Judaism

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

Explores the theological responses offered by The Books of Haggai and Zechariah to the people enduring struggles in post-exilic Yehud.

Follow the soul treks of Jews lost and found.

A mystical system for harnessing divine inspiration in your writing*; Explains how the 10 sefirotthe channels of divine creative life forcecan be used to develop writing and give you the power to grow as a person and a writer*; Explores each sefira in detail and how it can be used to manifest creative visions through words*; Provides writing exercises and imaginative techniques to help you receive the mystical wisdom of the Kabbalah, develop your creative powers, and open yourself to inspiration from the divineRevealing how the ancient spiritual tradition known as the Kabbalah can be applied to the art of writing, award-winning author Sherri Mandell presents a mystical system for developing creativity and harnessing divine inspiration in your storytelling and other written works.

Purification of the soul is a principle that is central to understanding Islamic spirituality but despite this, relatively little has been written explicitly in the Islamic tradition regarding this discrete method of spiritual purification.

This study offers an intellectual biography of the philosopher, political thinker, and historian of ideas Sir Isaiah Berlin.

The 17 essays in this volume fall into four sections: Early Judaism and its Environment; Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah; Wisdom, Scribes and Scribalism; and Theology of the Hebrew Bible.

These essays by world-leaders in the field of Second Temple Judaism build on the ground-breaking T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism (T&T Clark, 2020), exploring the specific ways in which the discipline can be carried forward following the publication of this major work.

The studies that make up this book explore in what ways Israel's sacred tradition developed into canonical scripture and in what ways this sacred tradition was interpreted in early Judaism and Christianity.

At the center of this book lies a fundamental yet unanswered question: under which historical and sociological conditions and in what manner the Hebrew Bible became an authoritative tradition, that is, holy scripture and the canon of Judaism as well as Christianity.

In this book, Marta T.

In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, a controversial school of Russian religious and scientific thinkers emerged, united in the conviction that humanity was entering a new stage of evolution and must assume a new, active, managerial role in the cosmos.

Contemporary Gospel studies have recently taken increasing interest in the Jewish context of Jesus and the gospels.

This book examines why Paul waits until the end of his letter to the Corinthians before mentioning the important theme of resurrection.

Understanding and delighting in God's law?

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through the late 1930s, the West Bohemian spa towns of Carlsbad, Franzensbad, and Marienbad were fashionable destinations for visitors wishing to "e;take a cure"e;to drink the waters, bathe in the mud, be treated by the latest X-ray, light, or gas therapies, or simply enjoy the respite afforded by elegant parks and comfortable lodgings.

This book deconstructs the boundaries between Jewish and Christian cultures while at the same time redefining what it means to be Jewish in relation to Christianity in the twentieth century.

"e;Traditional principles and allegiances have given way to realpolitik.

Were there groups in Ancient Judaism that cultivated esoteric knowledge and transmitted it secretly?

In her latest book, Life in Citiations: Biblical Narratives and Contemporary Hebrew Culture, Ruth Tsoffar studies several key biblical narratives that figure prominently in Israeli culture.

The body is an entity on which religious ideology is printed.

Sri Ramakrishna is widely known as a nineteenth-century Indian mystic who affirmed the harmony of all religions on the basis of his richly varied spiritual experiences and eclectic religious practices, both Hindu and non-Hindu.

"e;Justice, only justice"e; is Deuteronomy's terse summary of what Yahweh requires of the people of God.

With astute attention to Zephaniah's intertextual relationships with other biblical texts, Nicholas R.

Through an innovative synthesis of narrative critique, oral-formulaic study, folkloric research, and literary analysis, Kristen H.

Jewish and Christian Doctrines presents a concise and lucid introduction to the foundations of Judaism and Christianity.

In the fifty years since the Holocaust, the Jewish People have felt one overriding concern: survival.

Larry Hurtado's One God, One Lord has been described as 'one of the most important and provocative Christologies of all time' (Alan F.

This book explores Icelandic spirit work, known as andleg mal, which features trance and healing practices that span earth and spirit realms, historical eras, scientific and supernatural worldviews, and cross-Atlantic cultures.

This book is dedicated to an analysis of the writings of modern religious Jewish thinkers who adopted a neo-fundamentalist, illusionary, apologetic approach, opposing the notion that there may sometimes be a contradiction between reason and revelation.

In 1944, 13-year-old Fritz Tubach was almost old enough to join the Hitler Youth in his German village of Kleinheubach.

Jewish Blues presents a broad cultural, social, and intellectual history of the color blue in Jewish life between the sixteenth and twenty-first centuries.

The Septuagint is the term commonly used to refer to the corpus of early Greek versions of Hebrew Scriptures.

First published in 1953 Jewish Ethics presents a systematic account of ethics in Judaism.

If you've ever been uncomfortable or confused by the conventional wisdom of traditional religious beliefs, read this book.

As Judy Gruen walked down the aisle and into her Orthodox Jewish future, her bouquet quivered in her shaky hand.

This classic work by early-20th-century Jewish humanist and scholar Isaac Heinemann surveys the crucial phases of Jewish thought concerning correct conduct as codified in the commandments.

First published in 1947 The Essentials of Liberal Judaism explores the fundamental ideas of liberal Judaism.

This book examines how left-wing political and cultural movements in Western Europe have considered Jews in the last two hundred years.

A comprehensive presentation of the various aspects of Jewish life throughout the medieval Islamic world.

This book examines the centrality of economics in European attitudes toward Jews from 1638–1848.

This book examines the commonalities of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and presents martyr narratives as a resource for resisting political violence.

Guy Ben-Porat explores the evolving tensions between the liberal component in Israeli society and the constraints imposed by religious orthodoxy.

All Religion Is Inter-Religion analyses the ways inter-religious relations have contributed both historically and philosophically to the constructions of the category of religion as a distinct subject of study.