Judaism category: 3160 books
How Judaism Became a Religion
An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Is Judaism a religion, a culture, a nationality--or a mixture of all of these? In How Judaism Became a Religion, Leora Batnitzky boldly argues that this question more than any other has driven modern Jewish thought since the eighteenth century. This wide-ranging and lucid introduction tells the story...
by Zev Eleff
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Modern Orthodox Judaism offers an extensive selection of primary texts documenting the Orthodox encounter with American Judaism that led to the emergence of the Modern Orthodox movement. Many texts in this volume are drawn from episodes of conflict that helped form Modern Orthodox Judaism. These include...
Converts to Judaism
Stories from Biblical Times to Today
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
From the biblical story of Ruth to the star conversion of Elizabeth Taylor, Converts to Judaism tells the stories of people who have converted to Judaism throughout history. The book introduces readers to origins of Judaism and shares the first conversion stories of the people who helped the early...
The Soul of Judaism
Jews of African Descent in America
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
A glimpse into the diverse stories of Black Jews in the United States
What makes a Jew? This book traces the history of Jews of African descent in America and the counter-narratives they have put forward as they stake their claims to Jewishness.
The Soul of Judaism offers the first exploration...
Comparing Judaism and Christianity
Common Judaism, Paul, and the Inner and the Outer in Ancient Religion
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Few scholars have so shaped the contemporary debate on the relation of early Christianity to early Judaism as E. P. Sanders, and no one has produced a clearer or more distinctive vision of that relationship as it was expressed in the figures of Jesus of Nazareth and Paul the apostle. Gathered for...
by Jacob Neusner
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
The oldest of the world’s major faiths, Judaism as practiced today represents a tradition that goes back nearly 6,000 years. Accessible and wide-ranging, Judaism: The Basics is a must-have resource covering the stories, beliefs and expressions of that tradition.
Key topics covered include:
the...
Reform Judaism for the Rest of Us
Faith Versus Political Activism
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Reform Judaism has been tested by the spiritual torments and ideological upheavals of the last two centuries. Now, Reform Judaism for the Rest of Us brings into discussion key tenets and opinions that shape current thinking within the faith and introduces ideas for its future development. Author Alexander...
by Alan T. Levenson
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
In The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism, a team of internationally-renowned scholars offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period to contemporary times.
Provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the main periods...
The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude:What Earliest Christianity Learned from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
What Earliest Christianity Learned from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Jews have sometimes been reluctant to claim Jesus as one of their own; Christians have often been reluctant to acknowledge the degree to which Jesus' message and mission were at home amidst, and shaped by, the Judaism(s) of the Second Temple Period. In The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude...
by Rabbi Allan L Berkowitz, Patti Moskovitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1996
This book is a practical and inspirational companion to the conversion process for Jews-by-Choice and their families. Written primarily for the person considering the choice of Judaism, it provides highly personal insights from over 50 people who have made this life-changing decision.But it also will...
by Israel Drazin
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Judaism today is radically different from the Judaism described and mandated in the Torah, writes Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin, a noted authority on Jewish life, history and thought. Around the time of the destruction of the Temple, rabbinic reinterpretation changed both the observance and the religious...
Judaism's Great Debates
Timeless Controversies from Abraham to Herzl
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of this book possible: David Lerman and Shelley Wallock; D. Walter Cohen, Wendy and Leonard Cooper; Rabbi Howard Gorin; Gittel and Alan Hilibrand; Marjorie and Jeffrey Major; Jeanette Lerman Neubauer and Joe Neubauer; Gayle and David Smith;...
by Rabbi Jamie S. Korngold
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
For people who dont believe that God can intervene in our lives, and why Judaism is still important.Judaism has so much to teach us about how we treat ourselves, each other, and our planet…. Of course, you can learn these values elsewhere. But as a people, Jews have thousands of years of experience...
by David Starr-Glass
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU• to appreciate the wisdom of the world’s oldest monotheistic religion• to understand what it means to be a Jew• to recognize the key Jewish festivals and the different aspects of Jewish practice and belief• to avoid faux pas in conversation, in travelling and in personal...