Sacred Writings

Many Christians and Jews believe that their faiths developed independently from each other, and that their religions are distinct, even antagonistic towards each other. A Portable God dramatically departs from the idea that the birth of Judaism and...

From the bestselling author of Here I Am, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and We are the Weather - Jonathan Safran Foer presents a new edition of the sacred Jewish Haggadah Read each year around the Seder table, the Haggadah recounts through prayer...

From the bestselling author of Here I Am, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and We are the Weather - Jonathan Safran Foer presents a new edition of the sacred Jewish Haggadah Read each year around the Seder table, the Haggadah recounts through prayer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800699109Author George W. E. NickelsburgFormat PaperbackPage Count 169Imprint Augsburg FortressPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933580807Author Joseph B. LumpkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint Fifth Estate, IncPublisher Fifth Estate, IncWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 152mm...

The JPS Jewish Heritage Torah Commentary shows Jews of all ages and backgrounds that the Jewish people's most significant book is not dusty and irrelevant but an eternally sacred text wholly pertinent to our modern lives. Designed to keep the attention...

With his characteristic skill and insight, Micah Goodman guides us through the beauty of Jewish philosophy, uplifting us from perplexity to enlightenment.-Shimon Peres, former president of the State of Israel A publishing sensation long at the top of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780835606462Author Stephan A. HoellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Quest Books,U.S.Publisher Quest Books,U.S.

In the study of Judaism, the Zohar has captivated the minds of interpreters for over seven centuries, and continues to entrance readers in contemporary times. Yet despite these centuries of study, very little attention has been devoted to the literary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580235075Author Rabbi Jeffrey K. SalkinFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams) 1g

Shai Held is one of the most important teachers of Torah in his generation.-Rabbi David Wolpe, author of David: The Divided HeartIn The Heart of Torah, Rabbi Shai Held's Torah essays-two for each weekly portion-open new horizons in Jewish biblical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978159009Author Rav Michael LaitmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Laitman Kabbalah PublishersPublisher Laitman Kabbalah PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807407486Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint UAHC PressPublisher UAHC Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805210323Author Abraham CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 130mm *...

A new translation according to the traditional Hebrew text The Psalms have long brought comfort to those who mourn and have helped us find the spiritual in everyday life. This edition presents the new JPS translation, based on the original Hebrew text,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781897448106Author Rav Yehuda AshlagFormat PaperbackPage Count 405Imprint Laitman Kabbalah PublishersPublisher Laitman Kabbalah PublishersWeight(grams) 680g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781897448090Author Rav Michael LaitmanFormat HardbackPage Count 520Imprint Laitman Kabbalah PublishersPublisher Laitman Kabbalah PublishersWeight(grams)...

Samuel Lebens takes the three principles of Jewish faith, as proposed by Rabbi Joseph Albo (1380-1444), in order to scrutinize and refine them with the toolkit of contemporary analytic philosophy. What could it mean for a perfect being to create a world...

A groundbreaking reinterpretation of early Judaism, during the millennium before the study of the Bible took center stageEarly Judaism is often described as the religion of the book par excellence-a movement built around the study of the Bible and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683362081Author Dr. Marc Zvi BrettlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

Winner of the Jewish Book Council Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award in Scholarship This book explores the reception history of the most important Jewish Bible commentary ever composed, the Commentary on the Torah of Rashi (Shlomo Yitzhaki; 1040-1105)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995603554Author Simon Amadeus PillarioFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Word for Word Bible ComicsPublisher Word for Word Bible ComicsWeight(grams)...

This is a translation of the 1911 Biblisch-Talmudiesche Medizin , an extensively researched text that gathers the medical and hygienic references found in the Jewish sacred, historical, and legal literatures, written by German physician and scholar...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781793634856Author Angelina Muñiz-HubermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington BooksWeight(grams) 281g

This is the first volume of a set of anthologies that sets forth the statements of the formative canon of influential Rabbinic Judaism on three large topics: the calendar, the life cycle, and theology. Focusing on the seminal period of normative Judaism,...

Seha, the traditional wise man-fool in Jewish Morocco is a popular fictional hero in simple yet rich tales, playful yet witty enough to provide life lessons with commitment to social fairness and mutual respect. In this collection of tales, the authors...

The hostile regime that set out to annihilate the Jewish religion and culture forms the background of the Book of Daniel. Jin Hee Han's book, Daniel's Spiel: Apocalyptic Literacy in the Book of Daniel, identifies the main agenda behind the creation of...

This book is a reprint of the first publication of the complete manuscript of Pesiqta Rabbati, Volumes I-III (1997-2002), a major rabbinic work from the Land of Israel from the 5th-6th century. Based upon the annual cycle of Biblical passages for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780761873648Author Joshua A FogelFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Hamilton BooksPublisher University Press of America

Why are we here? Who really wrote the Bible? Was Jesus actually a messenger of God? Can science and religion be reconciled? Do we have free will? Divine Wisdom and Warning: Decoded Messages from God introduces a new way of using the ancient system of...

In Enchanted Dulcinea, this English translation of the novel by Mexican author Angelina Muniz-Huberman, Dulcinea travels in a car writing novels in her mind about several Dulcineas: a medieval princess on a quest, a nineteenth-century lady-in-waiting in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580238557Author Rabbi Marc D. AngelFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580233002Author DANIEL POLISHFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams) 1g

"Torah, as both book and process, is the taproot that penetrates to the heart of Jewish meaning, understanding, and expression. Torah study is how we mine not just meaning from the text, but our awareness of God's will," writes Rabbi Daniel...

"Torah, as both book and process, is the taproot that penetrates to the heart of Jewish meaning, understanding, and expression. Torah study is how we mine not just meaning from the text, but our awareness of God's will," writes Rabbi Daniel...

A comprehensive and systematic exploration of myth in the Hebrew Bible. In addition, Michael Fishbane examines the ongoing role of Scripture in the expansion and transformation of myth in ancient Jewish sources (Midrash and Talmud) and in the classical...

Although the theme of bloodied nuptial sheets seems pervasive in western culture, its association with female virginity is uniquely tied to a brief passage in the book of Deuteronomy detailing the procedure for verifying a young woman's purity and...

Resurrection 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...

Jewish law has a history stretching from the early period to the modern State of Israel, encompassing the Talmud, Geonic and later codifications, the Spanish Golden Age, medieval and modern response, the Holocaust and modern reforms. Fifteen distinct...

This study explores the zoomorphic content of Zibburta (bee/wasp) and Karkušta (weasel)—demeaning names given by R. Naḥman of b. Meg 14b to Deborah and Huldah, two distinguished prophets of the Hebrew Bible. Looking closely at relevant texts, Blaženka...