Au 12ème siècle, Benjamin quitte sa Tudèle natale pour rejoindre jusqu'en Inde, les communautés juives de son temps, celles qui ont apporté une partie du financement et de la logistique des Itinéraires de pèlerinage et des Routes de la Soie.
Au fil des années, le philosophe allemand d'origine juive Constantin Brunner (1862-1937) émerge comme une figure singulière à la croisée de la pensée classique (Spinoza, Kant, Hegel) et du monisme judaïque articulant une théorie spéculative unitaire à la connaissance des faits naturels et historiques.
Rarement paisibles mais bien plutôt turbulentes, confuses et enflammées, les relations entre le Dieu d'Israël et les hommes, tout comme la recherche d'explications à cet état de fait, composent le thème de cet ouvrage.
Ce volume expose comment les Juifs ont été empêchés de vivre normalement pendant deux millénaires et convoque les principaux textes qui ont jalonné l'histoire de l'antisémitisme, textes connus des spécialistes mais souvent ignorés du grand public : bulles et décrets, prières et sermons, écrits et discours, rumeurs et fausses nouvelles, poèmes et témoignages, sondages et statistiques.
In a chapel in the old crenellated church of Mary of Zion in Aksum, Ethiopia is kept an object that emperors, patriarchs and priests have assured the world is the most important religious relic of all time: the tabota Seyon, Ark of the Covenant, the Ark of Zion.
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.
Chingboi Guite Phaipi examines how biblical texts reinforced female subjugation in Northeast Indian tribal societies after tribes had accepted Christianity in the early 20th century.
Chingboi Guite Phaipi examines how biblical texts reinforced female subjugation in Northeast Indian tribal societies after tribes had accepted Christianity in the early 20th century.
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.
