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Creating a Judaism without Religion
A Postmodern Jewish Possibility
Inbunden, 2001
1144 kr
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This book examines how some modern and contemporary Jewish thinkers and writers have imagined a Judaism without theboundaries and restrictions that go by the name of "religion." The book offers scholarly insights into some Jewish thinkers–notably Martin Buber and Eugene Borowitz, some Jewish …
Serpent Symbol in the Ancient Near East
Nahash and Asherah: Death, Life, and Healing
Inbunden, 2001
1215 kr
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The serpent symbol has been a part of western culture since antiquity. Throughout time, it has been misunderstood and misrepresented. The Serpent Symbol in the Ancient Near East is the first comparative study of the origins of the serpent symbol from its first attestations in Dravidian South India …
Talmud Torah
Ways to God's Presence through Learning: An Exercise in Practical Theology
Inbunden, 2002
1002 kr
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This is a work of practical theology, a book not about Judaism but of Judaism. Talmud Torah does two things. First, in its pages, which highlight representative sources of the Oral Torah of Judaism, readers study about studying the Torah, which Rabbinic Judaism put forth as the way to God's …
Babylonian Talmud
A Topical Guide
Inbunden, 2002
1144 kr
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The Babylonian Talmud is often cited as the bedrock upon which Judaism stands. And yet, it remains a closed book for the majority of Jews. Since the Talmud's composition does not follow the rules of Western writing, beginning learners are often thwarted in their first attempts to "swim in the sea …
Benjamin Disraeli
The Fabricated Jew in Myth and Memory
Inbunden, 2002
1214 kr
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This book utilizes previously ignored or little known sources to provide new insights into how one of the most famous Jewish converts was viewed by the Jewish community he ignored and by the larger Christian world that would not accept him. Although Benjamin Disraeli was baptized prior to his …
Renewal: Reconnecting Soviet Jewry to the Soviet People
A Decade of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJJDC) Activities in the Former Soviet Union 1988-1998
Av Anita Weiner
Häftad, 2003
1428 kr
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Seven decades of severe Soviet cultural-religious suppression and two world wars had isolated and demolished the once flourishing Jewish communities behind the Iron Curtain. When the era of Glasnost and Perestroika presented an opportunity for world Jewry to reestablish its lost ties with the three …
Torah and the Halakhah
The Four Relationships
Inbunden, 2003
1357 kr
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This is a study of the relationship between two cognate religious components of Judaism, the laws of the Pentateuch and the corpus of Halakhah set forth by the Mishnah-Tosefta-Yerushalmi-Bavli. Both contain normative rules or Halakhah. The four relationships between the Torah and the Halakhah are …
Halakhic Hermeneutics
Inbunden, 2003
1428 kr
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This book presents an inductive account, through systematic inquiry into data, of the hermeneutics of the principal documents of Rabbinic Judaism. It undertakes a hypothetical-logical reconstruction of the thought-processes that generated the category-formations of the Halakhah, that is, the …
Collected Essays on Philosophy and on Judaism
Greek Philosophy, Maimonides, Volume One
Häftad, 2003
859 kr
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The three volumes of Collected Essays on Philosophy and on Judaism by Marvin Fox (former President of the Association of Jewish Studies) present Fox's thoughts on the relationship between Judaism and Philosophy. Coverage in volume one is Greek Philosophy and Maimonides. These select essays offer, …
Collected Essays on Philosophy and on Judaism
Some Philosophers, Volume Two
Häftad, 2003
859 kr
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The three volumes of Collected Essays on Philosophy and on Judaism by Marvin Fox (former President of the Association of Jewish Studies) present Fox's thoughts on the relationship between Judaism and Philosophy. Coverage in volume one is Greek Philosophy and Maimonides. In volume two, Fox covers a …
Collected Essays on Philosophy and on Judaism
Ethics, Reflections, Volume Three
Häftad, 2003
859 kr
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The three volumes of Collected Essays on Philosophy and on Judaism by Marvin Fox (former President of the Association of Jewish Studies) present Fox's thoughts on the relationship between Judaism and Philosophy. Coverage in volume one is Greek Philosophy and Maimonides. In volume two, Fox covers a …
Benjamin Disraeli
The Fabricated Jew in Myth and Memory
Häftad, 2003
837 kr
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This book utilizes previously ignored or little known sources to provide new insights into how one of the most famous Jewish converts was viewed by the Jewish community he ignored and by the larger Christian world that would not accept him. Although Benjamin Disraeli was baptized prior to his …
My Name Is Legion
Palestinian Judaic Traditions in Mark 5:1-20 and Other Gospel Texts
Häftad, 2003
1002 kr
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This work is a collection of essays on the Palestinian Judaic background of Mark 5:1-20; Luke 4:16-30; the name Judas 'Iscariot'; Luke 19:41-44; John 8:56-58; Matt 24:28; Luke 17:37; Luke 13:34b, and Matthew 23:37b.
