Judaism

Hannah Rochel Verbermacher, a Hasidic holy woman known as the Maiden of Ludmir, was born in early-nineteenth-century Russia and became famous as the only woman in the three-hundred-year history of Hasidism to function as a rebbe-or charismatic leader-in her own right.

In this bold rereading of Freud's cultural texts, Diane Jonte-Pace uncovers an undeveloped "e;counterthesis,"e; one that repeatedly interrupts or subverts his well-known Oedipal masterplot.

Diaspora, considered as a context for insights into Jewish identity, brings together a lively, interdisciplinary group of scholars in this innovative volume.

This book makes an illuminating contribution to one of Christianity's central problems: the understanding and interpretation of scripture, and more specifically, the relationship between the Old Testament and the New.

Although closely focused on the remarkable Hebrew First-Crusade narratives, Robert Chazan's new interpretation of these texts is anything but narrow, as his title, God, Humanity, and History, strongly suggests.

In Living Letters of the Law, Jeremy Cohen investigates the images of Jews and Judaism in the works of medieval Christian theologians from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas.

With a keen eye for revealing details, Hillel J.

Why aren't Jewish women circumcised?

The past two decades in the United States have seen an immense liberalization and expansion of women's roles in society.

With this heady exploration of time and space, rumors and silence, colors, tastes, and ideas, Robert Bonfil recreates the richness of Jewish life in Renaissance Italy.

A legendary figure in his own lifetime, Rabbi Eliahu ben Shlomo Zalman (1720-1797) was known as the "e;Gaon of Vilna.

This book examines inconsistencies between the gospel accounts of the final week of Jesus and proposes an answer to this apparent contradiction.

This book examines inconsistencies between the gospel accounts of the final week of Jesus and proposes an answer to this apparent contradiction.

The essays in this volume highlight the multiple perspectives on Paradise from Second Temple Judaism and Christian origins to Augustine and rabbinic literature.

Reading Genesis presents a panoramic view of the most vital ways that Genesis is approached in modern scholarship.

This innovative study sees the relationship between Athens and Jerusalem through the lens of the Platonic dialogues and the Talmud.

An essential biography of one of the Bible's most powerful and inspiring booksExodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible, but it may rank first in lasting cultural importance.

A broad and ambitious overview of the significance of philosemitism in European and world history, from antiquity to the present.

Based on scrutiny of sources from Nazi and Jihadist ideologues, David Patterson argues that Jihadist anti-Semitism stems from Nazi ideology.

A broad and ambitious overview of the significance of philosemitism in European and world history, from antiquity to the present.

Based on scrutiny of sources from Nazi and Jihadist ideologues, David Patterson argues that Jihadist anti-Semitism stems from Nazi ideology.

The essays in this volume highlight the multiple perspectives on Paradise from Second Temple Judaism and Christian origins to Augustine and rabbinic literature.

Reading Genesis presents a panoramic view of the most vital ways that Genesis is approached in modern scholarship.

This innovative study sees the relationship between Athens and Jerusalem through the lens of the Platonic dialogues and the Talmud.

Langton explores a wide variety of Jewish attitudes towards the Apostle Paul in the context of modern Jewish thought.

Methods for Exodus introduces readers to six distinct methodologies that aid in the interpretation of the book of Exodus.

The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual lifeScion of a distinguished line of Talmudic scholars, Jacob Taubes (19231987) was an intellectual impresario whose inner restlessness led him from prewar Vienna to Zurich, Israel, and Cold War Berlin.

This book studies the ongoing encounter between Judaism and Christianity from the Jewish context of the New Testament to modern days.

A reappraisal of the identity and ethnicity of the Ituraeans, a little-known people of first century BCE Syria/Palestine.

Mara Benjamin argues that Rosenzweig''s reinvention of scripture illuminates the complex interactions between modern readers and ancient sacred texts.

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Langton explores a wide variety of Jewish attitudes towards the Apostle Paul in the context of modern Jewish thought.

Methods for Exodus introduces readers to six distinct methodologies that aid in the interpretation of the book of Exodus.

Sommer utilizes a recovered ancient perception of divinity as having more than one body, fluid and unbounded selves.

This book studies the ongoing encounter between Judaism and Christianity from the Jewish context of the New Testament to modern days.

A reappraisal of the identity and ethnicity of the Ituraeans, a little-known people of first century BCE Syria/Palestine.

Sommer utilizes a recovered ancient perception of divinity as having more than one body, fluid and unbounded selves.

This book argues that the parables function to help create, intensify, and justify judgments and hostile actions against their audiences.

Placing Holocaust drama in its historical and cultural contexts, this book provides thorough analyses of over thirty seminal Holocaust plays.

Pollock argues that Rosenzweig''s The Star of Redemption is devoted to the philosophical task of grasping ''the All'' - the whole of what is - as a system.

Mara Benjamin argues that Rosenzweig''s reinvention of scripture illuminates the complex interactions between modern readers and ancient sacred texts.

This book examines an important collection of texts in the book of Jeremiah.

This collection of essays examines the politicization and the politics of the Jewish people in the Russian empire during the late tsarist period.

This book examines the problem of divine transgenerational punishment and the writers who confronted it.

This book examines the centrality of economics in European attitudes toward Jews from 1638–1848.

This book explores the Virgin Mary''s role in monotheism, as shaped by gender and sacrifice.

This volume presents translations of seven prominent medieval Jewish rationalists covering topics both theological and philosophical.

Looks closely at the debates surrounding Maimonides'' discussion of creation.

An examination of Jewish martyrdom in the context of Christianity revealing their martyrological interaction.