In this fascinating and ground-breaking book, Itzhak Benyamini uses discourse analysis to lay out the way Lacan constructed his own intellectual discourse informed by Judeo-Christianity.
The Fourth Gospel has been known as the "e;spiritual gospel"e; since the second century, but only recently have biblical scholars attempted to express the unique spirituality found in that sacred text.
Papers collected in this volume try to illuminate various aspects of philosophical theology dealt with by different Jewish and early Christian authors and texts (e.
Building on his previous work on Hellenistic Interstate Political Ethics (T&T Clark, 2022) leading historian Doron Mendels presents three hundred interstate ethical rules of conduct which he has discovered within three reconstructed Hellenistic codes.
The commentary interprets Jeremiah 1-25 as a dramatic text: In laments, accusations, and announcements of doom, a polyphonic message about the fall of Jerusalem and Judah emerges.
Investigating a range of eschatological ideologies, this volume explores the connection between notions of sacred space and time in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim understandings of Jerusalem.
Seth Whitaker argues that the Psalm texts function as the structural and theological backbone of Hebrews from start to finish, and that few scholars have examined the use of Psalms outside of quotations or connected the author of Hebrews' use of Psalms with his broader eschatological outlook.
Jeffrey Lesser's invaluable book tells the poignant and puzzling story of how earlier this century, in spite of the power of anti-Semitic politicians and intellectuals, Jews made their exodus to Brazil, "e;the land of the future.
American or Middle Eastern, Ashkenazi or Sephardi, insular or immersed in modern life-however diverse their situations or circumstances, Jews draw on common traditions and texts when they mark life's momentous events and rites of passage.
Jeffrey Lesser's invaluable book tells the poignant and puzzling story of how earlier this century, in spite of the power of anti-Semitic politicians and intellectuals, Jews made their exodus to Brazil, "e;the land of the future.
Since it was first published in Hebrew in 2000, this provocative book has been garnering acclaim and stirring controversy for its bold reinterpretation of the relationship between Judaism and Christianity in the Middle Ages, especially in medieval Europe.
This book deals with two remarkable events--the worldwide transformations of the Jews in the modern age and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language.
This book deals with two remarkable events--the worldwide transformations of the Jews in the modern age and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language.
The last in a series of three volumes edited by Marc Lee Raphael surveying some of the major rabbinic and lay personalities who have shaped Judaism in America for the past two centuries, this work focuses on Orthodox Judaism.
Palestine of the Jews (1919) examines the history of Jewish Palestine, from 4,000 years ago to the early twentieth century and the Balfour Declaration.
Diese wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Untersuchung zeigt auf, wie das Biblische Hebräisch einerseits als ewige und heilige Sprache verehrt wird und untrennbar mit dem Judentum verbunden ist, gleichzeitig aber auch Gegenstand der Beanspruchung durch das Christentum ist, das sich die hebräische Sprachkunde als Hilfsmittel für die akademische Theologie aneignete und bis zum heutigen Tag weiterpflegte.
Focuses on a range of Jewish and non-Jewish writers to examine the intersection of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, and secular Jewish literatures.
Focuses on a range of Jewish and non-Jewish writers to examine the intersection of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, and secular Jewish literatures.
This book discusses psychological aspects of dehumanization and of the human tendency to dominate, control and potentially murder those considered less than or other by the dominant group.
An examination of MT Esther's relationship to the Joseph story, this study employs recent advances in author-oriented biblical intertextuality to address the debate concerning the religious purpose of the Scroll.
Drawing from diverse multilingual sources, Krzemie delves into Solomon Dubno's life (17381813), unraveling complexities of the Haskalah movement's ties to Eastern European Jewish culture.
The title of this monograph, Polish Jewish Re-Remembering, refers to the post-1989, thirty-year-long process of reviving attention to Polish-Jewish relations in historical, cultural, and literary studies, including the impact of Jews on the development of Polish culture, their presence in Polish social life, and the relationships between Jews and non-Jews in Poland.
End of Days is both a meditation on Jewish morality in the age of Israeli Jewish power, and a cri du coeur by an Orthodox Israeli Jew, a former combat officer in the IDF, for Israelis to look into the Jewish religious ethical tradition for an alternative to the secular and religious Zionism that sanctifies power, statehood, and sovereignty.
Ausgezeichnet mit dem Pulitzer-Preis 2024 in der Kategorie »General Nonfiction«»Buch des Jahres 2023« The New YorkerVor den Toren Jerusalems kommt es zu einer Tragödie, als ein mit palästinensischen Kindern besetzter Schulbus von einem Sattelschlepper gerammt wird und in Flammen aufgeht.
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.
"e;Three steps into Oneness"e;To face the challenges of modern life, we need to evolve a new view of awakening by being balanced within the wisdom of the Absolute and the Relative.
To many, an association between Jews and sports seems almost oxymoronic--yet Jews have been prominent in boxing, basketball, and fencing, and some would argue that hurler Sandy Koufax is America's greatest athlete ever.
A hermeneutics of cispicion challenges cisnormative presuppositions that shape and, at times, occlude the variations in gender and sex exhibited by key characters in the ancestral narrative of Genesis 12 50.
Die Czernowitzer Sprachkonferenz, auf der hitzig über die Zukunft des Jiddischen debattiert wurde, gilt als wichtiger Durchbruch für die Entwicklung des Jiddischen.
„Von Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe“ war das Motto einer weitgehend in Vergessenheit geratenen deutsch-jüdischen Selbsthilfeorganisation in Stockholm, zeitweise nach der Stockholmer Gemeinde die zweitgrößte jüdische Organisation in Stockholm bzw.
Focused on the triangular relationship between rabbis, journalists and the public, this book analyses each group's role in influencing the agenda around religion in Israel.