Studies in the Judicial Methodology of Rabbi David ibn Abi Zimra
Häftad, 2003
1073 kr
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This work investigates Rabbi David ibn Abi Zimra (Radbaz), a leading 16th century rabbinic authority who assumed the role of rendering 'just' decisions, which were occasionally at the expense of conventional law. The author explores Radbaz's decision-making in terms of his insight into the broader …
How Not to Study Judaism, Examples and Counter-Examples
Parables, Rabbinic Narratives, Rabbis' Biographies, Rabbis' Disputes, Volume One
Häftad, 2004
931 kr
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In How Not to Study Judaism, Examples and Counter-Examples, Jacob Neusner presents a collection of essays and book reviews that identify the wrong way of conducting the academic study of Judaism. Pointing readers toward the right way to pursue the academic study of Judaism, Nuesner's focus is on …
Continuing Agony
From the Carmelite Convent to the Crosses at Auschwitz
Av Alan L. Berger, Harry James Cargas m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
859 kr
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The Continuing Agony addresses the crucial and painful issues that continue to plague Christian-Jewish relations after Auschwitz. Despite these obstacles, the essays in this book profess hope for the future of a Jewish-Catholic dialogue.
Let Me See Your Form
Seeking Poetic Structure in the Song of Songs
Häftad, 2007
1002 kr
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This study tackles the problem of the Song of Song's structure by beginning at the bottom, the microstructure of the Song, rather than at the top. By employing a new type of rhetorical method, Professor Roberts defines each of the minimal structural units of the Song by identifying the formal …
Spirituality and Law
Courting Martyrdom in Christianity and Judaism
Häftad, 2005
618 kr
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Spirituality and Law is an in-depth evaluation of martyrdom impulses in Christianity and Judaism. Author Abraham Gross analyzes the spiritual yearning of martyrdom in each religion over a period of 1,500 years, from the 2nd to the 16th century. Special attention is given to the Roman period, 9th …
Theological Dictionary of Rabbinic Judaism
Part Two: Making Connections and Building Constructions
Häftad, 2005
1002 kr
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Rabbinic theological language has made possible a vast range of discourse, on many subjects over long spans of recorded time and in diverse cultural settings. This theological dictionary defines the principal theological usages of Rabbinic Judaism as set forth in the Rabbinic canon of late …
Theological Dictionary of Rabbinic Judaism
Part One: Principal Theological Categories
Häftad, 2005
859 kr
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Rabbinic theological language has made possible a vast range of discourse, on many subjects over long spans of recorded time and in diverse cultural settings. This theological dictionary defines the principal theological usages of Rabbinic Judaism as set forth in the Rabbinic canon of late …
Matthew 1-2 and the Virginal Conception
In Light of Palestinian and Hellenistic Judaic Traditions on the Birth of Israel's First Redeemer, Moses
Häftad, 2004
561 kr
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Matthew 1-2 and the Virginal Conception examines early Palestinian and Hellenistic Jewish accounts of the birth of Israel's first redeemer, Moses. The author shows how these accounts provide the background of Mary's "virginal conception" of Jesus, Israel's final redeemer, in Matthew 1-2.
Alcimus, Enemy of the Maccabees
Häftad, 2004
717 kr
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Known mainly because of the holiday of Hanukkah, the Maccabean era is a fascinating and significant period of history that is vital to our understanding of the formation of Judaism. Yet even to those well versed in the history of the Jewish people, the name Alcimus, High Priest of Judaea in the …
Talmud Law, Theology, Narrative
A Sourcebook
Häftad, 2005
859 kr
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The Talmud is important because it sets forth the law and theology of Judaism in its authoritative statement, continuing for centuries to attract commentators and forming the curriculum for the culture of Judaism. In these pages, important and representative compositions afford an encounter with …
Is Scripture the Origin of the Halakhah?
Häftad, 2005
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The Halakhah constitutes a coherent construction comprised by category-formations defined by topics purposively amplified. These category-formations everywhere pursue a cogent analytical program, addressing diverse subjects, treated systematically, a single set of questions of definition and …
Vitality of Rabbinic Imagination
The Mishnah Against the Bible and Qumran
Häftad, 2005
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Assessed against comparable documents of Scripture and the Qumran library, the Mishnah shows itself as a triumph of imagination. It exhibits remarkable capacity to think in new and astonishing ways about familiar things. This study compares the Mishnah to four biblical codes and two codes found …
If the Egyptians Drowned in the Red Sea Where are Pharaoh's Chariots?
Exploring the Historical Dimension of the Bible
Häftad, 2005
717 kr
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Is the Bible true? Was the Garden of Eden a real place that can be found on a map? Was there a Flood? Did a Hebrew man rise to great power in Egypt? Were the Israelites slaves in Egypt? Did they escape from bondage and were they saved from the pursuing Egyptians? Did the prophets correctly predict …
Rhetoric of Innovation
Self-Conscious Legal Change in Rabbinic Literature
Häftad, 2005
791 kr
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A profound tension exists between the opposing tendencies of preservation and innovation in rabbinic legal literature. The rabbis made tremendous attempts to safeguard traditions handed down to them from prior generations in the face of significant new challenges. At the same time, these creative …
Conservative Judaism and the Faces of God's Words
Häftad, 2005
788 kr
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While countless millions of people today sincerely claim that the Bible is their main source of inspiration, most of them do not really read it. Instead, they tell what this sacred text should say, rather than allow its words to speak to them. The Bible becomes a monolithic idol hewn out of the …
Judaism in Monologue and Dialogue
Häftad, 2005
604 kr
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The first group of essays in Judaism in Monologue and Dialogue raises issues concerning the religious tradition of Judaism: what is normative in ethics; what it means to "be religious" or practice Judaism in the context of the Judaism defined in its own native categories; and the interior life of …
Parsing the Torah
Häftad, 2005
1002 kr
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After publishing a number of books in the history, literature, social thought, history of religion, and theology of formative Judaism, in the first six centuries C.E., Neusner explains the principal stages in the unfolding of his oeuvre. He introduces the documentary reading of the canonical …
