Judaism

Providing an excellent overview of the latest thinking in Maimonides studies, this book uses a novel philosophical approach to examine whether Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed contains a naturalistic doctrine of salvation after death.

In this step-by-step guide James Redfield begins his exploration of the emerging interest in spirituality around the globe.

In this volume, Robert D.

This book follows Chagall's life through his art and his understanding of the role of the artist as a political being.

The most memorable prayer of the Jewish New Year-what it means, why we sing it, and the secret of its magical appeal.

Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century.

A historical reevaluation of the relationship between Jews, miltary service, and warJews and the Military is the first comprehensive and comparative look at Jews' involvement in the military and their attitudes toward war from the 1600s until the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.

Although the theme of bloodied nuptial sheets seems pervasive in western culture, its association with female virginity is uniquely tied to a brief passage in the book of Deuteronomy detailing the procedure for verifying a young woman's purity; it seldom, if ever, appears outside of Abrahamic traditions.

Solomon Schechter (1847-1915), the charismatic leader of New York's Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), came to America in 1902 intent on revitalizing traditional Judaism.

Martin Buber's embrace of Hasidism at the start of the twentieth century was instrumental to the revival of this popular form of Jewish mysticism.

Francis of Assisi as Artist of the Spiritual Life applies modern psychological understanding to a historical person.

This book explores Icelandic spirit work, known as andleg mal, which features trance and healing practices that span earth and spirit realms, historical eras, scientific and supernatural worldviews, and cross-Atlantic cultures.

Hasidism is an influential spiritual revival movement within Judaism that began in the eighteenth century and continues to thrive today.

The idea for this book came to Larry Tye as he traveled overseas as a reporter for the Boston Globe.

This interdisciplinary text brings together perspectives from leading psychoanalysts and modern Jewish philosophers to offer a unique investigation into the dynamic between the fundamental trust in the self, other persons, and the world, and the devastating force of emotional trauma.

A writer, lecturer, and community activist, Zipper was principal of the Jewish Peretz School from the 1920s until his death.

A gripping revisionist history that shows how ordinary Italians played a central role in the genocide of Italian Jews during the Second World WarIn this gripping revisionist history of Italy's role in the Holocaust, Simon Levis Sullam presents an unforgettable account of how ordinary Italians actively participated in the deportation of Italy's Jews between 1943 and 1945, when Mussolini's collaborationist republic was under German occupation.

There is no more influential Jewish work than the Talmud.

Three scholars of religion explore literature and the literary as sites of critical transformation.

A new explanation of the beginnings of Jewish angelology and demonology, drawing on non-canonical writings and Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls.

Kurt and Sonja Messerschmidt were among the last Jews deported from Nazi Berlin.

Antony Kamm presents an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the people of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah from earliest times up to AD 135.

The first English translation of Maria de Naglowska's sexually magical novella, Le rite sacr de l'amour magique *; Contains autobiographical material from Maria de Naglowska's life *; Continues, in symbolic story form, the sexual initiatory teachings expounded in Naglowska's The Light of Sex and Advanced Sex Magic *; Includes a summary of Naglowska's religious doctrine in her own words Available for the first time in English, The Sacred Rite of Magical Love is a mystical, sexually magical novella written by Maria de Naglowska--the Russian mystic and esoteric high priestess of 1930s Paris.

Nearly eighty years have passed since the Holocaust.

Jack Nusan Porter's writings date back to 1966, during the height of the Vietnam War.

An accessible and wide-ranging overview of literature in multiple languages from the period of the Holocaust and its aftermath.

Emotions have moved center stage in many contemporary debates over religious diversity and multicultural recognition.

Rabbi Sacks argues that preoccupation with self is a mistake and that ethics are concerned with the life we live together, talking with as much authority about Sigmund Freud or Karl Marx as he does about the Bible.

In his third book about the conversion to Judaism, Lawrence J.

The enigmatic sixteenth-century Swiss physician and natural philosopher Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus, is known for the almost superhuman energy with which he produced his innumerable writings, for his remarkable achievements in the development of science, and for his reputation as a visionary (not to mention sorcerer) and alchemist.

How Rabbi Stephen S.

Isolated passages from the writings of Josephus are routinely cited in general studies of early Jewish prophecy, but the present work is the first comprehensive examination of this material.

This book revisits the context and causes of the first war between Jews and Romans (AD 66 to 74).

The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha addresses the Old Testament Apocrypha, known to be important early Jewish texts that have become deutero-canonical for some Christian churches, non-canonical for other churches, and that are of lasting cultural significance.

For many centuries Jews have been renowned for the efforts they put into their children's welfare and education.

The oldest of the world's major faiths, Judaism as practiced today represents a tradition that goes back nearly 6,000 years.

The Oxford Handbook of Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible is a collection of essays that provide resources for the interpretation of the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah.

Langton explores a wide variety of Jewish attitudes towards the Apostle Paul in the context of modern Jewish thought.

This book examines the political thought of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, the most important thirteenth century German Rabbi.

From the author of The Crystal Code, comes Luna - the positive catalyst for change that we all need.

As religion and politics become ever more intertwined, relationships between religion and political parties are of increasing global political significance.

Katie J.

Elisha's Profile in the Book of Kings uses the tools of literary criticism to read the Elisha narrative as an integral component of the Deuteronomistic History compiled in the aftermath of the Babylonian invasion and destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE.