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International Handbook of Jewish Education, Part I+II

International Handbook of Jewish Education, Part I+II


Alex Pomson, Helena Miller, Lisa D. Grant



From the Back Cover The International Handbook of Jewish Education, a two volume publication, brings together scholars an...
The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control

The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control


Abraham H. Foxman



From Publishers Weekly In opposing the view that there is an Israel lobby with disproportionate influence on U.S. foreign...
Pinkas, Kahal, and the Mediene: The Records of Dutch Ashkenazi Communities in the Eighteenth Century As Historical Sources

Pinkas, Kahal, and the Mediene: The Records of Dutch Ashkenazi Communities in the Eighteenth Century As Historical Sources


Stefan Litt



About the Author Stefan Litt, PhD (2001) in Pre-Modern History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, researches at the Bar-Ila...
Josephus, the Bible, and History

Josephus, the Bible, and History


Louis H. Feldman, Gohei Hata



Review '"Die weitere Josephus-Forschung wird auch diesem Band verpflichtet sein.'H.G.G., "Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morge...
Joining the sisterhood: young Jewish women write their lives

Joining the sisterhood: young Jewish women write their lives


Julie Pelc, Tobin Belzer



From the Back Cover Young Jewish women engage in almost every aspect of religious and cultural Jewish life, yet their uni...
1 Enoch 91-108 (Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature (Cejl))

1 Enoch 91-108 (Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature (Cejl))


Loren T., Stuckenbruck



Review "This is a major achievement. Stuckenbruck brings to bear a wealth of learning and a circumspect judgment that are...
Jewish Inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt

Jewish Inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt


William Horbury, David Noy



Language Notes Text: English, Greek Book Description This book collects all known Jewish inscriptions in Egypt be...
Fratricide in the Holy Land: a psychoanalytic view of the Arab-Israeli conflict

Fratricide in the Holy Land: a psychoanalytic view of the Arab-Israeli conflict


Avner Falk



Review "Falk's command of many literatures and disciplines is at once awesome and necessary for the task of psychoanalytic ...
Symptoms of modernity: Jews and queers in late-twentieth-century Vienna

Symptoms of modernity: Jews and queers in late-twentieth-century Vienna


Matti Bunzl



About the Author Matti Bunzl is Associate Professor of Anthropology and History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-C...
Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide (Oxford Guides)

Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide (Oxford Guides)




About the Author Nicholas De Lange is Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the Faculty of Divinity at the University...
Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (ANRW), 2. Principat, Bd. 25 (4. Teilband): Vorkonstantinisches Christentum: Leben und Umwelt Jesu; Neues Testament (Paulusbriefe, Hebräer)

Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (ANRW), 2. Principat, Bd. 25 (4. Teilband): Vorkonstantinisches Christentum: Leben und Umwelt Jesu; Neues Testament (Paulusbriefe, Hebräer)


Wolfgang Haase



Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (ANRW), 2. Principat, Bd. 25 (4. Teilband): Vorkonstantinisches Christentum: Leben und Umwelt Jesu; Neues Testament (Paulusbriefe, Hebräer)...
India Traders of the Middle Ages: Documents from the Cairo Geniza ''India Book''

India Traders of the Middle Ages: Documents from the Cairo Geniza ''India Book''


Friedman, M.A., Goitein, S.D.F.



About the Author S. D. Goitein (1900-1985) was the world's preeminent Geniza scholar. His publications include the semina...
George Eliot, Judaism And The Novels: Jewish Myth and Mysticism

George Eliot, Judaism And The Novels: Jewish Myth and Mysticism


K. M. Newton, Saleel Nurbhai



Review "...the authors offer much that is provocative, and students and scholars of Eliot will find their book worth pond...
Early Christianity and Judaism (Studies in Early Christianity)

Early Christianity and Judaism (Studies in Early Christianity)


Everett Ferguson



Review A solid collection that should prove of long service. It should find a place in the reference collections of semin...
Major Turning Points in Jewish Intellectual History

Major Turning Points in Jewish Intellectual History


David Aberbach



About the Author David Aberbach is Associate Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at McGill University, Canada....
Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (ANRW), 2. Principat, Bd. 25 (1. Teilband): Vorkonstantinisches Christentum: Leben und Umwelt Jesu; Neues Testament (Leben und Umwelt Jesus)

Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (ANRW), 2. Principat, Bd. 25 (1. Teilband): Vorkonstantinisches Christentum: Leben und Umwelt Jesu; Neues Testament (Leben und Umwelt Jesus)


Wolfgang Haase



Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (ANRW), 2. Principat, Bd. 25 (1. Teilband): Vorkonstantinisches Christentum: Leben und Umwelt Jesu; Neues Testament (Leben und Umwelt Jesus)...
Saints and Role Models in Judaism and Christianity (Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series)

Saints and Role Models in Judaism and Christianity (Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series)


Joshua Schwartz, Marcel Poorthuis



About the Author Marcel J.H.M. Poorthuis, Ph.D. (1992) in Theology, Catholic Theological University of Utrecht, is lectur...
How to Get More Out of Being Jewish Even If:: A. You Are Not Sure You Believe in God, B. You Think Going to Synagogue Is a Waste of Time, C. You Think Keeping Kosher Is Stupid, D. You Hated Hebrew School, or E. All of the Above!

