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Müselmann at the Water Cooler
Häftad, 2012
255 kr
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Winner of the 2012 Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award in Holocaust Literature. A survivor of concentration camps and the Death March, Eli Pfefferkorn looks back on his Holocaust and post-Holocaust experiences to compare patterns of human behavior in extremis with those of ordinary life. …
Jewish Faith in a Changing World
A Modern Introduction to the World and Ideas of Classical Jewish Philosophy
Häftad, 2012
285 kr
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Ever since the first encounter between Judaism and the western world in the second century BCE, Jewish thinkers like Maimonides, Gersonides, R. Moses Hayyim Luzzatto, and Rabbi A. I. Kook have grappled with issues of Jewish faith and modernity. The works they published, which comprise Jewish …
In the Context of His Times
Alfred Dreyfus as Lover, Intellectual, Poet, and Jew
Av Norman Simms
Inbunden, 2013
1300 kr
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From the very moment Alfred Dreyfus was placed under arrest for treason and espionage, his entire world was turned upside down, and for the next five years he lived in what he called a phantasmagoria. To keep himself sane, Dreyfus wrote letters to and received letters from his wife Lucie and …
Religious Genius in Rabbi Kook's Thought
National "Saint"?
Av Dov Schwartz
Inbunden, 2014
1040 kr
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The postmodernist experience is associated with a strong interest in the concepts of saints and religious genius. In this volume, Dov Schwartz considers the questions related to these ideas through his close analysis of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook. This figure is revered by Zionists as a …
Religious Genius in Rabbi Kook's Thought
National "Saint"?
Av Dov Schwartz
E-bok, 2014
3186 kr
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The postmodernist experience is associated with a strong interest in the concepts of saints and religious genius. In this volume, Dov Schwartz considers the questions related to these ideas through his close analysis of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook. This figure is revered by Zionists as a …
Religious Genius in Rabbi Kook's Thought
National "Saint"?
Av Dov Schwartz
Häftad, 2015
238 kr
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The postmodernist experience is associated with a strong interest in the concepts of saints and religious genius. In this volume, Dov Schwartz considers the questions related to these ideas through his close analysis of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook. This figure is revered by Zionists as a …
On Personal and Public Concerns
Essays in Jewish Philosophy
Av Eliezer Schweid, Levin Leonard
Inbunden, 2014
1132 kr
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Eliezer Schweid’s career as philosopher, scholar, educator and public intellectual has spanned the history of the State of Israel from the pre-war Yishuv period to the present. In these essays he recalls his formative years in the Zionist youth and the Hebrew University. He reflects on the …
Philosophy of the Bible as Foundation of Jewish Culture
Philosophy of Biblical Narrative
Inbunden, 2009
806 kr
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The fundamental book of Eliezer Schweid is a modern interpretation of the Bible as narrative and law which can reopen the dialogue of contemporary Jews with the Bible, from which a dynamic Jewish culture can continue to draw its inspiration. The approach draws at the same time from the …
Philosophy of the Bible as Foundation of Jewish Culture
Philosophy of Biblical Law
Inbunden, 2009
829 kr
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Like Spinoza in his Theological-Political Treatise, Schweid helps us grasp the potential for seeing radically new messages in this oldest of books, the Bible. The American Founding Fathers realized that the Bible offers strong support for the doctrine of popular sovereignty. Socially, it offers a …
Reasons for the Commandments in Jewish Thought
From the Bible to the Renaissance
Inbunden, 2008
583 kr
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This classic work by early-20th-century Jewish humanist and scholar Isaac Heinemann surveys the crucial phases of Jewish thought concerning correct conduct as codified in the commandments. Heinemann provides his own systematic insights about the intellectual, emotional, pedagogical, and pragmatic …
Idea of Modern Jewish Culture
Av Eliezer Schweid, Leonard Levin
Inbunden, 2008
715 kr
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The vast majority of intellectual, religious, and national developments in modern Judaism revolve around the central idea of "Jewish culture." This book is the first synoptic view of these developments that organizes and relates them from this vantage point. The first Jewish modernization movements …
Jewish Peoplehood
Change and Challenge
Av Ezra Kopelowitz, Menachem Revivi
Inbunden, 2008
829 kr
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At a time when Jewish communities have become increasingly anxious about weakening Jewish identity, one response strategy is to engage with the concept of Jewish peoplehood as a social phenomenon, in its varied contexts and processes. This volume represents the first in-depth effort to address the …
Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra's Commentary on the First Book of Psalms
Chapters 1-41
Inbunden, 2009
1286 kr
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Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra, poet, philosopher, and mathematician, was one of the outstanding personalities produced by medieval Jewry. His chief claim to fame, however, is his commentary on the Bible. The latter is printed in all major editions of the Hebrew Scriptures and influenced other luminaries …
Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra's Commentary on the Second Book of Psalms
Chapters 42-72
Inbunden, 2009
1286 kr
