This book focuses on women's important contribution to Sufism by analyzing the lives and seminal contributions of six mystic Sufi women to Islamic spirituality.
The twentieth century has seen a remarkable revival of "e;the Old Religion,"e; as adherents of New-paganism call the native religious traditions of Europe and tribal traditions from North America that predated Christianity.
Be Equipped to Interact More Fruitfully and Thoughtfully with MuslimsThe Quran with Christian Commentary offers a unique introduction to the primary religious text of Islam.
This unique book is an exploration of Christianity alongside Jewish guides who are well-studied in and sympathetic to Christianity, but who remain "e;near Christianity.
Die systematische Auslöschung jüdischen Lebens in Wien durch die Nationalsozialisten zielte von Beginn an auch auf das vielfältige jüdische Schul- und Bildungswesen.
A synthetic reconstruction of women's religious engagement and experiences in preexilic Israel "e;This monumental book examines a wealth of data from the Bible, archaeology, and ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography to provide a clear, comprehensive, and compelling analysis of women's religious lives in preexilic times.
Groundbreaking research that utilizes archaeological discoveries and ancient texts to revolutionize our understanding of the beginnings of Judaism "e;A bravura study.
The story of the prophet Elijah's transformation from fierce zealot to compassionate hero and cherished figure in Jewish tradition "e;In a series on Jewish Lives, this volume is about the Jewish life-the one that goes on forever.
This indispensable monograph synthesizes current debates and offers a new historical and literary analysis of the book of Deuteronomy "e;In this exciting addition to the Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library, Stackert offers something genuinely new: he brilliantly weaves together biblical scholarship, cuneiform literature, and contemporary literary theory.
A synthetic reconstruction of women's religious engagement and experiences in preexilic Israel "e;This monumental book examines a wealth of data from the Bible, archaeology, and ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography to provide a clear, comprehensive, and compelling analysis of women's religious lives in preexilic times.
The first full-length study of the evolution of self and agency in ancient Israelite anthropology Conceptions of "e;the self"e; have received significant recent attention in philosophy, anthropology, and cultural history.
A definitive account of the great revolt of Jews against Rome and the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple "e;A lucid yet terrifying account of the 'Jewish War'-the uprising of the Jews in 66 CE, and the Roman empire's savage response, in a story that stretches from Rome to Jerusalem.
A biography of the rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who became a symbol of the marriage between religion and social justice "e;When I marched in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
An ambitious introduction to the Apocrypha that encourages readers to reimagine what "e;canon"e; really means Challenging the way Christian and non-Christian readers think about the Apocrypha, this is an ambitious introduction to the deuterocanonical texts of the Christian Old Testaments.
The epic story of Hasidic Williamsburg, from the decline of New York to the gentrification of Brooklyn"e;A rich chronicle of the Satmar Hasidic community in Williamsburg.
A broad, systematic account of one of the most original and creative kabbalists, biblical interpreters, and Talmudic scholars the Jewish tradition has ever produced Rabbi Moses b.