How to Get More Out of Being Jewish Even If:: A. You Are Not Sure You Believe in God, B. You Think Going to Synagogue Is a Waste of Time, C. You Think Keeping Kosher Is Stupid, D. You Hated Hebrew School, or E. All of the Above!


Gil Mann



Review "This book has the courage to confront typically ignored or avoided questions, feelings, and concerns about Judais...
Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers 2nd Edition (Routledge Key Guides)

Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers 2nd Edition (Routledge Key Guides)




Review Cohn-Sherbok has done a service for those of us needing short biographies of 50 important figures in our tradition...
Bible and Qur'an: Essays in Scriptural Intertextuality (Symposium Series (Society of Biblical Literature), No. 24.)

Bible and Qur'an: Essays in Scriptural Intertextuality (Symposium Series (Society of Biblical Literature), No. 24.)


John C. Reeves



About the Author John C. Reeves, Ph.D. (1989)in Hebraic and Cognate Studies, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Rel...
Religious Rivalries and the Struggle for Success in Sardis and Smyrna (Studies in Christianity and Judaism)

Religious Rivalries and the Struggle for Success in Sardis and Smyrna (Studies in Christianity and Judaism)


Richard S. Ascough



About the Author Terence L. Donaldson is the Lord and Lady Coggan Professor of New Testament Studies at Wycliffe College ...
The Elsewhere: On Belonging at a Near Distance

The Elsewhere: On Belonging at a Near Distance


Adam Zachary Newton



Review "If for Kafka writing was a form of prayer, literary criticism is similarly for Adam Zachary Newton a quest for th...
An American Rabbi in Korea: A Chaplain's Journey in the Forgotten War (Judaic Studies Series)

An American Rabbi in Korea: A Chaplain's Journey in the Forgotten War (Judaic Studies Series)


Milton J. Rosen



Review "A haunting picture of Korea and the time of the Korean War, this is a short but fascinating book. It provides an ...
Judaism As a Civilization: Toward a Reconstruction of American-Jewish Life

Judaism As a Civilization: Toward a Reconstruction of American-Jewish Life


Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem.



From Library Journal Initially published in 1934, Kaplan's book sets forth the basic tenets that marked his long career i...
Six Million Paper Clips: The Making Of A Children's Holocaust Memorial

Six Million Paper Clips: The Making Of A Children's Holocaust Memorial




From School Library Journal Grade 4-8 -With clear and concise language, color photographs, and an attractive layout, this...
The Battle for God

The Battle for God


Karen Armstrong



Amazon.com Review About 40 years ago popular opinion assumed that religion would become a weaker force and people would c...
The Vanished World of Lithuanian Jews (On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics, 1)

The Vanished World of Lithuanian Jews (On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics, 1)


Alvydas Nikžentaitis, Darius Staliunas, Leonidas Donskis, Stefan Schreiner



The Vanished World of Lithuanian Jews (On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics, 1)...
Trusting the Spirit: Renewal and Reform in American Religion

Trusting the Spirit: Renewal and Reform in American Religion


Richard Cimino



From Publishers Weekly "I'm not religious, but I'm very spiritual." This phrase might be said to summarize Americans' sel...
The Mishnah in Contemporary Perspective: Part Two (Handbook of Oriental Studies Handbuch Der Orientalistik) (Pt. 2)

The Mishnah in Contemporary Perspective: Part Two (Handbook of Oriental Studies Handbuch Der Orientalistik) (Pt. 2)


Jacob Neusner Alan J. Averyck



About the Author Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New Y...
Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity: Third Maccabees in Its Cultural Context (Hellenistic Culture and Society)

Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity: Third Maccabees in Its Cultural Context (Hellenistic Culture and Society)


Sara Raup Johnson



From the Inside Flap "An engaging book with a fresh approach, which makes important contributions to several different sc...
Jewish Theatre: A Global View (Ijs Studies in Judaica)

Jewish Theatre: A Global View (Ijs Studies in Judaica)


Edna Nahshon



Jewish Theatre: A Global View (Ijs Studies in Judaica)...
Zionism and the Creation of a New Society (Studies in Jewish History)

