Judaism

In this book, Martin Lund challenges contemporary claims about the original Superman's supposed Jewishness and offers a critical re-reading of the earliest Superman comics.

Wenn sich das jüdische Volk als von Gott auserwählt begreift, müssen dann nicht alle anderen Völker demgegenüber logischerweise als zweitrangig erscheinen?

One cannot think of Judaism without taking some stance relating to Israel's special status, its election.

Irit Amit-Cohen explores the riddle behind disappearing citrus orchards and plantations from Israel's coastal scenery.

A devotional commentary that helps you gain fresh insights into the Bible and understand how you can apply God's Word to your life.

Provides feminist approaches to Wisdom Literature from leading scholars of the Hebrew Bible and feminist hermeneutics.

Economic realities have been increasingly at the center of discussion of the New Testament and early church.

'Whoever listens to a witness, becomes a witness.

The Sin of Writing and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature contends that the processes of enlightenment, modernization, and secularization in nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewish society were marked not by a reading revolution but rather by a writing revolution, that is, by a revolutionary change in this society's attitude toward writing.

Moses Maimonides (1137/38-1204), scholar, physician, and philosopher, was the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages.

How Jewish is modern Jewish philosophy?

In twenty-first century America, antisemitism is on the rise, especially on the extreme left, the radical right, and within political Islamism.

Scholars have long puzzled over the distinctive themes and sequence of John’s narrative in contrast to the Synoptic Gospels.

In the Bible, there is a drama of defining who are truly God's people-and who are not.

Nationalism, War and Jewish Education explores historical circumstances leading to the emergence of a Jewish religious school system lasting to modern times and the process by which this system was broken down and adapted in secular form as Jewish nationalism grew in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

A Study in Creative History (1932) aims to present the main movements of thought as they emerge clearly into history.

Longing is a universal human experience, born of the inevitable gulf between dream and reality, what we need and what we have.

This volume investigates the cultural, political, economic, and religious conflicts that led to the historical Jesus'' arrest, trial, and execution.

Who Were the Most Innovative Spiritual Leaders of the Past Century?

The Glory and Grief, Humor and Pride of the Human Experience-Inspiration from a Jewish Perspective From exile to rebirth, from degradation to renaissance, the Jewish People has undergone every human experience and emotion that God created.

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

This is the twelfth volume of the hard-copy edition of a journal that has been published online (www.

Kabbalah and Ecology resets the conversation about ecology and the Abrahamic traditions.

The Christian church has consistently confessed that the triune God of the gospel is simple and therefore beyond composition.

Few persons have had greater impact on history than Jesus of Nazareth.

Although the relationship of the Hebrew Bible and violence has been of interest to scholars in recent years, ritual violence in its various manifestations has been underexplored, as have been the theoretical dimensions of ritual violence.

Hasidic groups have myriad customs.

A vibrant Jewish community flourished in Poland from late in the tenth century until it was virtually annihilated in World War II.

Gathers incisive reflections on and novel interpretations of the philosophy of the most important Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages.

This work includes international secondary literature on anti-Semitism published throughout the world, from the earliest times to the present.

Diese literaturwissenschaftliche Studie beschäftigt sich mit Rückkehrerzählungen, denen eine gewaltvolle Vertreibung vorausliegt.

The opening sector of the book of Exodus is a powerful narrative and a striking example of the artistic qualities of the Pentateuch, a facet of the text that occasionally is neglected in high-level scholarship.

Justice in the City argues, based on the rabbinic textual tradition, especially the Babylonian Talmud, and utilizing French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas' framework of interpersonal ethics, that a just city should be a community of obligation.

Over 2 million copies sold in The Word Biblical Commentary series.

Amid a frantic pace of life that often leaves us feeling disconnected and ungrounded, Receiving This Life helps the reader engage with life and become attuned to their belonging to God and each other.

The Gospel of John has long been recognized as being distinct from the Synoptic Gospels.

Most people understand Judaism to be the Torah and the Torah to be Judaism.

The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism presents a panoramic and comprehensive overview of the major aspects of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period through to contemporary times.

The companion to Volume 2 of The New Church's Teaching Series, Roger Ferlo's Opening the Bible, Michael Johnston's Engaging the Word teaches us how to use the critical and practical tools for reading the Bible described by Ferlo to interpret the Hebrew and Christian scriptures: what did they mean for their original audience and what do they mean for us today?

When taken together the diverse writings found at Qumran and in the New Testament demonstrate participation in a common wisdom worldview.