Judaism category: 3160 books
Mystery of Black Fire, White Fire
Science, Kabbalah, and the Question of Beginnings
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Faith forms the foundation of both science and religion. In Mystery of Black Fire, White Fire, author Bruce Friedman uses this thought as a springboard for a discussion of the commonalities existing between these two realms, particularly with regard to cosmology and the origins of the universe. Mystery...
Jewish-Christian Dialogue and the Life of Wisdom
Engagements with the Theology of David Novak
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
This book inquires as to whether theological dialogue between Christians and Jews is possible, not only in itself but also as regards the emergence of communities of Messianic Judaism. In light of David Novak's insights, Matthew Levering proposes that Christian theological responses to...
The Promised Life
Overcome Your Crisis and Find Your Purpose with Seven Gifts from a Time-Tested Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Can ancient wisdom help us overcome real personal crisis and find our purpose today?
In the past twelve months, have you found it hard to get through the day--or even get out of bed--because you felt overwhelmed by:
Depression
Regret
Loneliness
Anger
Burn-Out
Lack of purpose
Do you...
by Jonathan Klawans
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2000
This book examines the ways in which two distinct biblical conceptions of impurity-"ritual" and "moral"-were interpreted in the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic literature, and the New Testament. In examining the evolution of ancient Jewish attitudes towards sin and defilement, Klawans sheds light on a fascinating but previously neglected topic.
Righteous Indignation
A Jewish Call for Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Can the teachings of Judaism provide a sacred framework for repairing the world?
In this groundbreaking volume, leading rabbis, intellectuals, and activists explore the relationship between Judaism and social justice, drawing on ancient and modern sources of wisdom. The contributors argue that...
Modern Conservative Judaism
Evolving Thought and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
A major Conservative movement leader of our time, Elliot N. Dorff provides a personal, behind-the-scenes guide to the evolution of Conservative Jewish thought and practice over the last half century. His candid observations concerning the movement’s ongoing tension between constancy and change shed...
End-Years Commentary
2 Agur Judaism Hunts Greek Bible Misogyny Lies
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2017
End-Years Commentary 2 is a brutal book that effectively utilizes syllogisms, anagrams, and Book of Moses quotes as weaponry in Agur Judaism’s continued assault on the Gospel of Christ. All 1,151 of Luke the physician’s verses are eviscerated.
Its predecessor is a layman’s...
The Talmud
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The life and times of an enduring work of Jewish spirituality
The Babylonian Talmud, a postbiblical Jewish text that is part scripture and part commentary, is an unlikely bestseller. Written in a hybrid of Hebrew and Aramaic, it is often ambiguous to the point of incomprehension, and its subject...
From Christian Science to Jewish Science
Spiritual Healing and American Jews
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2004
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, thousands of American Jews were drawn to the teachings of Christian Science. Viewing such attraction with alarm, American Reform Rabbis sought to counter Christian Science's appeal by formulating a Jewish vision of happiness and health. Unlike...
Book of Psalms in Plain English
A Contemporary Reading of Tehillim
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The ideas and emotions that make the book of Psalms such a powerful text for Judaism and Christianity alike are brilliantly captured in this deft translation by a scholar of Judaism. Aaron Lichtenstein offers the English translation in verse, just as the original Hebrew text is in poetry, in the various...
by Avraham Feder
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2008
This volume covers Vayikra (Leviticus), Bamidbar (Numbers) and Devarim (Deuteronomy) and is the first of a two volume set. Setting himself the task of helping each individual penetrate the Torah to make the text his/her very own, Rabbi Feder has drawn upon sources from the Jewish past halakhic and...
Liberal Religion
Progressive versions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
In recent years, there has been an upsurge of interest in religion and religious issues. Some have linked this to a neo-liberal form of individualism, while others noted that secularism has left people bereft of a humanly necessary link with the transcendent. The importance of identity issues has...
by Yitzhak Buxbaum
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1994
"The purpose of this book is to elevate stories and storytelling in people's esteem, so they will understand their holiness and appreciate them at their full worth. There are those who enjoy stories and storytelling but in the back of their minds think, 'After all, they're only stories.' But...
From Mourning to Morning
A Comprehensive Guide to Mourning, Grieving, and Bereavement
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2018
Rabbi Simeon Schreiber, Senior Staff Chaplain at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, translates his many years of experience into a greater understanding of the emotions surrounding death, grieving, mourning, and bereavement in Judaism. From Mourning to Morning presents these principles in...