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The JPS Torah Commentary: Exodus

The JPS Torah Commentary: Exodus
Author: Nahum M. Sarna ISBN: 9780827603271 Format: Hardback	$147.50
Guides readers through the words and ideas of the Torah. Each volume is the work of a scholar who stands at the... Read More >>

Fables of the Ancients?: Folklore in the Qur'an

Fables of the Ancients?: Folklore in the Qur'an
Author: Alan Dundes ISBN: 9780742526723 Format: Paperback	$69.99
The scholarly identification of formulas and folktales in the Qur'an represents a novel approach to the world-famous... Read More >>

Rabbinic Narrative: A Documentary Perspective, Volume One: Forms, Types and Distribution of Narratives in the Mishnah, Tractate Abot, and the Tosefta

Rabbinic Narrative: A Documentary Perspective, Volume...
Author: Jacob Neusner ISBN: 9789004130234 Format: Hardback	$467.28
This detailed, systematic classification of rabbinic narrative opens a road towards the documentary analysis of... Read More >>

The Perfect Torah

The Perfect Torah
Author: Jacob Neusner ISBN: 9789004130333 Format: Hardback	$380.16
Jacob Neusner demonstrates in this analysis that the perfect Torah is the medium through which the one, unique God... Read More >>

The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations: Vindicating God

The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations: Vindicating God...
Author: Christian M.M. Brady ISBN: 9789004121638 Format: Hardback	$290.40
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Why This, Not That?: Ways Not Taken in the Halakhic Category-Formations of the Mishnah-Tosefta-Yerushalmi-Bavli

Why This, Not That?: Ways Not Taken in the Halakhic...
Author: Jacob Neusner ISBN: 9780761825258 Format: Hardback	$220.44
This book concerns the definition of the category-formations of the Halakhah, which are defined by the Mishnah:... Read More >>

Joseph und Aseneth: kritisch herausgegeben von Christoph Burchard mit Unterstützung von Carsten Burfeind und Uta Barbara Fink

Joseph und Aseneth: kritisch herausgegeben von Christoph...
Author: Christoph Burchard ISBN: 9789004130180 Format: Hardback	$509.52
This book is the first critical edition of the ancient Jewish romance of Joseph and Aseneth with full apparatus... Read More >>

Halakhic Hermeneutics

Halakhic Hermeneutics
Author: Jacob Neusner ISBN: 9780761825289 Format: Hardback	$150.95
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The Torah and the Halakhah: The Four Relationships

The Torah and the Halakhah: The Four Relationships
Author: Jacob Neusner ISBN: 9780761825265 Format: Hardback	$141.95
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The Gift of Kabbalah: Discovering the Secrets of Heaven Renewing Your Life on Earth

The Gift of Kabbalah: Discovering the Secrets of Heaven...
Author: Tamar Frankiel ISBN: 9781580231411 Format: Paperback	$44.75
Aiming to make accessible the mysteries of Kabbalah, this book traces the evolution of Kabbalah in Judaism. Including... Read More >>

The Book of the Vedas: Timeless Wisdom from Indian Tradition

The Book of the Vedas: Timeless Wisdom from Indian Tradition...
Author: Eric Chaline ISBN: 9781931412452 Format: Hardback	$39.47
A concise introduction to Hinduism, this book explores the complexities of the Hindu pantheon, relating it to the... Read More >>

Portrait of a Villain: Laban the Aramean in Rabbinic Literature

Portrait of a Villain: Laban the Aramean in Rabbinic...
Author: Karin Hedner Zetterholm ISBN: 9789042910331 Format: Paperback	$113.52
This book attempts to answer the question of why Laban the Aramean, a rather harmless character as presented in... Read More >>

With Reverence for the Word: Medieval Scriptural Exegesis in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

