Judaism

Though undertreated by modern scholars, Martin Luther's lectures on Deuteronomy are critical to understanding his theological development as an exegete and also the course of the Reformation in the wake of Luther's return from the Wartburg in 1522.

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

Hanna Tervanotko first analyzes the treatment and development of Miriam as a literary character in ancient Jewish texts, taking into account all the references to this figure preserved in ancient Jewish literature from the exilic period to the early second century C.

The religious histories of Christian and Muslim countries in Europe and Western Asia are often treated in isolation from one another.

A groundbreaking account of how the Book of Exodus shaped fundamental aspects of Judaism, Christianity, and IslamThe Book of Exodus may be the most consequential story ever told.

The Sacred Art of Marriage explores married life as an art studio with fifty-two tools to creatively craft your spiritual life together.

The frank eroticism of the Song of Songs has long seemed out of place in the Hebrew Bible.

Darwin's theory of evolution transformed the life sciences and made profound claims about human origins and the human condition, topics often viewed as the prerogative of religion.

The few popular Bible stories about women are often presented in black and white-the women were good or bad, Ruth or Jezebel.

The state of Israel is often spoken of as a haven for the Jewish people, a place rooted in the story of a nation dispersed, wandering the earth in search of their homeland.

When thinking about psalms and prayers in the Second Temple period, the Masoretic Psalter and its reception is often given priority because of modern academic or theological interests.

A lot of us have tried to read the Bible.

Patriots without a Homeland dissects an important underexplored theme in Hungarian Jewry: Modern Orthodoxy.

In 1946 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea.

The book argues that religion is a system of significant meanings that have an impact on other systems and spheres of social life, including cultural memory.

This book explores figurative images of the womb and the simile of a woman in labor from the Hebrew Bible, problematizing previous interpretations that present these as disparate images and showing how their interconnectivity embodies relationship with YHWH.

This volume introduces new perspectives on taxation policies in the Roman Empire, the Galilee, and Egypt, with unique insights into the economic effects of imperial pacification on local and regional microlevel economies in the Galilee both before and after the First Jewish Revolt against Rome.

Every Jewish institution,"e; writes Kerry Olitzky, "e;is undergoing significant change and is in danger of becoming irrelevant to the majority of North American Jews.

Why does God seem silent when I need Him most?

The idea for this book came to Larry Tye as he traveled overseas as a reporter for the Boston Globe.

In an effort to counter the confusion and isolation often experienced by a novice synagogue-goer, as well as by many who regularly attend synagogue, The Synagogue Survival Kit: A Guide to Understanding Jewish Religious Services offers introductions and instructions for all aspects of the synagogue experience.

This book presents the first three Christian centuries through the lens of what Foucault called "e;the care of the self.

The book of Isaiah places a distinctive emphasis on the miraculous.

The heroes of Beyond the Glory are not the famous rabbis, the heads of the yeshivas, or Hasidic righteous, but rather the "e;second circle"e; rabbis - the community rabbis in 19th century Eastern Europe, the backbone of the rabbinical world of the time,those who knew the world of their community members closely and were required to answer a wide range of questions, both daily and existential.

Explore the many dimensions of the pilgrimage experience and change your orientation to the world.

Why does the Torah begin with the letter beit, the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet?

In medieval Ashkenaz piyyut commentary was a popular genre that consisted of 'open texts' that continued to be edited by almost each copyist.

Biblical theologian Terence E.

The major essays of Dan Diner, who is widely read and quoted in Germany and Israel, are finally collected in an English edition.

This book presents ground-breaking research into the 'Merker affair,' a series of events that took place in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the early 1950s, which saw Paul Merker, a member of the ruling party's 'Politburo,' become ensnared in the agent hysteria of the period.

Als Marina Weisband ihre Followerschaft bei Twitter fragte, was sie so am Judentum interessiere, wurde sie mit Fragen überschüttet.

The Books of Chronicles and Ben Sira 44-50 both rewrite previous biblical history in different ways.

This book comprehensively discusses the topic of Jews fleeing the Holocaust to China.

In recent years, there has been an upsurge of interest in religion and religious issues.

Fulfill the reality that the glory of God is the human fully alive.

In The Eternal Books Retold, Alex J.

This book explores the life and thought of one of the most important but least known figures in early Zionism, Nathan Birnbaum.

Being Jewish.