Theology

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

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 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...

Monotheism is usually considered Judaism's greatest contribution to world culture, but it is far from clear what monotheism is. This work examines the notion that monotheism is not so much a claim about the number of God as a claim about the nature of...

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...

Paul the Jewish Theologian reveals Saul of Tarsus as a man who, though rejected in the synagogue, never truly left Judaism. Author Young disagrees with long held notions that Hellenism was the context which most influenced Paul's communication of the...

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...

Yahweh is the proper name of the biblical God. His early character is central to understanding the foundations of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic monotheism. As a deity, the name appears only in connection with the peoples of the Hebrew Bible, but long...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934730447Author Haviva Ner-DavidFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Ben Yehuda PressPublisher Ben Yehuda PressWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

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 9780374513283Author Abraham Joshua HeschelFormat PaperbackPage Count 305Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams) 340g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580233385Author Yochanan MuffsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(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 9780374298340Author Noah FeldmanFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

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...

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In the Second-Temple period non-Jews were attracted to Judaism's communal life, religious observance and theological imagination. On the Jewish side, this was matched by the development of several discrete "patterns of universalism"-ways in which Jews...

I, You, and the Word "God" introduces the approach of lyrical ethics, inspired by Emmanuel Levinas's ethical-phenomenological philosophy. Through the optics of lyrical ethics, the reader discovers how the ancient erotic poems of the Song of Songs bear...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802884329Author Tzvi NovickFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint William B. Eerdmans Publishing CompanyPublisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing...

Scholars have long argued that early Hasidic teachings introduced a psychological dimension to kabbalistic traditions and revitalized modern Judaism. Focused on the inner soul, Hasidism encouraged worshippers to experience joy and delight through their...

How do Jews pray and why? What do the prayers mean? From where did this liturgy come and what challenges does it face today? Such questions and many more, spanning the centuries and continents, have driven the study of Jewish liturgy. But just as the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789659258826Author Shlomo Ben ZeevFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Israel Center for LibrariesPublisher Israel Center for LibrariesWeight(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...

The oldest of the world's major faiths, Judaism as practiced today represents a tradition that goes back nearly 6,000 years. Accessible and wide-ranging, Judaism: The Basics is a must-have resource covering the stories, beliefs and expressions of that...

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...

Educational Theory and Jewish Studies in Conversation: From Volozhin to Buczacz, by Harvey Shapiro, PhD, brings together two different fields of study-modern Jewish studies and contemporary educational theory-to provide new theoretical frameworks for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590567067Author Richard H. SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 1g

Faith: Jewish Perspectives explores important questions in both modern and premodern Jewish philosophy regarding the idea of faith. Is believing a voluntary action, or do believers find themselves within the experience of faith against their will? Can...

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 David W. (Rabbi) NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams)...

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)...

Available in a new digital edition with reflowable text suitable for e-readers Mordecai M. Kaplan was born in a small Lithuanian town on the outskirts of Vilna on a Friday evening in June of 1881. Kaplan was raised in a predominately Jewish atmosphere,...

What has the land of Israel meant for the Jewish imagination? This book provides a lively and readable answer, covering Biblical times to the present. Its aim is to pierce the mystery of the images of Israel, to grasp their meaning and function, to trace...

Common sense tells us that technology can either be a blessing or curse in our lives. The assertion flows easily but deceptively from us. Beneath the flowing assertion, lay many cross currents and much complexity. These complexities are named and laid...

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...

Much has been written about ritual impurity in ancient Judaism, but the question of how the ancient Jews understood the relationship between defilement and sin has largely been ignored. This book offers the first systematic exploration of the important...

Samuel Dresner, a former student and lifelong friend of Heschel's, gives a personal insight into his life and views into the Hasidic movement and the important concept of halakha.About the AuthorSamuel Dresner is a former Visiting Professor at the Jewish...