Judaism: sacred texts books

In The Story of Dinah, Gavi S. Ruit examines the intersection of rape culture and Jewish tradition by tracing over...  Read More >>

Provides students with a foundational overview of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, as well as the world from which...  Read More >>

This monograph uses deconstruction—a philosophical movement originated by Jacques Derrida—to read the most authoritative...  Read More >>

In A Philosopher of Scripture: The Exegesis and Thought of Tanḥum ha-Yerushalmi, Raphael Dascalu presents a detailed...  Read More >>

A distinguished guide to Jewish prayer Why do Jews pray? What is the role of prayer in their lives as moral and...  Read More >>

Only five manuscript copies of the Hebrew book of fables Meshal Haqadmoni have survived and all five were scribed...  Read More >>

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The Kabbalah is the occult or secret tradition within Judaism. Waite's comprehensive and annotated guide to this...  Read More >>

The Kabbalah is the occult or secret tradition within Judaism. Waite's comprehensive and annotated guide to this...  Read More >>

Through a careful reading of R. Soloveitchik's texts dealing with this topic, the book follows the consciousness...  Read More >>

Centering on the first extant martyr story (2 Maccabees 7), this study explores the ""autonomous value"" of martyrdom....  Read More >>

The Jewish Sages' teachings help us understand: Why God created human beings? and The personal and universal...  Read More >>

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Just after the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E., there lived a poor and ugly nail-maker who was also, for...  Read More >>

The biblical figure Melchizedek appears just twice in the Hebrew Bible, and once more in the Christian New Testament....  Read More >>

Just after the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E., there lived a poor and ugly nail-maker who was also, for...  Read More >>

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Der russisch-jüdische Ethnograf und Schriftsteller Shimon An-Ski bereiste während des Ersten Weltkriegs die österreichisch-ungarischen...  Read More >>

Modern problems and Talmudic texts in mutual illumination.  Read More >>

Jonathan S. Milgram demonstrates that the transformation of inheritance laws from the biblical to the tannaitic...  Read More >>

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In this book, Brian Doak analyzes the way biblical authors described the bodies of some of their most iconic male...  Read More >>

In recent centuries, and especially the last decades, critical...  Read More >>

Beside Still Waters: A Journey of Comfort and Renewal is a book for mourners, for those who will someday become...  Read More >>