Theology

'A deeply humane, learned and personal reflection on Jewish identity' - Rowan Williams 'This inspiring book has made me a better Jew, one who understands more, who knows more' - Daniel Finkelstein 'This remarkable book takes us on a journey:...

Martin Buber was one of the most significant religious thinkers of the twentieth century. In this short and remarkable book he presents the essential teachings of Hasidism, the mystical Jewish movement which swept through Eastern Europe in the eighteenth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652292889Author Jerry RabowFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 432g

In Three Mystics Walk into a Tavern, Jalal ad-Din Rumi, Moses de Leon, and Meister Eckhart-three of the greatest mystics of all time-meet in Venice for an imaginary night-long conversation that will inspire everyday individuals of the twenty-first...

A physician and historian of science and medicine at the National Institute of Health tells the hidden story of how plagues and pandemics shaped the history of the Jewish people. Plagues, pandemics, and infectious diseases have shaped the history of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592643097Author Norman LammFormat HardbackPage Count 247Imprint Toby Press LtdPublisher Toby Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374298340Author Noah FeldmanFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

Your plain-English guide to Judaism Whether you're interested in the religion or the spirituality, the culture or the ethnic traditions, Judaism For Dummies explores the full spectrum of Judaism, dipping into the mystical, meditative, and spiritual depth...

The crucial question for today's Jewish world, Menachem Kellner argues, is not whether Jews will have Jewish grandchildren, but how many different sorts of mutually exclusive Judaisms those grandchildren will face. Kellner's short, brisk, and...

A book that challenges our most basic assumptions about Judeo-Christian monotheismContrary to popular belief, Judaism was not always strictly monotheistic. Two Gods in Heaven reveals the long and little-known history of a second, junior god in Judaism,...

At first glance the Old and New Testaments of the Bible could not appear to be more different on the subject of prosperity. The Hebrew teachings encourage the accumulation of wealth and state that God will prosper us if we trust in Him while the Gospels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580231305Author Arthur GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374529758Author Abraham Joshua HeschelFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

'Absorbing, fascinating, arresting' The Observer 'Intensely moving, luminous and rather magnificent' The TimesIt was one of the most startling moments in the history of the City of London. In 2011, the Occupy movement set up camp around St Paul's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805210330Author Harold S. KushnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 223gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The Essential Talmud is a masterful introduction to the beliefs, attitudes, and methods of the sacred text by which the Jewish people have lived and survived through the ages-by the renowned Israeli rabbi, scholar, and teacher. Rabbi Steinsaltz is the...

According to the author the Hellenistic tradition played a role as a model for Jewish modernisers to draw upon as they perceived a lack in Jewish culture. The author believes that Greek and Hellenistic concepts are now internalised by the Jewish people...

'Absorbing, fascinating, arresting' Observer'Intensely moving, luminous and rather magnificent' The Times It was one of the most startling moments in the modern history of the City of London. In 2011, the Occupy movement set up camp around St Paul's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062560155Author Amy-Jill LevineFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 685g

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...

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 9781580238038Author Arthur GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592645381Author Joshua BermanFormat HardbackPage Count 334Imprint Toby Press LtdPublisher Toby Press LtdWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 147mm *...

Margaret Barker believes that Christianity developed so quickly because it was a return to far older faith - far older than the Greek culture that is long-held to have influenced Christianity. Temple Theology explains that the preaching of the gospel and...

This book explores one of the great questions of our time: How can we preserve our sense of what it means to be a person while at the same time accepting what science tells us to be true--namely, that human nature is continuous with the rest of nature?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725278608Author Harris BorFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm)...

'A deeply humane, learned and personal reflection on Jewish identity' - Rowan Williams 'This inspiring book has made me a better Jew, one who understands more, who knows more' - Daniel Finkelstein 'This remarkable book takes us on a journey:...

The Hebrew Goddess demonstrates that the Jewish religion, far from being pure monotheism, contained from earliest times strong polytheistic elements, chief of which was the cult of the mother goddess. Lucidly written and richly illustrated, this third...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592644872Author Joseph B SoloveitchikFormat HardbackPage Count 111Imprint Toby Press LtdPublisher Toby Press LtdWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374513313Author Abraham Joshua HeschelFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

This text examines the ideas, perspectives and methodologies developed in critical theory and poststructural analysis. This interpretation of Maimonides ""A Guide to the Perplexed"" reveals views on prophecy, philosophy, the importance of fulfilling the...

The book of Isaiah is one of the longest and strangest books of the Hebrew Bible, composed over several centuries and traversing the catastrophe that befell the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the 8th and 6th centuries BCE. Francis Landy's book tells...

Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue, the first study in any language to provide a complete overview of Buber's thought, remains the definitive guide to the full range of his work and the starting point for all modern Buber scholarship. Maurice S. Friedman...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592643011Author Adin SteinsaltzFormat HardbackPage Count 170Imprint Toby Press LtdPublisher Toby Press Ltd

A unique compilation of contemporary women's midrashim. Dirshuni: Contemporary Women's Midrash, is the first-ever English edition of a historic collection of midrashim composed by Israeli women, which has been long-anticipated by multiple American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853035602Author Louis JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd

The claim of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel is long established - and long challenged. Most Jews, and non-Jews, asked to explain their relationship with the actual physical territory of Israel, will offer some vague reference to God's promise,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061374982Author Joseph TelushkinFormat HardbackPage Count 800Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Throughout history the image of the non-Jew in Judaism has profoundly influenced the way in which Jews interact with non-Jews. It has also shaped the understanding that Jews have of their own identity, as it determines just what distinguishes them from...

A deeply personal look at death, mourning, and the afterlife in Jewish traditionAfter 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...