Jewish Mysticism: Volume 1: Late Antiquity
A monumental event in the publishing history of English-language reference books on the subjects of Jewish mystical thought and practice.
The Jews: A History
"Praise for The Jews"" " This is a superb, wide-ranging, and well-written book. The task at hand is an exceptionally difficult one, given the wide varieties and geographic dispersion of Jews throughou...
Thy Brother's Blood: The Maccabees And Dynastic Morality In The Hellenistic World
Purchase Books Similar To Thy Brother's Blood: The Maccabees And Dynastic Morality In The Hellenistic World Alcimus, Enemy Of The... by Benjamin Edidin Scolnic Rs. 2282 Rs. 2236 If Th...
The Jerusalem Tradition In The Late Second Temple Period: Diachronic And Synchronic Developments Surrounding Psalms Of Solomon 11
The Late Second Temple Period (c. 200 BC to 70 AD) was a period of intense social changes for the Jewish people. During this period, the Jewish people experienced a Syrian king defiling the Jerusalem ...
Jacob And His Sons: The End Of The Patriarchal Era
The sagas of Jacob and his sons are presented in the biblical book of Genesis in a series of sometimes seemingly unrelated episodes. In this book, the author undertakes to show that these episodes are...
The Documentary History Of Judaism And Its Recent Interpreters
Neuser has collected some of the more ambitious ventures into the documentary hypothesis of the Rabbinic canon and its current recapitulations. Neusner begins with the article written by Professor Wil...
Hosea In Talmud And Midrash
In the first six centuries of the Common Era, the Rabbis of formative Judaism, from the Mishnah through the Bavli, consulted the ancient Israelite prophets for guidance on issues of theology, law, his...
The Ordeals Of Isaac And Jacob
The biblical author had to demonstrate that the founding fathers of the model civilization-envisioned in Mosaic legislation intended as a model for emulation by other peoples and nations-were recogniz...
Studies In The Judicial Methodology Of Rabbi David Ibn ABI Zimra
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 convent...
Is American Judaism History?
E. H. Selib believes the average American Jew doesn't know what being Jewish really means. He or she ceases religious education at thirteen, and this vacuum of adult education is reflected in the diss...
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