Judaism category: 3160 books
Reading Philo
A Handbook to Philo of Alexandria
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2014
Guidebook par excellence to a significant ancient Jewish scholar
A contemporary of both Jesus and the apostle Paul, Philo was a prolific Jewish theologian, philosopher, and politician -- a fascinating, somewhat enigmatic figure -- who lived his entire life in Alexandria, Egypt. His many books...
by Eliezer Segal
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
A Time for Every Purpose continues the series of collections of Eliezer Segal’s witty and penchant articles about the Jewish sacred calendar that originally appeared in his “From the Sources” column in the Calgary Jewish Free Press between 2011 and 2015. As always, the author strives to maintain...
by Jeffrey S. Librett
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Orientalism and the Figure of the Jew proposes a new way of understanding modern Orientalism. Tracing a path of modern Orientalist thought in German across crucial writings from the late eighteenth to the mid–twentieth centuries, Librett argues that Orientalism and anti-Judaism are inextricably...
Another Reformation
Postliberal Christianity and the Jews
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
How does Christianity relate to contemporary Judaism? In this book a respected Jewish theologian learns a lesson from recent Christian theology: God's love of Christ and the church does not replace his love of Israel and the Jews. Ochs engages leading postliberal Christian thinkers George Lindbeck,...
Jewish Meditation Practices for Everyday Life
Awakening Your Heart, Connecting with God
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
When we awaken to our own light, it becomes possible to develop real wisdom about our life. As wisdom allows us to see clearly, our hearts break open with compassion for the struggles of our own lives and the lives of all beings. Awakened with wisdom and compassion, we are impelled to live our lives...
Between Jewish Tradition and Modernity
Rethinking an Old Opposition, Essays in Honor of David Ellenson
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Although the ideas of “tradition” and “modernity” may seem to be directly opposed, David Ellenson, a leading contemporary scholar of modern Jewish thought, understood that these concepts can also enjoy a more fluid relationship. In honor of Ellenson, editors Michael A. Meyer and David N. Myers...
Sacred Fire
Torah from the Years of Fury 1939-1942
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2002
Sacred Fire: Torah from the Years of Fury (1939-1942) consists of commentaries on each weekly Torah portion. It also includes a number of lengthy sermons delivered on the major Jewish Festivals as well as a few discourses alluding to people loved and lost. Because writing is not permitted on the Sabbath,...
by Eliezer Segal
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
A diverse collection of essays on the cycle of Jewish holy days. Each explores the interplay between the Torah and its interpretations by diverse types of personalities, ideologies and historical events. Written from a non-dogmatic perspective by an expert in Judaism, the essays were originally newspaper...
by Joe Bobker
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Pirkei Avos with a Twist of Humor is a unique and whimsical journey through the impressive Sayings of Our Sages. Enjoy Joe Bobker's educational romp through Jewish ethics, heritage, law and lore, all stirred with a twist of humor and served with the intent of inspiring the reader to explore Judaism!
Tears of Sorrow, Seed of Hope (2nd Edition)
A Jewish Spiritual Companion for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
A spiritual companion for those grieving infertility, pregnancy loss, or stillbirth, bringing solace from Jewish tradition. "This book begins where the others leave off. While the doctors do what they must do, when it is time for us to wait, or hope, or cry, or sleep, or pray, it is time for...
Halakha and Humanism
Essays on the Thought and Scholarship of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein (1933-2015) was an intellectual and spiritual leader of Modern Orthodox Judaism in America and Religious Zionism in Israel. An outstanding Talmudist and a thinker of astonishing depth and scope, he studied under Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik for the rabbinate and also...
by Gerald Friedlander.
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Elibron Classics. Digitized replica of 1911 edition by George Routledge and Sons, Limited, London. This book is intended, in the first place, as a contribution to comparative theology. An attempt is made to set forth the relation of Christianity to Judaism, not only by way of contrast but also by...
Passover and Easter
Origin and History to Modern Times
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2000
"In these companion volumes of essays, Jewish and Christian liturgical scholars examine, from historical, theological, and aesthetic perspectives, the practices and intricate interrelationships of Passover and Easter. Several essays lament the antisemitism that has infected the Easter liturgy,...
Hours of Devotion
Fanny Neuda's Book of Prayers for Jewish Women
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
Written in the nineteenth century, rediscovered in the twenty-first, timeless in its wisdom and beauty, Hours of Devotion by Fanny Neuda, (the daughter of a Moravian rabbi), was the first full-length book of Jewish prayers written by a woman for women. In her moving introduction to this volume--the...