Judaism category: 3160 books
First Steps to a New Jewish Spirit
Reb Zalman's Guide to Recapturing the Intimacy & Ecstasy in Your Relationship with God
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
"A personal guide to the life-giving treasures of the Jewish spiritual tradition.The classic born-again experience is a sudden, discontinuous event. For a person growing with God in daily practice, there is likely to be less drama. The experience will be more gentle, natural, and easier on your immediate...
Minyan
Ten Principles for Living a Life of Integrity
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
A path of daily living based on ten spiritual practices that have been used by Jews for centuries. MINYAN is an invaluable source of inspiration and insight not only for those large numbers who are returning to Judaism but for people of all faiths who are looking for a way to integrate spirituality into their daily lives.
by Kim Zetter,Ira Steingroot
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
In Simple Kabbalah, journalist and Jewish scholar Kim Zetter outlines the history of this mystic tradition, the main tenets of its belief system, and explains its central symbol, the Tree of Life. She then shows how to practice the wisdom of Kabbalah in everyday life through meditation and exercises...
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The wisdom of Jewish spirituality and mysticism can be a companion for your own spiritual journey.Tanya, It Was Taught, is one of the most powerful and potentially transformative books of Jewish wisdom. Written in 1797 by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hasidism, Tanya sets forth...
A Social History of Hebrew
Its Origins Through the Rabbinic Period
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
More than simply a method of communication shared by a common people, the Hebrew language was always an integral part of the Jewish cultural system and, as such, tightly interwoven into the lives of the prophets, poets, scribes, and priests who used it. In this unique social history, William Schniedewind...
by Flavius Josephus
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Within this collection of Josephus' shorter works, the life and thoughts of this first-century Jewish historian and Roman citizen unfold in an informative, methodical way. The autobiography, "The Life," is a text originally thought to have been an appendix to his most well-known work, "Antiquities of...
Signs of Virginity
Testing Virgins and Making Men in Late Antiquity
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
Although the theme of bloodied nuptial sheets seems pervasive in western culture, its association with female virginity is uniquely tied to a brief passage in the book of Deuteronomy detailing the procedure for verifying a young woman's purity; it seldom, if ever, appears outside of Abrahamic traditions....
Freud and Monotheism
Moses and the Violent Origins of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Over the last few decades, vibrant debates regarding post-secularism have found inspiration and provocation in the works of Sigmund Freud. A new interest in the interconnection of psychoanalysis, religion and political theory has emerged, allowing Freud’s illuminating examination of the religious...
The Pater
My Father, My Judaism, My Childlessness
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Elliot Jager was eight when his father walked out on him and his mother. Decades later, struggling to reconcile with his now elderly Pater, he discovers he can never be a father himself. Feeling doubly betrayed, by the earthly father who abandoned him and the one in Heaven who denies him, Jager sets...
The Philosophical Quest
Of Philosophy, Ethics, Law and Halakhah
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
This volume includes discussions of the axiological principles of faith that define the essence of Judaism, analyses of particular principles such as the nature of the Deity, providence, prophecy and revelation. Other topics addressed are tikkun olam and Jewish responsibilities in a non-Jewish society and obligations derived from natural law or a moral conscience.
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Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2003
From the ninth to the fifteenth centuries Jewish thinkers living in Islamic and Christian lands philosophized about Judaism. Influenced first by Islamic theological speculation and the great philosophers of classical antiquity, and then in the late medieval period by Christian Scholasticism, Jewish...
Philosophy in a Time of Crisis
Don Isaac Abravanel: Defender of the Faith
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The expulsion from Spain did not only result in the destruction and dispersion of Spanish Jewry but led to a crisis in Jewish faith. Don Isaac Abravanel provided a systematic treatment of the main philosophical and theological beliefs of Judaism in an attempt to resolve the inner doubts of his co-religionists....
Nurture the Wow
Finding Spirituality in the Frustration, Boredom, Tears, Poop, Desperation, Wonder, and Radical Amazement of Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
A deeply affecting, funny, insightful meditation that challenges readers to find the spiritual meaning of parenting.
Every day, parents are bombarded by demands. The pressures of work and life are relentless; our children’s needs are often impossible to meet; and we rarely, if ever, allow...
In God's Image
Myth, Theology, and Law in Classical Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
The idea of creation in the divine image has a long and complex history. While its roots apparently lie in the royal myths of Mesopotamia and Egypt, this book argues that it was the biblical account of creation presented in the first chapters of Genesis and its interpretation in early rabbinic literature...