Judaism category: 3160 books
Wrestling For My Jewish Identity
An Eclipse With Reality
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
What could possibly prompt a world-acclaimed respected Christian, pastor, author, and public speaker to embrace Judaism? And not just embrace it, but become a rabbi? Wrestling For My Jewish Identity: An Eclipse with Reality is the true story of Elisheva Irma Diaz’s journey to reclaim her Jewish...
Seek My Face
A Jewish Mystical Theology
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
The new Jewish spirituality lies somewhere between God's elusive presence in our world and our search for authentic language to describe it. Personal journeys seldom have a clear beginning, and they rarely have a definite end. If there is an end to our journey, surely it is one that leads to some...
Tree of Souls
The Mythology of Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
The first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, Tree of Souls reveals a mythical tradition as rich and as fascinating as any in the world. Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral lore collected in...
by Bernhard Pick
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2012
The Cabala
by Bernhard Pick
A short critical introduction to the Kabbalah.
Although the Cabala belongs to the past, it demands our attention on account of the interest taken in it by such men as Raymond Lully, John Reuchlin and others. Contents: Name and origin of the Cabala; development...
by Lawrence Fine, Eitan Fishbane, Or N. Rose
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
The Jewish mystical tradition is still speaking to us.[Spirituality] is, first and foremost, a yearning to connect to the deep essence of things, a sense that there is a layer of existence that lies concealed beneath the surface of perception. It is this same quality that is reflected in the mystical...
Everyday Holiness
The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Mussar is an illuminating, approachable, and highly practical set of teachings for cultivating personal growth and spiritual realization in the midst of day-to-day life. Here is an accessible and inspiring introduction to this Jewish spiritual path, which until lately has been best known in the world...
by Martin Buber
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
This new paperback edition brings together volumes one and two of Buber's classic work Takes of the Hasidim, with a new foreword by Chaim Potok. Martin Buber devoted forty years of his life to collecting and retelling the legends of Hasidim. "Nowhere in the last centuries," wrote Buber in...
Becoming Frum
How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
When non-Orthodox Jews become frum (religious), they encounter much more than dietary laws and Sabbath prohibitions. They find themselves in the midst of a whole new culture, involving matchmakers, homemade gefilte fish, and Yiddish-influenced grammar. Becoming Frum explains how these newcomers...
by Moshe Aumann
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
Most Jews and Christians are unaware that an extraordinary sea-change is taking place in Jewish-Christian relations.
Conflict and Connection: The Jewish-Christian-Israel Triangle poses a crucial question: does this sea-change point to a fundamental and historic resolution of the centuries-old...
Anti-Semitism
(Provocations)
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
From literary portrayals of 'the Jew' as Biblical traitor or Dickensian villain to the very real atrocities of the Holocaust and the conflicts in Israel and Palestine, the plight of the Jewish people throughout history has been as violent and volatile as the animosity towards the religion itself....
Jesus, the Man and the Myth
A Jewish Reading of the New Testament
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
King of Israel?
Poor Jesus. Had he remained in Nazareth working in Joseph's carpentry shop, he would have been offered a share of the business. He could have settled down, married a nice Jewish girl and enjoyed a happy home life with his wife and children. He would not have gone to Jerusalem,...
Teshuvah
A Guide for the Newly Observant Jew
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
The concept of teshuvah (return) occupies a central place in Judaism. More than a shift to a life of greater religious observance, teshuvah is a spiritual re-awakening, a desire to strengthen the connection between oneself and God; it is a life-long process. Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz?s Teshuvah is...
Tormented Master
A Life of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
“If Hasidism begins in the life-enhancing spirituality of the Baal Shem Tov, it concludes in the tortuous, elitist and utterly fascinating career of Nahman of Bratslav (1722–1810) whose biography and teaching Arthur Green has set forth in his comprehensive, moving, and subtle study, Tormented...
Every Day, Holy Day
365 Days of Teachings and Practices from the Jewish Tradition of Mussar
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
The myriad events and interactions that make up our everyday life provide a rich opportunity for us to examine our impulses and actions and grow spiritually, according to the Jewish practice of Mussar. Mussar is an eminently wise, practical, and effective way to cultivate awareness, gratitude, personal...