Judaism

Examines the history of Judaism during the second half of the Middle Ages.

How rabbinic expertise was socially constructed, performed, and defended in Roman PalestineAt the turn of the common era, the Jewish communities of Roman Palestine saw the organization of a small group of literate Jewish men who devoted their lives to the interpretation and teaching of their sacred ancestral texts.

A comprehensive review of the entire tradition of Jewish Theology from the Bible to the present from leading world scholars.

A comprehensive review of the entire tradition of Jewish Theology from the Bible to the present from leading world scholars.

The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law provides a conceptual and historical account of the Jewish understanding of law.

The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law provides a conceptual and historical account of the Jewish understanding of law.

This book situates the book of Esther in the intellectual history of Ancient Judaism and provides a new understanding of its purpose.

This book situates the book of Esther in the intellectual history of Ancient Judaism and provides a new understanding of its purpose.

Introduces the book of Psalms, providing an exposition of each psalm with attention to genre, liturgical connections and societal issues.

Introduces the book of Psalms, providing an exposition of each psalm with attention to genre, liturgical connections and societal issues.

Why do institutions emerge, change, persist and die?

Why do institutions emerge, change, persist and die?

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.

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

From ancient Palestine through Europe and Asia, to America and modern Israel, Max I.

Twenty-eight of today’s top Jewish women writers tell the truth about all the things their rabbis warned them never to discuss in public in this hilarious and provocative collection.

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.

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.

This book investigates the historical summary within the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism as a strategic mode of commemoration.

This book investigates the historical summary within the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism as a strategic mode of commemoration.

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.

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.

Codes of Jewish law may look similar, but they represent very different ways of thinking about the law.

Codes of Jewish law may look similar, but they represent very different ways of thinking about the law.

A novel account of pollution in the Hebrew Bible, from its embodied origins, to its metaphorical expression in moral discourse.

A novel account of pollution in the Hebrew Bible, from its embodied origins, to its metaphorical expression in moral discourse.

Zionism combined dialogues with Jewish, Christian, and secular messianisms to create a politics based in redemptive visions of its own.

Zionism combined dialogues with Jewish, Christian, and secular messianisms to create a politics based in redemptive visions of its own.

Accessible and authoritative account of Babylon the city at the heart of one of the world''s great civilisations.

Accessible and authoritative account of Babylon the city at the heart of one of the world''s great civilisations.

A Social History of Christian Origins explores how the theme of the Jewish rejection of Jesus - embedded in Paul's letters and the New Testament Gospels - represents the ethnic, social, cultural, and theological conflicts that facilitated the construction of Christian identity.

A Social History of Christian Origins explores how the theme of the Jewish rejection of Jesus - embedded in Paul's letters and the New Testament Gospels - represents the ethnic, social, cultural, and theological conflicts that facilitated the construction of Christian identity.

This volume examines Apuleius' comic donkey novel, The Golden Ass, within the context of the popular beliefs and Jewish and Christian writings that were part of the intellectual culture of his own day in 2nd century C.

This volume examines Apuleius' comic donkey novel, The Golden Ass, within the context of the popular beliefs and Jewish and Christian writings that were part of the intellectual culture of his own day in 2nd century C.

First published in 1947 The Essentials of Liberal Judaism explores the fundamental ideas of liberal Judaism.

First published in 1953 Jewish Ethics presents a systematic account of ethics in Judaism.

First published in 1947 The Essentials of Liberal Judaism explores the fundamental ideas of liberal Judaism.