When the Great War began, the Russian Empire was home to more than five million Jews, the most densely settled Jewish population anywhere in the world.
The closing decade of the 20th century witnessed dramatic upheavals across landscapes that had, until 1939, housed most of the world's Jewish population: the overturning of the East European Communist governments and the fall of the USSR, accompanied by a major Jewish emigration movement.
The closing decade of the 20th century witnessed dramatic upheavals across landscapes that had, until 1939, housed most of the world's Jewish population: the overturning of the East European Communist governments and the fall of the USSR, accompanied by a major Jewish emigration movement.
This book explores how different forms of narrative maintain and extend our knowledge of the Holocaust at this critical moment in history, when the last survivors are passing away.
When the Great War began, the Russian Empire was home to more than five million Jews, the most densely settled Jewish population anywhere in the world.
The translators of the King James Version of the Bible wrote in their original preface, "e;The Translators to the Reader,"e; "e;But we weary the unlearned, who need not know so much, and trouble the learned, who know it already.
'Forest of Eden' is a thoughtful exploration of divine balance, tracing the long-neglected harmony between the masculine and feminine forces that shape creation, power, and wisdom.
In Ethics in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond, Susan Niditch takes soundings among those who have recently approached ethics in the Hebrew Scriptures, their methodological interests, their goals, and their definitions of "e;ethics"e; itself.
The Oxford Handbook of Deuteronomy is a gateway to what legal traditions teach about the cultural identity and social world of the people of YHWH -- how they thought about themselves, and about their world and how they faced and resolved the challenges of daily life.
Combining history, detective story, and memoir, a surprising and revealing account of the antisemitic myth of ';the Wandering Jew'The story behind the mythical figure of ';the Wandering Jew' is one of the most fascinating tales in European history.
The Oxford Handbook of Deuteronomy is a gateway to what legal traditions teach about the cultural identity and social world of the people of YHWH -- how they thought about themselves, and about their world and how they faced and resolved the challenges of daily life.
How did the Jerusalem high priests go from being cultic servants in the sixth century BCE to assuming political supremacy at some point during the third or second century?
A new history that centers Judaism at the dawn of the United StatesJews played a critical role both in winning the American Revolution--fighting for the Patriot cause from Bunker Hill to Yorktown--and in defining the republic that was created from it.
In Ethics in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond, Susan Niditch takes soundings among those who have recently approached ethics in the Hebrew Scriptures, their methodological interests, their goals, and their definitions of "e;ethics"e; itself.
A new history that centers Judaism at the dawn of the United StatesJews played a critical role both in winning the American Revolution--fighting for the Patriot cause from Bunker Hill to Yorktown--and in defining the republic that was created from it.
Kindt-Matthes untersucht, wie man heute Angstphanomene in neutestamentlichen Texten angemessen, detailliert und methodisch kontrolliert wahrnehmen und interpretieren kann.
Kindt-Matthes untersucht, wie man heute Angstphanomene in neutestamentlichen Texten angemessen, detailliert und methodisch kontrolliert wahrnehmen und interpretieren kann.
