Theology

This is the Chief Rabbi's thesis on the future of British society and the dangers facing liberal democracy. A counterweight to his earlier book, "The Dignity of Difference", Sacks makes the case for 'integrated diversity' within a framework of shared...

While Christians and Jews have always been aware of their religious connections - historical community, overlapping theology, shared scriptures - that awareness has traditionally been infected by centuries of mutual suspicion and hostility. As this...

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 9780807013311Author Danya RuttenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910383407Author Yoni BirnbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060666842Author Judith PlaskowFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 220gDimensions(mm) 230mm...

This masterly book is the climax of over twenty-five years of study of the impact of Canaanite religion and mythology on ancient Israel and the Old Testament. It is John Day's magnum opus in which he sets forth all his main arguments and conclusions on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743235853Author James L KugelFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Using Paul's letter to the Romans as the foundation for his monumental study of Paul's theology, James D. G. Dunn describes Paul's teaching on God, sin, humankind, Christology, salvation, the church, and the nature of the Christian life.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953829375Author Michael StrassfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Ben Yehuda PressPublisher Ben Yehuda PressWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898709759Author Roy H. SchoemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 200mm * 151mm...

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)...

The response of Jewish philosophy to the intellectual freedom of modern times as articulated in the works of Hirsch Buber Kaplan Heschel Fackenheim Borowitz Herzl and many others.Book InformationISBN 9780874410143Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage...

An authoritative presentation of the fundamental history, beliefs, and goals of Reform Judaism in one compact volume. The book explains the main ideas and rules of Reform Judaism and shows how it's different from and similar to other types of Judaism...

As featured on the cover of Tikkun magazine How do we articulate a religious vision that embraces evolution and human authorship of Scripture? Drawing on the Jewish mystical traditions of Kabbalah and Hasidism, path-breaking Jewish scholar Arthur Green...

The best single introduction to Jewish religious thought in print.-Theology TodayNational Jewish Book Award WinnerHalakhic Man is the classic work of modern Jewish and religious thought by the twentieth century's preeminent Orthodox Jewish theologian and...

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)...

It is commonly asserted that Maimonides' famous Thirteen Principles are the last word in Orthodox Jewish theology. This is a very popular notion, and is often repeated by scholars from all camps in Judaism. Yet such a position ignores the long history of...

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?...

The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology offers an overview of Jewish theology, an aspect of Judaism that is equal in importance to law and ethics. Covering the period from antiquity to the present, the volume focuses on what Jews believe about God and...

Leonard Cohen's troubled relationship with God is here mapped onto his troubled relationships with sex and politics. Analysing Covenantal theology and its place in Cohen's work, this book is the first to trace a consistent theology across sixty years of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802870834Author Anathea E. Portier-YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 462Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

A reprint of the Schocken Books edition of 1961.About the AuthorThe late Nahum N. Glatzer was Lown Professor of Judaic Studies, Brandeis University and University Professor, Boston University.Paul Mendes-Flohr is Professor of Jewish Thought, Hebrew...

By its very nature, the ideals of religion entail sin and failure. Judaism has its own language and framework for sin that expresses themselves both legally and philosophically. Both legal questions - circumstances where sin is permissible or mandated,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954848293Author Rabbi Elli Tikvah SarahFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint David PaulPublisher David Paul

In this classic study, Herbert A. Davidson examines every medieval Arabic and Hebrew proof for the eternity of the world, the creation of the world and the existence of God which has philosophical character, disregarding only those that rest entirely on...

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...

A Top Ten Book for Parish Ministry from the Academy of Parish Clergy Who-or what-is God? Is God like a person? Does God have a gender? Does God have a special relationship with the Jewish people? Does God intervene in our lives? Is God good-and, if yes,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807010518Author Danya RuttenbergFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688129583Author Rabbi Joseph TelushkinFormat HardbackPage Count 663Imprint HarperCollins (USA)Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

A study of Jewish-Christian relations from medieval times through the eighteenth century. Both Jewish and Christian writers are represented.Book InformationISBN 9780874413656Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Behrman House Inc.,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977193707Author Asher NormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Black White and Read PublishingPublisher Black White and Read PublishingWeight(grams)...

Here is an answer to the question, what do we learn about the Rabbinic system from its encounter with the Prophetic books? This book analyzes the way in which Rabbinic Judaism in its formative canon received and made its own an important segment of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486245225Author C. ButterworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Create meaningful conversations about values and ethics with this guide through a full year of weekly Torah portions.Book InformationISBN 9780874419764Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Behrman House Inc.,U.S.Publisher Behrman House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788491115540Author Rabbi Yosef Caro Ben ShimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint ObeliscoPublisher ObeliscoWeight(grams) 204g

The Innovative Guide to Spiritual Self-Discovery Your Spiritual Identity is an undeniable part of who you arewhether youve thought much about it or not, and whether you consider yourself religious or not. Spirituality is not just about what you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580234436Author Rabbi Jamie S. KorngoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580233064Author Rabbi David W. NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams) 1g