Judaism

Offers a new theory of property and distributive justice derived from Talmudic law, illustrated by a case study involving the sale of organs for transplant.

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

An innovative case study in religious change in Rome that examines how Cicero explores and experiments with concepts of deification.

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

Discovers how the Bible was represented in cinema from the beginnings up until the end of the ''silent'' era.

In a paradigm shift, this book redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad.

Presents the discourse in Jewish law and rabbinic literature on bioethical issues, highlighting practical problems in their socio-historical contexts.

Discovers how the Bible was represented in cinema from the beginnings up until the end of the ''silent'' era.

The first comprehensive study of theōroi - sacred delegates sent by Greek city-states to represent them at common sanctuaries.

In a paradigm shift, this book redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad.

Presents the discourse in Jewish law and rabbinic literature on bioethical issues, highlighting practical problems in their socio-historical contexts.

Sheds light on the complex Jewish debates about the nature of priesthood in the early centuries of the Common Era.

Comprehensive discussion of how languages and translations were perceived and practised in the multilingual Jewish societies of Late Antiquity.

This book examines literary analogies in Christian and Jewish sources, culminating in an in-depth analysis of connections between Christian monastic texts and Babylonian Talmudic traditions.

Sheds light on the complex Jewish debates about the nature of priesthood in the early centuries of the Common Era.

Comprehensive discussion of how languages and translations were perceived and practised in the multilingual Jewish societies of Late Antiquity.

This book examines literary analogies in Christian and Jewish sources, culminating in an in-depth analysis of connections between Christian monastic texts and Babylonian Talmudic traditions.

This book examines the Hebrew Bible''s numerous laws about sacrificial procedure to understand the significance of gender in sacrificial rituals.

This book explores the power of sight for ancient rabbis across the realms of divinity, sexuality, idolatry and rabbinic subjectivity.

This book compares the intellectual and social history and past and present contexts of mantic practices (divination) in Chinese and Greek antiquity.

To date, scholars have skilfully discussed aspects of Polqar's thought, and yet none of the existing studies offers a comprehensive examination that covers Polqar's thought in its entirety.

This book explores the power of sight for ancient rabbis across the realms of divinity, sexuality, idolatry and rabbinic subjectivity.

This book proposes a new means of identifying how Greek and Syrian identities were expressed in the Hellenistic and Roman Near East.

This book examines why Paul waits until the end of his letter to the Corinthians before mentioning the important theme of resurrection.

This book examines why Paul waits until the end of his letter to the Corinthians before mentioning the important theme of resurrection.

How should we interpret the Bible in light of the latest biblical research and archaeology?

This book proposes a new means of identifying how Greek and Syrian identities were expressed in the Hellenistic and Roman Near East.

Among the most enigmatic passages in the Bible are those featuring God's election of some and rejection of others.

This book examines a key tradition in Judaism - the rule that exempts women from ''timebound, positive commandments'' - which has served for centuries.

Varieties of Jewish Happiness uses an ancient Jewish wedding blessing and biblical sources as the vehicles to understand what kindles feelings of Happiness in us and how these feelings can be experienced within marriage.

Jesus Christ (self 'n Jood) was teen die tradisies van die Jode omdat die wette wat deur die Joodse Rabbis gemaak word, 'n swaar las op die Jode plaas wat nie in staat is om hulle ten volle na te kom nie.

Hoe hartseer en wat 'n verskriklike tragedie is dit, dat die Joodse nasie, die "Mense van die Boek", nie in Jesus glo nie.

Quelle tristesse et quelle horrible tragédie que la nation juive, le ‘Peuple du Livre’, ne croie pas en Jésus.

Jésus-Christ (lui-même Juif) était contre les traditions juives car les lois faites par les Rabbins Juifs sont un lourd fardeau pour les Juifs qui ne peuvent pas les observer entièrement.

"Las Fiestas del Señor y su significado profético" te ayudará a entender lo que el pueblo judío celebra en las ocho fiestas más importantes incluidas en el calendario hebreo.

Ce livre ouvrira la porte à de nouvelles découvertes passionnantes
dont vous n'avez jamais entendu parler et que vous ne connaissez pas sur le mode de vie juif.

The first book-length treatment of the history and political thought of Israel''s Declaration of Independence and its drafting process.

Offers an interdisciplinary interpretation of Ecclesiastes based on psychological research and a wide-ranging context of ancient literature.

Offers an interdisciplinary interpretation of Ecclesiastes based on psychological research and a wide-ranging context of ancient literature.

David Patterson offers original insights into the dynamics that underlie the phenomenon of endemic antisemitism.

David Patterson offers original insights into the dynamics that underlie the phenomenon of endemic antisemitism.

The first book-length treatment of the history and political thought of Israel''s Declaration of Independence and its drafting process.

This book tells the fascinating, millennia-long story of peoples around the world who have claimed an Israelite identity and history.

This book tells the fascinating, millennia-long story of peoples around the world who have claimed an Israelite identity and history.

*; Examines in depth Enoch's full story of the Watchers, the fallen angels who came to Earth and shared corrupting forbidden knowledge*; Explores how Enoch was a vital component of Second Temple messianic Judaism, speculative Jewish mysticism, the Kabbalah, and Gnostic mythology*; Investigates the entire history of the Book of Enoch and its important esoteric offshoots, including the later 2 Enoch (the Slavonic ';Book of the Secrets of Enoch') and the so-called Hebrew ';Book of Enoch' (3 Enoch)Said to have been written by the prophet Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, the Book of Enoch disappeared for many centuries, except for one place: the Bible of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which held the book as canonical.

Challenges a foundational narrative of Jewish history under early Islam—that Jews went from farmers to merchants—presenting an alternative.

Challenges a foundational narrative of Jewish history under early Islam—that Jews went from farmers to merchants—presenting an alternative.

Jews arrived in the Republic of Rome some time in the second or first century B.