Theology

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)...

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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580236249Author Rabbi Rami ShapiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

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...

In this commentary, Joshua Berman considers Lamentations as a literary work that creates meaning for a community in the wake of tragedy through its repudiation of Zion theology. Drawing from studies in collective trauma, his volume is the first study of...

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

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 9780898709759Author Roy H. SchoemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 200mm * 151mm...

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...

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...

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 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 9781684114009Author Charles B ChavelFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint www.bnpublishing.comPublisher www.bnpublishing.comWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm)...

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

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 9780688129583Author Rabbi Joseph TelushkinFormat HardbackPage Count 663Imprint HarperCollins (USA)Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592643660Author Michael J HarrisFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint MaggidPublisher Koren Publishers Jerusalem

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853035671Author Louis JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)...

In this ground-breaking study of the Jewish reception of the Copernican revolution, Jeremy Brown examines four hundred years of Jewish writings on the Copernican model. Brown shows the ways in which Jews ignored, rejected, or accepted the Copernican...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580232524Author David W. (Rabbi) NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams) 1g

With the conversion of Constantine in 312, Christianity began a period of political and cultural dominance that it would enjoy until the twentieth century. Jacob Neusner contradicts the prevailing view that following Christianity's ascendancy, Judaism...

Taking the everyday life of contemporary Judaism as his beginning in this text, Neusner asks when in the life of the living faith of the Torah does Israel, the holy community, meet God? Where does the meeting take place? What is the medium of the...

When the state of Israel was established in 1947, it was immediately thrust into war, and rabbis in the religious Zionist community were confronted with the formidable challenge of constructing a body of Jewish law to deal with this turn of events. A...

While imparting their ethical lessons, rabbinic texts often employ vivid images of death, aging, hunger, defecation, persecution, and drought. In "Confronting Vulnerability", Jonathan Wyn Schofer carefully examines these texts to find out why their...

Accounts of the history of Zionism usually trace its origins to the late nineteenth century. In this groundbreaking book, Arie Morgenstern argues that its roots go back even further. Morgenstern argues compellingly that the Jewish community in Israel may...

This brief introduction to Judaism is designed to help readers understand this important religious tradition. With both nuance and balance, this text provides broad coverage of various forms of Judaism with an arresting layout with rich colors. It offers...

A systematic chronological study by one of the world's leading Jewish theologians. A masterly guide to the major currents of Jewish thought.Book InformationISBN 9780874412260Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Behrman House Inc.,U.S...

In The Economics of the Mishnah Jacob Neusner showed how economics functioned as an active and generative ingredient in the system of the Mishnah. With this new study, Rabbinic Political Theory, he moves from the economics to the politics of the Mishnah,...

Taking the everyday life of contemporary Judaism as his beginning in this text, Neusner asks when in the life of the living faith of the Torah does Israel, the holy community, meet God? Where does the meeting take place? What is the medium of the...

It is commonly asserted that heresy is a Christian invention that emerged in late antiquity as Christianity distinguished itself from Judaism. Heresy, Forgery, Novelty probes ancient Jewish disputes regarding religious innovation and argues that...

"The Horizontal Society" is an exposition of rabbinic thought as exemplified by Maimonides. The thought streams of Greece, Rome, and Christendom serve as a contrast. This work is in the Hebrew rhetorical tradition of melisa. The main text in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807407981Author Rifat SonsinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint UAHC PressPublisher UAHC Press

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...