Judaism Books

The Yeshiva and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature argues that the institution of the yeshiva and its ideals of Jewish textual study played a seminal role in the resurgence of Hebrew literature in modern times. Departing from the conventional...

Ulrike Meinhof's fall from journalistic prominence, high-profile disappearance into the terrorist underground, and role in the formation of the Red Army Faction were at once a tragic footnote to the waning student movement of the late 1960s and a...

Part of Palgrave's Modernism and... series, Modernism and Zionism explores the relationship between modernism and the Jewish national ideology, the Zionist movement, which was operative in all areas of Jewish art and culture.

That loving feeling? Unrequited love? In love? These are just a few of the ways that we talk about love. This book reimagines a school of love in biblical times based on ancient scriptural texts, that had developed a path for anyone who wished to become...

A collection of fifty religious poems with matching scripture.The poems feature the Life of Christ, God, Faith and Redemption, Healing through Faith, Jesus by My Side, Heaven, Time for Prayer, Meditations of the Heart, The Sermon, To Worship and...

The Bible Story, written by William Canton in 1915, is a comprehensive retelling of the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. The book is divided into 365 chapters, one for each day of the year, and each chapter covers a different story or event from...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

""The Ten Annual Accounts of the Collation of Hebrew Mss. of the Old Testament Begun in 1760, and Completed in 1769 (1770)"" is a historical book written by Benjamin Kennicott. The book describes the collation of Hebrew manuscripts of the Old Testament...

Religion and Genocide: Changing the Conversation is a cutting-edge introduction to the complex and controversial relationship between religion and genocide. This book aims to widen the reader's understanding of religion and those who practice it, the...

David Lynn returns to the Talksheets series with more Old Testament discussion questions for middle school students---Middle School TalkSheets on the Old Testament, Epic Bible Stories. A full year of topics and meaningful prompts will promote meaningful...

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment toScripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and...

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and...

Acknowledgements PART I: ORGANIZING CONGREGATIONS Local Churches and Synagogues Cause for Concern - Emerging Organizational Issues Three Churches and a Synagogue - Four Case Congregations PART II: CHALLENGES FOR CONGREGATIONS Mission Impossible? -...

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and...

The Old Testament is God's biography, the story of his passionate encounters with people and also a prequel to the story of Jesus. This book explores the sometimes shocking and cryptic writings in an effort to know God better.

In this book Richard J. Mouw, one of the foremost thinkers in the field of Christian ethics, develops a constructive theological ethic, employing primarily Calvinist themes. Exploring issues that are at the intersection of philosophical and theological...

Winner of the 2017 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological PromiseWinner of the 2017 The George A. and Jean S. DeLong Book History Book PrizeThe discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls revealed a world of early Jewish writing larger than the Bible, from...

Designed as a supplementary resource for students who have an interest in the ancient Near East and biblical history, this volume provides a basic introduction to the historical, archaeological, and socio-contextual aspects of ancient Israel during its...

Judaism at Rome: B.C. 76 to A.D. 140 is a historical book written by Frederic Huidekoper in 1877. The book explores the history of the Jewish people in Rome during the period from 76 BC to 140 AD. It covers a range of topics related to the Jewish...

The Student's Old Testament: The Songs, Hymns and Prayers of the Old Testament is a book written by Charles Foster Kent in 1914. The book is a comprehensive collection of the poetic and spiritual texts found in the Old Testament, including the Psalms,...

""Tales And Maxims From The Talmud"" is a book written by Samuel Rapaport and published in 1912. The book is a collection of stories and teachings from the Talmud, a central text of Judaism that contains a vast collection of Jewish laws, customs, and...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

""Ephod And Ark: A Study In The Records And Religion Of The Ancient Hebrews"" is a book written by William Rosenzweig Arnold in 1917. The book is a comprehensive study of the ancient Hebrews' religious practices and beliefs, focusing on the ephod and...

Whilst an increasing amount of attention is being paid to law's connection or involvement with National Socialism, less attention is focused upon thinking through the links between law and the emergence of antisemitism. As a consequence, antisemitism is...

James Barr offers critical insight on the craft of writing First Testament theologies, ...He also critically reviews the work of numerous significant biblical theologians, including Brevard Childs and Walter Brueggemann in particular'Robert Gnuse,...

Acknowledgements - Introduction - The Challenge of Religious Pluralism - Biblical and Rabbinic Views - Medieval Conflict between Jews and Christians - Persecution and Apostasy in the Early Modern Period - The Impact of the Enlightenment - Jewish...

Short, accessible, and easy-to-understand, 60 Second Scholar books distill key insights of biblical scholars for the average reader. In Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Study, author Michael Heiser provides tips for reading the Bible with understanding.

This book examines late antique and medieval devotional texts and materials, ranging from the eastern Mediterranean to northwestern Europe, related to the Maccabean martyrs. This unique group of people were Jews who died for the Mosaic Law before the...

Women, like men, joined the religious military orders that came about during the Crusades such as the Templars, Hospitallers, and Order of Santiago. This study looks deeper into female membership of these orders by placing the discussion of women in...

It is 1906 and Moshe is a young baker in a small shtetl in Romania. When the tailor's daughter leaves for America, he decides to follow her. Little does he know she has not gone to America, but to Canada instead. He has no money, no prospects, nothing...

This is a glittering new translation of the portion of the Hebrew Bible known as the Book of the Twelve Prophets, or the Twelve "Minor" Prophets. In the Bible, the books of the prophets are arranged in rough order of length. The present group of writings...

Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers is a panoramic survey of over 2,000 years of Jewish thought, religious and secular, ancient and modern. Now in its second edition, this essential reference guide contains new introductions to the lives and works of such thinkers...