Judaism

This book follows a reader's logic of association through a series of overlapping constructs in biblical prescription of things prized and lofty-holy hair, unblemished beasts, sacred edibles, wholesome wombs, pristine precincts, esteemed ethnicities and, as unlikely as it seems, dismembered members.

Churchward's The Origin and Evolution of Religion, first published in 1924, explores the history and development of different religions worldwide, from the religious cults of magic and fetishism to contemporary religions such as Christianity and Islam.

Argues that 1 John was written to affirm Jesus'' resurrection, in light of Jewish denials that he was the Christ.

When Scholars have set Jesus against various conceptions of the “messiah” and other redemptive figures in early Jewish expectation, those questions have been bound up with the problem of violence, whether the political violence of a militant messiah or the divine violence carried out by a heavenly or angelic figure.

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Jalta steht für Positionen zur jüdischen Gegenwart.

Walter Moberly is a top Old Testament theologian known for his creative, accessible, and provocative writing.

This book is a study of the parables unique to the Third Gospel, aiming in particular to establish a link between Luke's choice of these parables and his overall purpose in writing.

Ever since the state of Israel was established in 1948, it has been plagued by war, and that has presented religious Zionists with an immense challenge.

Keeping God at the Center is informative as well as instructional.

Au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale se met en place une Organisation des Nations Unies chargée de veiller sur la paix mondiale et de prévenir les conflits potentiels à venir.

On Freud's "e;Moses and Monotheism"e; discusses key themes in Sigmund Freud's final book, Moses and Monotheism, written between 1934 and 1939.

The Burden of Silence is the first monograph on Sabbateanism, an early modern Ottoman-Jewish messianic movement, tracing it from its beginnings during the seventeenth century up to the present day.

This volume examines biblical wisdom literature both in its historical context and as it relates to a host of contemporary themes, including overcoming social divisions, reading from a place of inclusion, healing from trauma, and challenging religious attitudes toward climate change and animals.

The Burden of Silence is the first monograph on Sabbateanism, an early modern Ottoman-Jewish messianic movement, tracing it from its beginnings during the seventeenth century up to the present day.

The fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries were truly an Age of Secrecy in Europe, when arcane knowledge was widely believed to be positive knowledge that extended into all areas of daily life, from the economic, scientific, and political spheres to the general activities of ordinary people.

Winner of the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological PromiseMatthew Thiessen offers a nuanced and wide-ranging study of the nature of Jewish thought on Jewishness, circumcision, and conversion.

Before his rather sudden passing in 2020, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was one of the most eloquent and influential religious leaders of the generation.

A Story of YHWH investigates the ancient Israelite expression of their deity, and tracks why variation occurred in that expression, from the early Iron Age to the Persian period.

This book is all you need to grasp Reform Judaism, thoughts from the first woman to play a major role in its development, Lily H.

Reading Hebrew Bible Narratives introduces readers to narrative traditions of the Old Testament and to methods of interpreting them.

This book explores the ways in which the early rabbis reshaped biblical laws of ritual purity and impurity and argues that the rabbis' new purity discourse generated a unique notion of a bodily self.

A bioethic of obligations and responsibilities, based on the Jewish traditionThe Jewish tradition has important perspectives, history, and wisdom that can contribute significantly to crucial contemporary healthcare deliberations.

Southwestern Journal of Theology 2022 Book Award (Honorable Mention, Biblical Studies)This survey textbook is grounded in the view that the prophetic books of the Old Testament should be read as Christian Scripture.

Dramatic changes have taken place in the last decade with respect to the views of the American Jewish community toward Israel and Zionism.

A Revolution in Human Self-Understanding Is UnderwayWhat Does It Mean for Religion and Our Belief in God?

Die Heilige Schrift Israels - in christlicher Leseweise das Alte Testament - ist der Horizont der neutestamentlichen Christusverkündigung.

A comprehensive, inspiring and fascinating discovery of what Jews believe about the Messiah-and why you might believe in the Messiah, too.

With the publication of The Origins of the Kabbalah in 1950, one of the most important scholars of our century brought the obscure world of Jewish mysticism to a wider audience for the first time.

Peterson engages the identities and provenances of the authors of the various “editions” of the Deteronomistic History.

This book offers a novel approach for the study of law in the Judean Desert Scrolls, using the prism of legal theory.

2 Maccabees is a Jewish work composed during the 2nd century BCE and preserved by the Church.

Educating Palestine, through the story of education and the teaching of history in Mandate Palestine, reframes our understanding of the Palestinian and Zionist national movements.

"e;'A covenantal vision of life, with mitzvah (divine commandment) as the central organizing principle in the relationship between Jews and God, liberates the intellect and the moral will.

On the Origins of Judaism examines the formation of one of the oldest monotheistic religions.

This innovative book applies findings from the field of cognitive linguistics to the study of emotions in the Hebrew Bible.

Portraits of Jewish Learning brings together colorful accounts of the ways that Jewish students today are having meaningful learning experiences in day school classrooms, Hebrew programs, synagogue-based schools, and high school and college courses that push students out of their comfort zone.

Why are the names of the chief characters in the biblical Book of Esther those of Mesopotamian deities?

Following on the heels of his critically acclaimed God of Abraham (Oxford, 1996), Lenn E.

The official prayer book for Orthodox Jews in the UK, with supporting commentary by Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

This new cultural history of Jewish life and identity in the United States after World War II focuses on the process of upward mobility.

"e;Extraordinarily rich, lively and illuminating.