Judaism

The gospel story begins in Torah.

Die Tatsache des Fremd-Seins des Menschen seiner Um-Welt gegenüber erzeugt das Bedürfnis, diese ursprüngliche Spaltung zu überwinden.

This collection of essays covers a hundred-year history of Russian-language literature in Israel, including the pre-state period.

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.

El presente libro es el resultado de la selección de algunas de las mesas que conformaron el ciclo de debates Posjudaísmo, organizado por YOK, durante los años 2005 y 2006.

Idolatry, or its Hebrew equivalent Avodah Zarah is a fundamental feature of a Jewish view of other religions.

In this seminal work of biblical studies, renowned scholar Phyllis Trible focuses on four variations on the theme of terror in the Bible.

In this refreshing exploration of Judah's identity formation, the emphasis is placed on the psychological underpinnings of Judah's sentiments towards Israel, aiming to illuminate the significance of Judah's appropriation of Israel.

A new history of how the Nazi era upended German-Jewish experiences of space and time from eminent historian Guy Miron.

Analyses the poetic audiences of the book of Amos by distinguishing the textual addressee from its actual audiences.

Named one of 12 of the Best Jewish Books of the Year by theJewish Telegraph Agency,New York Jewish Week, &Jerusalem Post2023 International Book Awards Finalist in the Humor/Comedy/Satire CategoryFrom a bilingual master of the literary memoir comes this moving and humorous story of losing immigrant baggage and trying to reclaim it for his American future.

This innovative book applies findings from the field of cognitive linguistics to the study of emotions in the Hebrew Bible.

This innovative book applies findings from the field of cognitive linguistics to the study of emotions in the Hebrew Bible.

Analyses the poetic audiences of the book of Amos by distinguishing the textual addressee from its actual audiences.

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, gender scholars and activists have asked whether a reconcilliation between Zionism and feminism is possible in the current political landscape.

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, gender scholars and activists have asked whether a reconcilliation between Zionism and feminism is possible in the current political landscape.

Winner of the 2025 Canadian Society of Biblical Studies' Beare Award.

This text introduces Ben Ammi, the leader and theologian of the African Hebrew Israelite community, as a systematic thinker and theologian.

This text introduces Ben Ammi, the leader and theologian of the African Hebrew Israelite community, as a systematic thinker and theologian.

Si bien del testimonio de un protagonista no se puede pretender objetividad sino seriedad y buena fe (y en ese sentido nadie discute la veracidad de los hechos relatados por Alpersohn en su obra, cuya tercera y última parte aquí entregamos), existen aspectos de ella que piden una contextualización.

For more than forty years there was a single synagogue in the quiet town of Williamette, Oregon.

Hasidism, a movement many believed had passed its golden age, has had an extraordinary revival since it was nearly decimated in the Holocaust and repressed in the Soviet Union.

An essential introduction to Josephus's momentous war narrativeThe Jewish War is Josephus's superbly evocative account of the Jewish revolt against Rome, which was crushed in 70 CE with the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple.

In Living Letters of the Law, Jeremy Cohen investigates the images of Jews and Judaism in the works of medieval Christian theologians from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas.

At the core of Judaism stands a body of traditions that have remained consistent over millennia.

Pages From My Life emphasizes how a general liberal arts background can serve as a basis for a successful career with voluntary organizations that require grants from foundations, corporations, government, and individuals, obtained by the submission of fundraising proposals drafted by associates.

From Karl Marx to the Marx brothers, the Routledge Who's Who in Jewish History presents a complete reference guide to over a thousand prominent men and women who have shaped Jewish culture.

"e;I am not a particularly Jewish thinker,"e; said Emmanuel Levinas, "e;I am just a thinker.

While Willy has neither the multi-generational sweep nor the moral gravitas of I.

In this book, Sephardism is defined not as an expression of Sephardic identity but as a politicized literary metaphor.

Contemplative Nation challenges the long-standing view that theology is not a vital part of the Jewish tradition.

Until the 19th century, women were regularly excluded from graduate education.

During the last twelve years, Dr.

As the greatest book of Jewish mysticism, the Zohar is a revered and much-studied work.

This brand-new title offers the reader an accessible and chronological presentation of the history and development of this most unique of philosophies.

In the Zohar, the jewel in the crown of Jewish mystical literature, the verse "e;A river flows from Eden to water the garden"e; (Genesis 2:10) symbolizes the river of divine plenty that unceasingly flows from the depths of divinity into the garden of reality.

Glory and Agony is the first history of the shifting attitudes toward national sacrifice in Hebrew culture over the last century.

In this groundbreaking work, Joseph Fitzpatrick challenges the traditional interpretation of chapter three of Genesis: the story of Adam and Eve in Eden.

Inventing New Beginnings is the first book-length study to examine the conceptual underpinnings of the "e;Jewish Renaissance,"e; or "e;return"e; to Judaism, that captured much of German-speaking Jewry between 1890 and 1938.

This book offers new perspectives on the early and formative years of the German-Jewish philosopher Hans Jonas, through innovative studies of his German and Hebrew work in pre-war Germany and Palestine.

Continuing the authors commitment to neo-traditional constructive Jewish theology, this book is a sequel to Gellmans trilogy of constructive Jewish theology with Academic Studies Press.

Before they were both internationally renowned philosophers, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and Franz Rosenzweig were young German soldiers fighting in World War I corresponding by letter and forming the foundation of their deep intellectual friendship.

One sure fact of humanity is that we all cherish our opinions and will often strongly resist efforts by others to change them.

Figuring Jerusalem explores how Hebrew writers have imagined Jerusalem, both from the distance of exile and from within its sacred walls.

Moses Maimonides's Guide of the Perplexed is the greatest philosophical text in the history of Jewish thought and a major work of the Middle Ages.

Between 1780 and 1937, Jews in Germany produced numerous new translations of the Hebrew Bible into German.

For many Jewish people in the mid-twentieth century, Zionism was an unquestionable tenet of what it meant to be Jewish.

The identity of contemporary Jews is multifaceted, no longer necessarily defined by an observance of the Torah and God's commandments.

First published in 1957, Nathan Glazer's classic, historical study of Judaism in America has been described by the New York Times Book Review as "e;a remarkable story .