With Reverence for the Word: Medieval Scriptural Exegesis...
Author: Jane Dammen McAuliffe (President, President, Bryn Mawr College) , Barry D. Walfish (Judaica Specialist, University of Toronto Library, Judaica Specialist, University of Toronto Library, University of Toronto) ISBN: 9780195137279 Format: Hardback	$291.00
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The Message of Heaven and Hell: Grace and Destiny

The Message of Heaven and Hell: Grace and Destiny
Author: Bruce Milne ISBN: 9780830824069 Format: Paperback	$50.16
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The Original Torah: The Political Intent of the Bible's Writers

The Original Torah: The Political Intent of the Bible's...
Author: S. David Sperling ISBN: 9780814798331 Format: Paperback	$58.99
In ""The Original Torah"", S. David Sperling argues that, while there is no archaeological evidence to support much... Read More >>

Explaining the Qur'an: A Socio-scientific Inquiry

Explaining the Qur'an: A Socio-scientific Inquiry
Author: Masudul Alam Choudhury ISBN: 9780773468764 Format: Hardback	$343.07
"A technical study of the Qur'an in light of the epistemology of oneness of God, referred to as ""tawhid"". It encompasses... Read More >>

History of Israel

History of Israel
Author: Watson E Mills , Richard F Wilson ISBN: 9780865545076 Format: Paperback	$66.00
Volume 2 of the Mercer Commentary on the Bible (MCB, 1994), the fascicle edition, comprises commentaries on the... Read More >>

Mysticism and Politics: A Critical Reading of Fī ẓilāl al- Qur’ān by Sayyid Quṭb (1906-1966)

Mysticism and Politics: A Critical Reading of Fī ẓilāl...
Author: Olivier Carré , Carol Artigues ISBN: 9789004125902 Format: Leather / fine binding	$528.00
This first critical study and selected translation from Arabic of an influential book provides precise information... Read More >>

Emanuel: Studies in Hebrew Bible, Septuagint, and Dead Sea Scrolls in Honor of Emanuel Tov

Emanuel: Studies in Hebrew Bible, Septuagint, and Dead...
Author: Shalom M. Paul , Robert A. Kraft ISBN: 9789004126794 Format: Leather / fine binding	$609.84
This volume honors the lifetime of scholarly contribution and leadership of Professor Emanuel Tov. Colleagues from... Read More >>

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets, Volume 19 Twelve (chet – samekh)

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets,...
Author: Alberdina Houtman ISBN: 9789004126404 Format: Leather / fine binding	$596.64
The bilingual (Aramaic-Hebrew) concordance to the Targum of the Prophets is the product of an international project... Read More >>

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets, Volume 20 Twelve (ayin – taw)

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets,...
Author: Alberdina Houtman ISBN: 9789004126411 Format: Leather / fine binding	$641.52
The bilingual (Aramaic-Hebrew) concordance to the Targum of the Prophets is the product of an international project... Read More >>

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets, Volume 18 Twelve (aleph – zayin)

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets,...
Author: Alberdina Houtman ISBN: 9789004126398 Format: Leather / fine binding	$596.64
The bilingual (Aramaic-Hebrew) concordance to the Targum of the Prophets is the product of an international project... Read More >>

Targum and Scripture: Studies in Aramaic Translations and Interpretation in Memory of Ernest G. Clarke

Targum and Scripture: Studies in Aramaic Translations...
Author: Paul V.M. Flesher ISBN: 9789004126770 Format: Hardback	$475.20
This collection of essays focuses on the Targums of the Second Temple and Post-Temple periods. Essays address the... Read More >>

King, Priest, Prophet: Positive Eschatological Protagonists of the Qumran Library

King, Priest, Prophet: Positive Eschatological Protagonists...
Author: Géza Xeravits ISBN: 9789004128927 Format: Leather / fine binding	$388.08
This book is the most recent examination of all those passages of the Qumran Library that are interested in the... Read More >>

Tobit

Tobit
Author: Joseph A. Fitzmyer, SJ ISBN: 9783110175745 Format: Hardback	$303.60
Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature is a new series in English dealing with early Jewish literature between... Read More >>

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