Zionism and the Creation of a New Society (Studies in Jewish History)


Ben Halpern, Jehuda Reinharz



From Library Journal The late Halpern (emeritus, Near Eastern studies, Brandeis) wrote The Idea of the Jewish State in 19...
After Tragedy and Triumph: Essays in Modern Jewish Thought and the American Experience

After Tragedy and Triumph: Essays in Modern Jewish Thought and the American Experience


Michael Berenbaum



From Library Journal The project director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and author of works on Elie Wies...
Judaism and Modernization on the Religious Kibbutz

Judaism and Modernization on the Religious Kibbutz


Aryei Fishman



Review Fishman, as a phenomenologist, allows us to experience, vicariously, the tensions between religious commitment, so...
The Politics of Jewish Commerce: Economic Thought and Emancipation in Europe, 1638-1848

The Politics of Jewish Commerce: Economic Thought and Emancipation in Europe, 1638-1848


Jonathan Karp



Review "Magisterial..." -The Leo Baeck Institute Newsletter "Rarely have scholars undertaken, as Jonathan Karp does in ...
Economics of American Judaism (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy)

Economics of American Judaism (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy)


Carmel Chiswick



About the Author Carmel U. Chiswick is Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois, Chicago. ...
Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, Vol. 33)

Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, Vol. 33)


April D. De Conick



Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, Vol. 33)...
Holocaust Representation: Art within the Limits of History and Ethics

Holocaust Representation: Art within the Limits of History and Ethics


Berel Lang



Review Holocaust Representation tackles the thorny subject of ethics and art as they bear on works commemorating or referr...
In the Shadow of the Polish Eagle: The Poles, the Holocaust and Beyond

In the Shadow of the Polish Eagle: The Poles, the Holocaust and Beyond


Leo Cooper



About the Author Leo Cooper is Senior Research Associate, Contemporary Europe Research Centre and Centre for Russian and ...
Correlations in Rosenzweig and Levinas

Correlations in Rosenzweig and Levinas


Robert Gibbs



Review This book is about ... two of the most important Jewish philosophers of the twentieth century.... The result is pr...
Martyrdom and Noble Death: Selected Texts from Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian Antiquity (The Context of Early Christianity)

Martyrdom and Noble Death: Selected Texts from Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian Antiquity (The Context of Early Christianity)




Review This volume aims at offering undergraduate students in various disciplines (religion, classics, Jewish studies, et...
Christianity, Judaism and Other Greco-Roman Cults: Judaism After 70; Other Greco-Roman Cults; Bibliography v. 4: Studies for Morton Smith at Sixty (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity)

Christianity, Judaism and Other Greco-Roman Cults: Judaism After 70; Other Greco-Roman Cults; Bibliography v. 4: Studies for Morton Smith at Sixty (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity)


Jacob Neusner



Christianity, Judaism and Other Greco-Roman Cults: Judaism After 70; Other Greco-Roman Cults; Bibliography v. 4: Studies for Morton Smith at Sixty (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity)...
An Introduction to Jewish-Christian Relations (Introduction to Religion)

An Introduction to Jewish-Christian Relations (Introduction to Religion)


Edward Kessler



Review 'This is a scholarly publication, supported by a further reading list, a glossary and a comprehensive index.' Meth...
Two Models of Jewish Philosophy: Justifying One's Practices

Two Models of Jewish Philosophy: Justifying One's Practices


Daniel Rynhold



Review `...a tightly argued and erudite presentation.' David Biale, Times Literary Supplement About the Author D...
Jews and Gender: The Challenge to Hierarchy (Studies in Contemporary Jewry, 16)

Jews and Gender: The Challenge to Hierarchy (Studies in Contemporary Jewry, 16)


Jonathan Frankel



About the Author Jonathan Frankel is at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ...
Philosophy, Theology, and Politics: A Reading of Benedict Spinoza's Tractatus Theologico-politicus (Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy)

Philosophy, Theology, and Politics: A Reading of Benedict Spinoza's Tractatus Theologico-politicus (Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy)


Paul J. Bagley



About the Author Paul J. Bagley, Ph.D. (1990) in Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin, is Associate Professor of Philosoph...
Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy of Modernity (S. Mark Taper Foundation Imprint in Jewish Studies)

Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy of Modernity (S. Mark Taper Foundation Imprint in Jewish Studies)


Gershon David Hundert



Review "Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century provides a wide-ranging synthesis of the current scholarship o...
Redefining Judaism in an Age of Emancipation (Studies in European Judaism)

Redefining Judaism in an Age of Emancipation (Studies in European Judaism)


C., Wiese



About the Author Christian Wiese, Ph.D. (1997), is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Erfurt University and taught...