Die Geschichte der Juden in Europa ist gekennzeichnet von deren Bemühungen um Gleichberechtigung, von Restriktion und antisemitischer Gewalt, die letztlich in der Shoah mündete.
A sus obras sobre historia y fenomenología de la religión añade Gershom Scholem en este libro un nuevo análisis de los conceptos básicos del judaísmo y de su evolución dentro de la mística judía y, en particular, de la cábala.
Told through essays, memoirs, and other musings, this is the story of a radical Jew, academic, and educator from his birth in Ukraine during the Holocaust through the radical 60s and 70s, to the present day as he fights anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, xenophobia, and hate.
This comprehensive survey of religion and its profound effects on history provides a historical context for in-depth analysis of theological, social, and political themes in which religion plays a major role.
In this exciting addition to Bloomsbury's Short Histories series, Steven Leonard Jacobs critically yet concisely examines the history of Judaism and the Jewish people, drawing from maps, photographs and archives to illuminate the history of one of the world's oldest religions.
In this exciting addition to Bloomsbury's Short Histories series, Steven Leonard Jacobs critically yet concisely examines the history of Judaism and the Jewish people, drawing from maps, photographs and archives to illuminate the history of one of the world's oldest religions.
Raimund Fastenbauer präsentiert in zwei Teilen nicht nur die internen Entwicklungen der jüdischen Gemeinde Wien und der IKG als ihrer Vertretungsbehörde, sondern auch ihre Beziehungen und Konflikte zur politischen Umwelt.
Circumventing the Law probes the rabbinic logic behind the use of loopholes, the legal phenomenon of finding and using gaps within law to achieve otherwise illegal outcomes.
Circumventing the Law probes the rabbinic logic behind the use of loopholes, the legal phenomenon of finding and using gaps within law to achieve otherwise illegal outcomes.
This volume of essays is focused on the significance of the book of Exodus for studies in the Septuagint, Second Temple Jewish literature, the New Testament, and Christian theology.
A 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in the Anthologies CategoryThis anthology, the first of this kind in twenty-five years, collects eighteen astounding works of Jewish fiction.
Volume 22 of The Jewish Law Annual adds to the growing list of articles on Jewish law that have been published in volumes 1-21 of this series, providing English-speaking readers with scholarly articles presenting jurisprudential, historical, textual and comparative analysis of issues in Jewish law.
Volume 22 of The Jewish Law Annual adds to the growing list of articles on Jewish law that have been published in volumes 1-21 of this series, providing English-speaking readers with scholarly articles presenting jurisprudential, historical, textual and comparative analysis of issues in Jewish law.
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.
In 2016, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that Max Brod's posthumous papers which included a collection of Kafka's manuscripts be transferred to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem.
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.
Wie alle Bände der Reihe Kirchen- und Theologiegeschichte in Quellen bietet auch der neu aufgelegte Band zur Alten Kirche knappe aussagekräftige Texte mit Erläuterungen zum Eigenstudium und zur Unterstützung von Vorlesungen und Seminaren.
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.
Early Christian Scripture and the Samaritan Pentateuch is a study exploring Christian interaction with the Samaritan Pentateuch as evinced by hexaplaric sources.
Davina Grojnowski examines Life, the autobiographical text written by ancient Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, from a literary studies perspective and in relation to genre theory.
'The essence of Jewish life is not the bland performance of the Torah's commandments, but rather love of Torah and the way of life to which it is the guide.
A 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in the Religion CategoryWith clarity and penetrating insight, Alex Ryvchin unravels the mystery of antisemitism Mandatory reading for anyone concerned with the ethical fate of the human race.
Davina Grojnowski examines Life, the autobiographical text written by ancient Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, from a literary studies perspective and in relation to genre theory.
The Dream of Social Justice and Bad Moral Luck examines the intertwined lives of five women and three men, Russian Jews in the first half of the twentieth century, as their belief in social transformation unraveled.
A 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in the Anthologies CategoryThis anthology, the first of this kind in twenty-five years, collects eighteen astounding works of Jewish fiction.
