The Philosophical Pathos of Susan Taubes offers a detailed analysis of an extraordinary figure in the twentieth-century history of Jewish thought, Western philosophy, and the study of religion.
Focusing on Rumi, the best-selling Persian mystical poet of the 13th century, this book investigates the reception of his work and thought in North America and Europe - and the phenomenon of 'Rumimania' - to elucidate the complexities of intercultural communication between the West and the Iranian and Islamic worlds.
Focusing on Rumi, the best-selling Persian mystical poet of the 13th century, this book investigates the reception of his work and thought in North America and Europe - and the phenomenon of 'Rumimania' - to elucidate the complexities of intercultural communication between the West and the Iranian and Islamic worlds.
In dieser Studie wird die jüdische Aufklärung in ihrer spezifischen Ausprägung bei Isaak Satanow (1732–1804) sowie dessen einzigartige Verwendung der jüdischen Mystik zur Harmonisierung verschiedenster Wissensfelder dargestellt, analysiert und kontextualisiert.
The connection of Judaism to music has been a lively discourse topic in recent years, and the musical awakening in religious circles is one expression of it.
An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world's foremost bibliophiles Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides (1138-1204), was born in Cordoba, Spain.
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.
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.
Rosemary Wenzerul's lively and informative guide to researching Jewish history will be absorbing reading for anyone who wants to find out about the life of a Jewish ancestor.
Rosemary Wenzerul's lively and informative guide to researching Jewish history will be absorbing reading for anyone who wants to find out about the life of a Jewish ancestor.
You can be called a Bad Jewby the community or even yourselfif you dont keep kosher, dont send your children to Hebrew school, or enjoy Christmas music; if your partner isnt Jewish, or you dont call your mother enough.
Léon geht von einem streng materialistischen Standpunkt an die jüdische Frage heran: Nicht die jüdische Religion und Kultur erklärt seiner Ansicht nach, weshalb sich die Juden als gesonderte gesellschaftliche Gruppe erhalten haben, sondern ihre Rolle in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.
Léon geht von einem streng materialistischen Standpunkt an die jüdische Frage heran: Nicht die jüdische Religion und Kultur erklärt seiner Ansicht nach, weshalb sich die Juden als gesonderte gesellschaftliche Gruppe erhalten haben, sondern ihre Rolle in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.
The Bible shaped nearly every aspect of Jewish life in the ancient world, from activities as obvious as attending synagogue to those which have lost their scriptural resonance in modernity, such as drinking water and uttering one's last words.
Translated for the first time in English, Lev Levanda's brilliant coming-of-age story of Russian Jewish students on the cusp of modernityin their struggle against religious chauvinism and an oppressive government.
Delving into a traditionally underexplored period, this book focuses on the treatment of Greek Jews under the dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas in the years leading up to the Second World War.
Since the founding of the Zionist movement until today, the question of the relationship between church and state in Israel remains unresolved, resulting in a continuous legal and social conflict among Israelis.
The language of a thousand years of European Jewish civilization that was decimated in the Nazi Holocaust, Yiddish has emerged as a vehicle for young people to engage with their heritage and identity.
The language of a thousand years of European Jewish civilization that was decimated in the Nazi Holocaust, Yiddish has emerged as a vehicle for young people to engage with their heritage and identity.
Focused on Shi'ism and Sufism in the formative period of Islam, this book examines the development of the concept of walaya, a complex term that has, over time, acquired a wide range of relationships with other theological ideas, chiefly in relation to the notion of authority.
Focused on Shi'ism and Sufism in the formative period of Islam, this book examines the development of the concept of walaya, a complex term that has, over time, acquired a wide range of relationships with other theological ideas, chiefly in relation to the notion of authority.
