Judaism category: 3160 books
Martin Buber's Formative Years
From German Culture to Jewish Renewal, 1897–1909
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
An illuminating look at an understudied, but critical, period in Buber’s early career.
Martin Buber (1878–1965) has had a tremendous impact on the development of Jewish thought as a highly influential figure in 20th-century philosophy and theology. However, most of his key publications...
Joachim Prinz, Rebellious Rabbi
An Autobiography--the German and Early American Years
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2007
Joachim Prinz (1902–1988) was one of the most extraordinary and innovative figures in modern Jewish history. Never one for conformity, Prinz developed and modeled a new rabbinical role that set him apart from his colleagues in Weimar Germany. Provocative, strikingly informal and determinedly anti-establishment,...
Role Model and Countermodel
The Golden Age of Iberian Jewry and German Jewish Culture during the Era of Emancipation
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
This book explores the “Golden Age” of Sephardic Jewry on the Iberian Peninsula and its perception in German Jewish culture during the era of emancipation. For Jews living in Germany, the history of Sephardic Jewry developed into a historical example with its distinctive valence and signature...
In Search of Jewish Community
Jewish Identities in Germany and Austria, 1918–1933
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 1999
A collection of essays interrogates the nature of Jewish identity in the time between two world wars.
The history of Jews in interwar Germany and Austria is often viewed either as the culmination of tremendous success in the economic and cultural realms and of individual assimilation and acculturation,...
A Best-Selling Hebrew Book of the Modern Era
The Book of the Covenant of Pinhas Hurwitz and Its Remarkable Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
In 1797, in what is now the Czech Republic, Pin as Hurwitz published one of the best-selling Hebrew books of the modern era. Nominally an extended commentary on a sixteenth-century kabbalist text, The Book of the Covenant was in fact a compendium of scientific knowledge and a manual of moral behavior....
by Haim Ben-Asher
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
What is the use of Zionism?
To restore our pride as Jews, comes the ready answer. Now just when did we lose this precious pride? Could it be that, without the State of Israel, Zionists might be ashamed of being Jews? And how can one be proud of a country that drops white phosphorous bombs on defenseless...
The Everything Jewish History and Heritage Book
From Abraham to Zionism, all you need to understand the key events, people, and places
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
by Alan Unterman
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
The Historical Dictionary of the Jews presents the history of the Jewish people and their religious culture in a way that makes clear how and why this small, ancient people have survived nearly four millennia and managed to play such an important role in the world-well out of proportion to their population....
by Tim Freke
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
With some of the greatest Hindu gurus as our guides, this remarkable little book leads us on a mystical journey from ignorance to self-realisation; from separation to unity; from selfishness to service; from a troubled mind to an open heart; from illusion to love.
Isaiah Berlin
The Journey of a Jewish Liberal
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
This study offers an intellectual biography of the philosopher, political thinker, and historian of ideas Sir Isaiah Berlin. It aims to provide the first historically contextualized monographic study of Berlin's formative years and identify different stages in his intellectual development, allowing a reappraisal of his theory of liberalism.
by Elias Gewurz
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.
The Qabalah is the Secret Doctrine of the Jews, handed down throughout the ages by the great teachers to their beloved disciples under the solemn vow of secrecy.
In the Twelfth Century,...
by Swami Abhedananda
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
The Gospel Of Ramakrishna
ed. by Swami Abhedananda
God is Infinite. Infinite are the Forms in which He manifests Himself. Infinite also are the ways leading to Him.
Sri Ramakrishna, (1836-1886) was a Bengali mystic who had a huge impact on the development of modern Hinduism. His chief...
by John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon)
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2012
Hymns to the Goddess
by John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon)
"A goddess is a female deity. Many cultures have goddesses. Most often these goddesses are part of a polytheistic system that includes several deities. Pantheons in various cultures can include both goddesses and gods, and in some...
The Jewish Social Contract
An Essay in Political Theology
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
The Jewish Social Contract begins by asking how a traditional Jew can participate politically and socially and in good faith in a modern democratic society, and ends by proposing a broad, inclusive notion of secularity.
David Novak takes issue with the view--held by the late philosopher John...