This volume contains selected proceedings of the Midrash Section sessions convened during the 2015-2016 meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature.
A comprehensive study of the Mishnah that argues it manifests an implicit theory of what performing rituals accomplishesJews are known for having many ritual practices.
Israel and the Rise of the Global Domain: Interpreting Jewish Existence offers the first comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding Jewish existence through the lens of spatial paradigms within the global epoch, drawing upon innovative interpretive methods across political science, philosophy, and mysticism.
Jews in the Notarial Culture: Latinate Wills in Mediterranean Spain, 1250-1350 offers an innovative lens into medieval society through the study of Jewish wills crafted within the legal and cultural frameworks of Christian notarial traditions.
Jews in the Notarial Culture: Latinate Wills in Mediterranean Spain, 1250-1350 offers an innovative lens into medieval society through the study of Jewish wills crafted within the legal and cultural frameworks of Christian notarial traditions.
The Origins of the Seder: The Passover Rite and Early Rabbinic Judaism delves into the transformation of the Passover celebration from its biblical roots to the structured Seder ritual we recognize today.
The Origins of the Seder: The Passover Rite and Early Rabbinic Judaism delves into the transformation of the Passover celebration from its biblical roots to the structured Seder ritual we recognize today.
This biography of Mayer Matalon, an influential Jewish Jamaican, traces his path from humble origins to innovator, public servant, political insider, and leader of his family's conglomerate, from the 1940s to the end of the twentieth century.
This biography of Mayer Matalon, an influential Jewish Jamaican, traces his path from humble origins to innovator, public servant, political insider, and leader of his family's conglomerate, from the 1940s to the end of the twentieth century.
This book examines the presence and patterns of posttraumatic growth in selected biblical texts in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament to show how ancient Israelites interpreted trauma, particularly the fall of Jerusalem, and how these responses reshape biblical interpretation and theology.
This book examines the presence and patterns of posttraumatic growth in selected biblical texts in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament to show how ancient Israelites interpreted trauma, particularly the fall of Jerusalem, and how these responses reshape biblical interpretation and theology.
In an effort to counter the confusion and isolation often experienced by a novice synagogue-goer, as well as by many who regularly attend synagogue, The Synagogue Survival Kit: A Guide to Understanding Jewish Religious Services offers introductions and instructions for all aspects of the synagogue experience.
By returning to primary source material, including the Torah and ancient and medieval rabbinic literature, Rabbi Gershon Winkler illustrates the often uninhibited and celebrative attitudes towards sexuality and sensual pleasure found in Jewish teachings.
One Family: Before, During, and After the Holocaust, Third Edition, written by the son of a survivor, revisits and expands the author's research on his relatives while they lived in Poland, France, Denmark and the U.
Long ago, mystics believed that along with every renewal of the phases of the Moon came shifts within the souls of all stones, plants, animals, and yes, even humans.
Shpil: The Art of Playing Klezmer is both a history of this popular form of traditional Jewish music and an instructional book for professional and amateur musicians.
Judaism, the religion of the Jewish people, is one of the first recorded monotheistic religions, and as such is one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today.
By returning to primary source material, including the Torah and ancient and medieval rabbinic literature, Rabbi Gershon Winkler illustrates the often uninhibited and celebrative attitudes towards sexuality and sensual pleasure found in Jewish teachings.
In an effort to counter the confusion and isolation often experienced by a novice synagogue-goer, as well as by many who regularly attend synagogue, The Synagogue Survival Kit: A Guide to Understanding Jewish Religious Services offers introductions and instructions for all aspects of the synagogue experience.