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Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra, poet, philosopher, and mathematician, was one of the outstanding personalities produced by medieval Jewry. His chief claim to fame, however, is his commentary on the Bible. The latter is printed in all major editions of the Hebrew Scriptures and influenced other luminaries …
Jewish Conundrum in World History
Inbunden, 2010
1559 kr
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Following what may be conventionally called the Jewish ethno-cultural model and tracing its performance throughout history, Alexander Militarev’s book is the first scholarly attempt to apply a synthetic, comprehensive approach to the Jewish phenomenon—an alternative to the metaphysical and …
Philosophy of the Bible as Foundation of Jewish Culture
Philosophy of Biblical Narrative
Häftad, 2009
422 kr
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The fundamental book of Eliezer Schweid is a modern interpretation of the Bible as narrative and law which can reopen the dialogue of contemporary Jews with the Bible, from which a dynamic Jewish culture can continue to draw its inspiration. The approach draws at the same time from the …
Philosophy of the Bible as Foundation of Jewish Culture
Philosophy of Biblical Law
Häftad, 2009
422 kr
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Like Spinoza in his Theological-Political Treatise, Schweid helps us grasp the potential for seeing radically new messages in this oldest of books, the Bible. The American Founding Fathers realized that the Bible offers strong support for the doctrine of popular sovereignty. Socially, it offers a …
Reasons for the Commandments in Jewish Thought
From the Bible to the Renaissance
Häftad, 2008
402 kr
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This classic work by early-20th-century Jewish humanist and scholar Isaac Heinemann surveys the crucial phases of Jewish thought concerning correct conduct as codified in the commandments. Heinemann provides his own systematic insights about the intellectual, emotional, pedagogical, and pragmatic …
Jewish Peoplehood
Change and Challenge
Av Ezra Kopelowitz, Menachem Revivi
Häftad, 2008
357 kr
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At a time when Jewish communities have become increasingly anxious about weakening Jewish identity, one response strategy is to engage with the concept of Jewish peoplehood as a social phenomenon, in its varied contexts and processes. This volume represents the first in-depth effort to address the …
Judaism in a Post-Halakhic Age
Inbunden, 2010
1286 kr
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Judaism in a Post-Halakhic Age tackles the following questions: 1. What is Halakhah, and what role has it played in the creative survival of the Jewish people for two millennia? 2. Why is Halakhah no longer capable of functioning as it has until now? 3. What sort of polity and religious culture can …
Scroll of Secrets
The Hidden Messianic Vision of R. Nachman of Breslav
Av Zvi Mark
Inbunden, 2010
1258 kr
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Concealed for two centuries and known only to a select individual in each generation, the Scroll of Secrets is the hidden Messianic vision of R. Nachman of Breslav. Despite its being written in an encoded language, with acronyms and abbreviations, after a clarification and cautious reconstruction …
Scroll of Secrets
The Hidden Messianic Vision of R. Nachman of Breslav
Av Zvi Mark
Häftad, 2010
299 kr
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Concealed for two centuries and known only to a select individual in each generation, the Scroll of Secrets is the hidden Messianic vision of R. Nachman of Breslav. Despite its being written in an encoded language, with acronyms and abbreviations, after a clarification and cautious reconstruction …
Idea of Modern Jewish Culture
Av Eliezer Schweid, Leonard Levin
Häftad, 2008
368 kr
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The vast majority of intellectual, religious, and national developments in modern Judaism revolve around the central idea of 'Jewish culture'. This book is the first synoptic view of these developments that organises and relates them from this vantage point. The first Jewish modernisation movements …
Democratizing Judaism
Inbunden, 2010
1466 kr
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Democratizing Judaism is a two-part examination of the Reconstructionist philosophy of Mordecai M. Kaplan. Part I is largely devoted to a defense of Kaplan against several serious critics. It also provides new insight into Kaplan’s theology through reference to hitherto unknown passages in his …
Alfred Dreyfus
Man, Milieu, Mentality and Midrash
Av Norman Simms
Inbunden, 2011
1559 kr
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This groundbreaking book focuses on Alfred Dreyfus the man, with emphasis placed on his own writings, including his recently published prison workbooks and his letters to his wife Lucie. Through close reading of these documents, a much more sensitive, intellectual, and Jewish man is revealed than …
Müselmann at the Water Cooler
Inbunden, 2011
1104 kr
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Winner of the 2012 Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award in Holocaust Literature. A survivor of concentration camps and the Death March, Eli Pfefferkorn looks back on his Holocaust and post-Holocaust experiences to compare patterns of human behavior in extremis with those of ordinary life. …
Jewish Faith in a Changing World
A Modern Introduction to the World and Ideas of Classical Jewish Philosophy
Inbunden, 2011
1132 kr
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Ever since the first encounter between Judaism and the western world in the second century BCE, Jewish thinkers like Maimonides, Gersonides, R. Moses Hayyim Luzzatto, and Rabbi A. I. Kook have grappled with issues of Jewish faith and modernity. The works they published, which comprise Jewish …
Faith, Reason, Politics
Essays on the History of Jewish Thought
Inbunden, 2013
1132 kr
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The past decade has witnessed renewed interest in the faith-reason debate. But all too often the debate is treated in generic terms, without paying attention either to differences between religious traditions or to the historical development of these traditions. Judaism, with its emphasis on …
