Judaism category: 3160 books
Mornings at the Stanton Street Shul
A Summer on the Lower East Side
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
In these pages Jonathan Boyarin invites us to share the intimate life of the Stanton Street Shul, one of the last remaining Jewish congregations on New York’s historic Lower East Side. This narrow building, wedged into a lot designed for an old-law tenement, is full of clamorous voices—the generations...
For Kids—Putting God on Your Guest List (2nd Edition)
How to Claim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
The kids’ companion to the award-winning Putting God on the Guest List, 3rd Ed.: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Used as an inspiring part of bar/bat mitzvah preparation for parents in hundreds of congregations around the world.
Jewish youngsters...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judaean desert between 1947 and 1956 transformed our understanding of the Hebrew Bible, early Judaism and the origins of Christianity. These extraordinary manuscripts appear to have been hidden in the caves at Quumran by members of the Essene community,...
by Philosophical Library
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Celebrate one of the world’s greatest collections of pure literature
In Hebrew, the word Torah means instruction, and throughout thousands of years this collection of writing has offered just that—instruction in the central beliefs of three world religions: Judaism,...
Davening
A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Offers you new ways to pray, new channels for communicating with God and new opportunities to open your heart to Gods response, from one of the most important spiritual teachers in contemporary American Judaism.
Jewish with Feeling
A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Taking off from basic questions like “Why be Jewish?” and whether the word God still speaks to us today, Reb Zalman lays out a vision for a whole-person Judaism. This is not only Sinai then but Sinai now, a revelation of the Torah inside and all around us. Complete with many practical suggestions...
The Secret of Chabad
Inside the World’s Most Successful Jewish Movement
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Considered one of the most influential movements in modern Judaism, writers have speculated for decades about the unparalleled success of Chabad Lubavitch. In The Secret of Chabad, Rabbi David Eliezrie depicts the events, philosophies, and personalities that have made Chabad Lubavitch a worldwide...
by Lisa Schiffman
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
"I'm not alone. I am part of a generation of fragmented Jews. We're in a kind of limbo. We're suspended between young adulthood and middle age, between Judaism and atheism, between a desire to believe in religion and a personal history of skepticism. Call us a bunch of searchers. Call us post-Holocaust...
by Harry Emerson Fosdick
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
This vintage book contains Harry Emerson Fosdick's 1922 collection of lectures, “Christianity And Progress”. In these lectures, Fosdick guides the reader from the past to the present through the ideas, doctrines, and creeds of Judaism and Christianity, exploring the progressive tendencies of revelation...
Modern Jews Engage the New Testament
Enhancing Jewish Well-Being in a Christian Environment
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
An honest, probing look at the dynamics of the New Testament—in relation to problems that disconcert Jews and Christians today.
Despite the New Testament’s impact on Jewish history, virtually all Jews avoid knowledge of its underlying dynamics. Jewish families and communities thus remain...
by Richard Elliott Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
The Exodus has become a core tradition of Western civilization. Millions read it, retell it, and celebrate it. But did it happen?
Biblical scholars, Egyptologists, archaeologists, historians, literary scholars, anthropologists, and filmmakers are drawn to it. Unable to find...
The Torah
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
There is no question that the Torah has had an enormous influence on Western Civilization. It is the source of widely known characters like Joseph, Moses, and Noah, and timeless stories such as the Garden of Eden and the Exodus. Jointly authored by professors of Judaism and Christianity, The Torah: A...
by Paula Clayman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
In her quest to discover the true nature of the question, “Who is a Jew?” author Paula Clayman emphatically unravels many exciting historical facets while tracing biblical lineages and exposing their valuable contributions. My Sons Are Jewish takes you on a journey through the Old Testament and...
Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage
A Christian Theology of Roots and Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Informed theological guide to the Jewish foundations of the Christian faith
In this very readable sequel to his popular book Our Father Abraham — which has sold more than 70,000 copies — Marvin Wilson illuminates theological, spiritual, and ethical themes of the Hebrew scriptures that directly...