Judaism category: 3160 books
Metropolitan Jews
Politics, Race, and Religion in Postwar Detroit
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
In this provocative and accessible urban history, Lila Corwin Berman considers the role that Detroit’s Jews played in the city’s well-known narrative of migration and decline. Taking its cue from social critics and historians who have long looked toward Detroit to understand twentieth-century...
Free Spirit
Growing Up On the Road and Off the Grid
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
An Unforgettable Journey Through an Unconventional Childhood
When Joshua Safran was four years old, his mother--determined to protect him from the threats of nuclear war and Ronald Reagan--took to the open road with her young son, leaving the San Francisco countercultural scene behind. Together...
The Harlot by the Side of the Road
Forbidden Tales of the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
Sex. Violence. Scandal. These are words we rarely associate with the sacred text of the Bible. Yet in this brilliant new book, Jonathan Kirsch shows that the Old Testament is filled with some of the most startling and explicit stories in all of Western literature. These tales of seduction and rape,...
Beginnings
Reflections on the Bible's Intriguing Firsts
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
The bestselling and prize-winning Israeli author Meir Shalev describes the many "firsts" of the Bible – the first love and the first death, to the first laugh and the first dream – providing a fresh, secular and surprising look at the stories we think we know.
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The first kiss in...
The Israel Deception
Is the Return of Istael in the End Time a Move by Satan or an Act of God?
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
In the bible, two underlying tenets must always be fulfilled when determining the truth of a matter. First, God's righteousness and Word must always prevail, and secondly, the fruit of a given event or action must be without a doubt for the glorification of God. It was from these two foundations...
Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible
Ancient Role Models for Sacred Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Now more than ever, gentiles are an integral part of the Jewish community. But they are not new to the Jewish story. In fact, righteous gentiles go back to Abraham. The story of the Jewish people cant be told without them. Noted author and educator Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin provides an informative and inspiring...
Masking and Unmasking Ourselves
Interpreting Biblical Texts on Clothing & Identity
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Our clothes conceal our naked bodies but what do they reveal about our souls?
"Clothes assume a primary importance as a vehicle that suggests character, provides insights into a person's identity and even governs it…. But the problem is that if Oscar Wilde is correct that 'if you give...
by Ronald Barany, Ezra Barany
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1997
I have frequently been struck by the fact that the Psalms are difficult to read and understand. I am referring to the various existing translations into English. After joining a group that was studying the Psalms, I became so dismayed by the translations we were using that I decided to try my hand...
Messiah Is Coming
Ancient Scriptures Speak Today of the Events of Tomorrow
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
At the dawn of the 21st Century, in a time when secular humanism and unbiblical religions are vying for the hearts, minds and souls of people all around the globe, MESSIAH IS COMING presents an overview of some of the messianic prophecies found throughout the Jewish Holy Scriptures, the Tanakh. Not...
by Debra Band
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
Beautifully illustrated tales of women from the Hebrew Bible with literary commentary by a renowned scholar Shimmering with gold and rich color, Debra Band's illuminated Hebrew/English paintings illustrate three biblical stories of women who stood up at crucial moments to take actions that not only...
The Gifts of the Jews
How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting journey into history, once again recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today.
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Say Yes to Life
A Book of Thoughts for Better Living
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1999
Say Yes to Life: A Book of Thoughts for Better Living reflects a deep understanding of the human condition with all its pain, perplexities, and possibilities. Combining compassion, wisdom, and humor, this life-affirming volume will inspire people of every faith to believe in and bring out the best...
A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations
From the Origins to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
This is the first encyclopedic guide to the history of relations between Jews and Muslims around the world from the birth of Islam to today. Richly illustrated and beautifully produced, the book features more than 150 authoritative and accessible articles by an international team of leading experts...
Ancient Zionism
The Biblical Origins of the National Idea
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
In this unusual and provocative book, Victor Erlich uncovers the origins of the national idea in the Hebrew Bible. Through a series of sensitive and original readings of well-known biblical episodes, Erlich argues that ancient Zionism was not an ideological construct but rather a unique marriage of literary imagination and ethnic pride.