few are as exquisite as the Washington Haggadah, which resides... -
Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology John H. Walton 9781575063843
RRP: $66.20$60.12The ancient Near Eastern mode of thought is not at all intuitive to us moderns, but our understanding of ancient perspectives can only approach accuracy when we begin to penetrate ancient texts on their own terms rather than imposing our own world view... -
Complete Books of Enoch: 1 Enoch (First Book of Enoch), 2 Enoch (Secrets of Enoch), 3 Enoch (Hebrew Book of Enoch) by A Nyland 9781453890295
RRP: $33.13$30.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781453890295Author A NylandFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 146mm * 14mm -
The Rational Passover Haggadah by Dennis Prager
RRP: $29.23$21.35Dennis Prager, author of the bestselling Rational Bible commentaries, turns to the Haggadah, the book used for the most widely celebrated Jewish ritual, the Passover Seder. (Like most Haggadahs, the Rational Passover Haggadah is printed in the Hebrew... -
Tanya, the Masterpeice of Hasidic Wisdom: Selections Annotated & Explained by Rabbi Rami Shapiro
RRP: $29.23$22.74Tanya, "It Was Taught," is one of the most powerful and potentially transformative books of Jewish wisdom. Written in 1797 by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hasidism, Tanya sets forth the fundamentals of Jewish spirituality and... -
The Essential Jewish Stories: God, Torah, Israel & Faith by Henry Roubicek 9780940646452
RRP: $32.62$29.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940646452Author Henry RoubicekFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Rossel BooksPublisher Rossel BooksWeight(grams) 599g -
The JPS Torah Commentary: Genesis by Nahum M. Sarna 9780827603264
RRP: $144.30$108.09The JPS Torah Commentary series guides readers through the words and ideas of the Torah. Each volume is the work of a scholar who stands at the pinnacle of his field. Every page contains the complete traditional Hebrew text, with cantillation notes, the... -
Thirty-two Paths of Wisdom: Qabalah and the Tree of Life by Wade Coleman 9781733162081
RRP: $26.81$24.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733162081Author Wade ColemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Wade ColemanPublisher Wade ColemanWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm -
Kabbalah for Beginners: Understanding and Applying Kabbalistic History, Concepts, and Practices by Brian Schachter
RRP: $35.08$22.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647390037Author Brian Yosef Schachter-BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams)... -
Goy: Israel's Multiple Others and the Birth of the Gentile by Adi Ophir 9780198866466
RRP: $63.36$55.40Goy: Israel's Others and the Birth of the Gentile traces the development of the term and category of the goy from the Bible to rabbinic literature. Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi show that the category of the goy was born much later than scholars assume;... -
The Jewish Annotated Apocrypha by Professor of Religion Jonathan Klawans
RRP: $68.23$53.96Building on the success of the Jewish Annotated New Testament (JANT) and the Jewish Study Bible (JSB), Oxford University Press now proceeds to complete the trilogy with the Jewish Annotated Apocrypha (JAA). The books of the Apocrypha were virtually all... -
Resurrection of the Dead in Early Judaism, 200 BCE-CE 200 by C. D. Elledge
RRP: $59.46$54.68Resurrection of the dead represents one of the more enigmatic beliefs of Western religions to many modern readers. In this volume, C. D. Elledge offers an interpretation of some of the earliest literature within Judaism that exhibits a confident hope in... -
Leviticus 17-22 by Jacob Milgrom 9780300140569
RRP: $112.13$108.87This volume is a new translation, introduction and commentary on the book of law that shaped the religion in Israel.About the AuthorJacob Milgrom is Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of California, Berkeley, and a widely published... -
The Secrets of Hebrew Words by Benjamin Blech 9781568219189
RRP: $68.25$60.35Ever since the earliest times, Jewish scholars have looked to the Hebrew language as a source of holiness and a wellspring of wisdom. Both letters and words, it has always been assumed, they have hidden messages and secrets to be sought after, as if we... -
Kabbalah: The Way of the Jewish Mystic by Perle Besserman
RRP: $19.48$19.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806236Author Perle Besserman, PerleFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The Hidden Order of Intimacy: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg 9780805243574
RRP: $52.65$34.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805243574Author Avivah Gottlieb ZornbergFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken Books -
A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales by Ruth Calderon 9780827612099
RRP: $33.13$26.75Browse discussion questionsRuth Calderon has recently electrified the Jewish world with her teachings of talmudic texts. In this volume, her first to appear in English, she offers a fascinating window into some of the liveliest and most colorful stories... -
The JPS Rashi Discussion Torah Commentary by Sarah Levy 9780827612693
RRP: $46.78$41.42Rashi, the medieval French rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (1040-1105), authored monumental commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and the Babylonian Talmud. With The JPS Rashi Discussion Torah Commentary, his commentary on the Torah-regarded as the most authoritative... -
The Mythology of Eden by Arthur George 9780761862888
RRP: $68.25$61.13The biblical story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is a cornerstone of Western civilization, yet there are still many mysteries concerning its origins and meaning. In The Mythology of Eden, Arthur and Elena George utilize new historical and... -
The JPS Bible Commentary: Ruth by Tamara Cohn Eskenazi
RRP: $62.40$55.79Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of this book possible: Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Deutsch.The latest in the JPS Bible Commentary series, 2011 National Jewish Book Award Winner, Barbara Dobkin Award in Women's StudiesThe moving story...