Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings

Food and feasting are key themes in the Hebrew Bible and the culture it represents.

Compares psalms and inscriptions to determine whether the aggression of the biblical God against his king and country was unique.

This book explores how Sufis approach their faith as Muslims, upholding an Islamic worldview, but going about making sense of their religion through the world in which they exist, often in unexpected ways.

*; Examines the Oldawan, the Ancient Soul of Africa, and its correlation with what modern psychologists have defined as the collective unconscious *; Draws on archaeology, DNA research, history, and depth psychology to reveal how the biological and spiritual roots of religion and science came out of Africa *; Explores the reflections of our African unconscious in the present confrontation in the Americas, in the work of the Founding Fathers, and in modern psychospirituality The fossil record confirms that humanity originated in Africa.

Resurrection of the dead represents one of the more enigmatic beliefs of Western religions to many modern readers.

This collection of essays and thoughts covers such areas as basic Christian thought, which includes traditional family morality and a great concern for alleviating poverty and promoting social justice, political thought comparing the need for a system which includes both socialist and capitalist elements, and the need for values in our society, which has come to emphasize money, power, and greed as philosophical goals and values, though they are not.

In the sixteenth century, the famous kabbalist Isaac Luria transmitted a secret trove of highly complex mystical practices to a select groups of students.

This volume contains two closely related studies: Echoes of the Shema and Our Father's Footprints.

This fascinating work profiles Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111), the foremost Islamic scholar and mystic of the medieval period.

Goy: Israel's Others and the Birth of the Gentile traces the development of the term and category of the goy from the Bible to rabbinic literature.

This book presents an intellectual history of today's Muslim world, surveying contemporary Muslim thinking in its various manifestations, addressing a variety of themes that impact on the lives of present-day Muslims.

Winner of the 2017 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological PromiseWinner of the 2017 The George A.

The present book is a sequel to Ephraim Chamiel's two previous works The Middle Way and The Dual Truth-studies dedicated to the "e;middle"e; trend in modern Jewish thought, that is, those positions that sought to combine tradition and modernity, and offered a variety of approaches for contending with the tension between science and revelation and between reason and religion.

Texts after Terror offers an important new theory of rape and sexual violence in the Hebrew Bible.

We are so much more than we appear to be.

Ashrams in Europe twenty-five hundred years ago?

Unter der kargen Oberfläche der Verfilmung von Arnold Schönbergs Oper »Moses und Aron« durch Jean-Marie Straub und Danièle Huillet aus dem Jahre 1974 verbirgt sich ein ungeheurer Reichtum an Bedeutung: Die Oper spielt ein hochkomplexes Spiel der Aneignung und Verwandlung biblischer Motive aus dem Buche Exodus.

An indispensable resource for everyone who cares about the Jewish future.

In Deuteronomy and the Judaean Diaspora Ernest Nicholson challenges the widely accepted view that Deuteronomy was the 'book of the law' described in 2 Kings 22-3 as the basis of king Josiah's cultic reformation in 621 BCE.

Life-affirming and lyrical writings for inspiration and meditation, from saints and sages of the Christian, Hindu, Sufi, Jewish, Native American, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions.

The Fortress Commentary on the Bible: Old Testament and Apocrypha presents a balanced synthesis of current scholarship, enabling readers to interpret Scripture for a complex and pluralistic world.

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

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls more than sixty years ago has revealed a wealth of literary compositions which rework the Hebrew Bible in various ways.

Sufism is often understood to be the mystical dimension of Islam, and many works have focused on the nature of "e;mystical experiences"e; and the relationship between man and God.

In separate multi-volume works, the project has presented form-analytical English translations of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, and Bavli, outlined the Yerushalmi and the Bavli and compared these outlines.

In this masterful new study of the ancient poetry of the Song of Songs, Elaine T.

Explores the influence of the sea myth at the structural and conceptual foundations of the Hebrew Bible.

Una exploración sobre las verdades personales y espirituales reveladas mediante el LSD

• Indica que las visiones inducidas por el LSD tejen una trama continua de un viaje a otro

• Muestra que los viajes o trances psicodélicos pasan por tres etapas: los temas personales y la conciencia prenatal, la pérdida del ego y, por último, lo sagrado

• Explora el consumo de sustancias psicodélicas a lo largo de la historia, incluidas las alucinaciones masivas comunes en la Edad Media y los primeros usos terapéuticos del LSD

Christopher Gray, cuando tenía casi sesenta años, por primera vez en mucho tiempo probó a tomar una dosis de 100 microgramos de LSD.

The "e;Scholastic Problem"e; was the focus of much debate in Islam for some centuries before it became the chief crux of learned discussion in medieval Christianity.

"e;We find that the story of Abraham and Isaac rises almost spontaneously in the mind of one generation after another.

Sefer Yetzira is a sacred book of great antiquity and power, and one of Judaism's oldest texts after the Bible.

Exploring complex relations between Muslim visions and critical stances, this textbook is a compact introduction to Islam, dealing with the origins of its forms, from early developments to contemporary issues, including religious principles, beliefs and practices.

Charts a new methodological course in Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship by employing memory theory to inform historical research.

Analyzing the intersection between Sufism and philosophy, this volume is a sweeping examination of the mystical philosophy of Muhyi-l-Din Ibn al-?

The most powerful Hasidic teachings made accessible-from some of the world's preeminent authorities on Jewish thought and spirituality.

Fresh translations of early Jewish texts 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, written in the decades after the Judean War, which saw Jerusalem conquered, the temple destroyed, and Judaism changed forever.

This book provides a comprehensive study on the proclamation of Holy Scriptures as an enacted celebration, as well as its function as a performance within sacralized theatrical spaces.