Theology

To young children, the world is full of things to see and touch. And by using those very examples, this enchanting book gently invites children to become aware of God's presence all around us. Abridged from Because Nothing Looks Like God by Lawrence and...

In the postmodern, relativist world-view with its refutation of a single, objective, and ultimate truth, it has become difficult if not impossible to argue in favour of one's own beliefs as preferable to those of others. Miriam Feldmann Kaye's ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for National Jewish Book Award (Scholarship) 2009.Book InformationISBN 9781580234115Author Marc AngelPage Count 224Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910383391Author Yoni BirnbaumFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Hasidism has attracted, repelled, and bewildered philosophers, historians, and theologians since its inception in the eighteenth century. In Hasidism: Writings on Devotion, Community, and Life in the Modern World, Ariel Evan Mayse and Sam Berrin Shonkoff...

In the postmodern, relativist world-view with its refutation of a single, objective, and ultimate truth, it has become difficult if not impossible to argue in favour of one's own beliefs as preferable to those of others. Miriam Feldmann Kaye's ...

The traditional Jew has always accepted the study of Torah as central to his or her way of life. But without the ability to effectively analyze and interpret the text, one misses the opportunity to gain a deep and authentic appreciation of the Torah's...

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 9781087929033Author Yaakov Yosef ReinmanFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 721gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

This book is a history, an indictment, a lament, and an appeal, focusing on the messianic trend in Lubavitch hasidism. It demonstrates how hasidim who affirm the dead Rebbe's messiahship have abandoned one of Judaism's core beliefs in favour of adherence...

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

More than forty years have passed since Louis Jacobs first put forward the argument that traditionally observant Jews have no reason to take issue with the results obtained by the historical critics in their investigation into the Bible and the other...

Saadya ben Joseph al-Fayyumi (882-942), gaon (head) of the rabbinic academy at Sura and one of the preeminent Jewish thinkers of the medieval period, attempted to create a complete statement of Jewish religious philosophy in which all strands of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666758641Author David L LiebermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Resource Publications (CA)Publisher Resource Publications (CA)Weight(grams)...

A joint publication of The Jewish Publication Society and the Jewish Theological Seminary The definitive work on the subject of Jewish liturgy, Ismar Elbogen's analysis covers the entire range of Jewish liturgical development-beginning with the early...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580230964Author Lawrence KushnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 153Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789655320350Author Yitzchak GinsburghFormat HardbackPage Count 234Imprint Gal Einai InstitutePublisher Gal Einai InstituteWeight(grams) 789gDimensions(mm)...

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...

This book throws new light on the origins of probability and statistics. Heretofore these were thought to be entirely the creation of recent centuries, but it is demonstrated here that probability has a much longer history, reaching back to biblical...

The topic of "Neurotheology" has garnered increasing attention in the academic, religious, scientific, and popular worlds. However, there have been no attempts at exploring more specifically how Jewish religious thought and experience may intersect with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780836112337Author Millard C. LindFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Herald Press,U.S.Publisher Herald PressWeight(grams) 340g

This work offers a systematic description of the highly interesting mystical doctrine of one of the most influential thinkers in Jewish mysticism. Two hundred years since Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav's demise, his philosophical writings and literary...

What is the next chapter in Judaism's story, the next step in its journey? The dramatic changes of recent decades invite us to explore what role Judaism is to play in this new era. As the digital future becomes the present, Danny Schiff makes the case...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683362838Author Dr. Arthur GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

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?...

This volume presents a wide-ranging selection of Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust. It will be the most complete anthology of its sort, bringing together for the first time: (1) a large sample of ultra-orthodox writings, translated from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580231992Author Neil GillmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881233186Author Seth M LimmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Central Conference of American RabbisPublisher Central Conference of American...

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...

In this collection of essays, Dr. Moshe Greenberg, one of world's foremost Bible experts, stays true to the task of the classical Jewish scholar: to enhance the Bible in the eyes of the faith/cultural community by seeking to set forth existential values...

As an old proverb puts it, 'Two Jews, three opinions.' In the long, rich, tumultuous history of the Jewish people, this characteristic contentiousness has often been extended even unto Heaven. Arguing with God is a highly original and utterly absorbing...

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...

It is often assumed that modern democratic government has a special link with Christianity or was made possible due to Christianity. As a challenge to this belief and echoing a long-held assumption in the republican tradition, Hannah Arendt once remarked...

Fantastic myths about the angels who were lured to sin and the proud angel who rebelled against God and was cast down as Satan. The problem of evil has challenged mankind ever since the dawn of intelligence. Why is there evil in the world and why do pain...

Justice in the City argues, based on the rabbinic textual tradition, especially the Babylonian Talmud, and utilizing French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas' framework of interpersonal ethics, that a just city should be a community of obligation. That...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580233736Author Rabbi William CutterFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams) 0g

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...

Coherent Judaism begins by excavating the theologies within the Torah and tracing their careers through the Jewish Enlightenment of the 18th century. Any compelling, contemporary Judaism must cohere as much as possible with traditional Judaism. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606082409Author Louis JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 486Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

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