Judaism

The recovery of 800 documents in the eleven caves on the northwest shores of the Dead Sea is one of the most sensational archeological discoveries in the Holy Land to date.

This insightful book critically reviews and presents an accessible introduction to the life and work of one of the most celebrated modern psychoanalysts, Michael Eigen.

Modern medicine has produced many wonderful technological breakthroughs that have extended the limits of the frail human body.

¿Sabías que el Pésaj se ha celebrado por miles de años?

A narrative history of modern Kabbalah, from the sixteenth century till today, in the general context of modernization.

Die öffentliche Erinnerung an die Shoah hat einen Fundamentalismus besonderer Art hervorgebracht: die Forderung, von der bildlichen oder literarischen Darstellung dieses historischen Ereignisses abzusehen.

While all have reason to celebrate the greening of Christian-Jewish relations since the Shoah and the promulgation of Nostra Aetate (4), few will deny that much work remains to be done by Christians and Jews seeking the best way forward that they might best serve God's purposes in the world, the mission of God.

The issue of Judaism's relationship to secular learning and wisdom is one of the most basic concerns of Jewish intellectual history.

How the rabbis of the Talmud transformed everything into a legal question-and Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everythingThough typically translated as "e;Jewish law,"e; the term halakhah is not an easy match for what is usually thought of as law.

Half a century ago, the primary contours of the history of the Jews in Roman times were not subject to much debate.

Natan Sznaider offers a highly original account of Jewish memory and politics before and after the Holocaust.

What is nature's place in our spiritual lives?

Ibn al-'Arabi (d.

More than ever, young people today are searching for a sense of purpose and direction.

To this day Jewish thinkers struggle to articulate the appropriate response to the unprecedented catastrophe of the Holocaust.

The Hebrew Bible is a philosophical testament.

A Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day.

Kabbalah and Ecology resets the conversation about ecology and the Abrahamic traditions.

A landmark collection of previously unpublished interviews with Reform rabbis concerning their roles in the civil rights movement.

In this book, Lenn E.

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

This book presents an alternative reading of the respective works of Moses Maimonides and Baruch Spinoza.

From generation to generation, three outstanding American Jewish directors-William Wyler, Sidney Lumet, and Steven Spielberg--advance a tradition of Jewish writers, artists, and leaders who propagate the ethical basis of the American Idea and Creed.

"e;For a long time now, the authority of knowledge has been under siege from those who march under the banner of pure belief.

Divided into three sections, this work explains how the concepts and practices of traditional European Judaism were adapted to North American culture beginning in the late nineteenth century.

A comprehensive review of the entire tradition of Jewish Theology from the Bible to the present from leading world scholars.

Religious Studies and Rabbinics have overlapping yet distinct interests, subject matter, and methods.

A translation of the Kabbalah for the layperson includes a compact presentation of each primary text and features a practical analysis and vital historical information that offer insight into the various aspects of Jewish mysticism.

There were fifteen important prophets in Israel, whose lives covered nearly four centuries, beginning about 750 B.

The study of early modern history has exploded in the last several decades.

Judaism and the Economy is an edited collection of sixty-nine Jewish texts relating to economic issues such as wealth, poverty, inequality, charity, and the charging of interest.

Focusing on the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Douglas Pratt argues that despite a popular focus on Islam, extremist Jews and Christians can also enact terror and destruction.

A broad history of ancient Jewish magic from the Second Temple to the rabbinic period.

In this fully revised and updated edition, the lauded church historian Justo Gonzlez tells the story of Christianity from its fragile infancy to its pervasive dominance at the dawn of the Protestant Reformation.

Women's inner struggle over their marital names reveal how they negotiate a specific identity location in each dimension of identity.

This book presents how ancient Christianity must be understood from the viewpoint of the history of religions in late antiquity.

The result for the history of Judaism of a documentary reading of the Rabbinic canonical sources illustrates the working of that hypothesis.

In Jewish Justice David Novak explores the continuing role of Judaism for crafting ethics, politics, and theology.

'A deeply humane, learned and personal reflection on Jewish identity' - Rowan Williams'This inspiring book has made me a better Jew, one who understands more, who knows more' - Daniel Finkelstein'This remarkable book takes us on a journey: geographic, historical, cultural, philosophical, political, autobiographical and, yes, religious' - Michael Marmot Being Jewish Today gives an account of both the journey of a particular British Jew and the journey of millions of women and men through today's perplexing and difficult world.

This book is intended to help manage the messiness of adulthood.

In this timely study Gavin D'Costa explores Roman Catholic doctrines after the Second Vatican Council regarding the Jewish people (1965 - 2015).

Jews lived in Egypt for centuries, since biblical times; nevertheless, Jewish life in medieval Islamic Egypt was for many years an obscure and understudied theme.

The translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek was the first major translation in Western culture.

How the rabbis of the Talmud transformed everything into a legal question-and Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everythingThough typically translated as "e;Jewish law,"e; the term halakhah is not an easy match for what is usually thought of as law.