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On Sacrifice by Moshe Halbertal
RRP: $23.21Booksplease Price: $21.00The idea and practice of sacrifice play a profound role in religion, ethics, and politics. In this brief book, philosopher Moshe Halbertal explores the meaning and implications of sacrifice,... -
Maimonides: Life and Thought by Moshe Halbertal 9780691165660
RRP: $32.25Booksplease Price: $30.95Maimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of the medieval period, a towering figure who has had a profound and lasting influence on Jewish law, philosophy, and religious... -
The Beginning of Politics: Power in the Biblical Book of Samuel by Moshe Halbertal 9780691191683
Booksplease Price: $26.43How the book of Samuel offers a timeless meditation on the dilemmas of statecraftThe book of Samuel is universally acknowledged as one of the supreme achievements of biblical literature. Yet the... -
Hasidism: A New History by David Biale 9780691175157
RRP: $58.05Booksplease Price: $50.35The first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism This is the first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism. The book's unique... -
The Art of Mystical Narrative: A Poetics of the Zohar by Eitan Fishbane 9780190073176
Booksplease Price: $68.29In the study of Judaism, the Zohar has captivated the minds of interpreters for over seven centuries, and continues to entrance readers in contemporary times. Yet despite these centuries of study,... -
On the Wings of Eagles: One Story from the Other Israel Naomi Kehati Bronner 9798895653159
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $13.55A soaring, heart-wrenching, and hopeful family memoir of a mostly-forgotten Middle Eastern Jewish community.After dwelling for centuries on the poverty-stricken fringes of Yemeni society, the desert... -
The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen 9780674060470
Booksplease Price: $39.81Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More than a matter of intellectual discourse, the idea of justice plays a real role in how-and how...