Judaism Books

This provides a useful, reliable and eminently readable way to discover what the Old Testament writers were saying then and what God is saying today.

This series of commentaries on the Old Testament, to which Professor Craigie's second volume on the Twelve Prophets belongs, has been planned as a companion series to the much-acclaimed New Testament series of the late Professor William Barclay. As with...

The Twelve Prophets offer a panoramic view of Israel's religion during one of the most critical periods in the nation's history. From the false confidence at the time of the monarchy, to the despair during the Exile, and finally to the period of new...

'She defined herself by her past because she saw no future...'This woman knew what it was to feel unloved, to feel unwanted, to suffer disappointment, and to want revenge. However, she found the courage to go forward in life. Her name is Hagar, the woman...

How does a virtuous young woman who is one of God's own chosen people deal with an undesirable future determined by the plans of a tyrant? Hadassah knows glorious promises that fill the scriptures. She knows the history of God's deliverance and...

Judaism in the New Testament explains how the writings of the early church emerged from communities which defined themselves in Judaic terms even as they professed faith in Christ. These two extremely distinguished scholars introduce readers to the...

Originally published in 1987, this collection of essays is a major contribution toward developing a realistic picture of the Latin American Jewish communities in the late 20th Century. The book will be of interest to students of comparative studies,...

Have you ever wondered what God is trying to tell you? Do you get quiet enough to listen? This book is a compilation of thoughts that came during quiet times over a period of three years. They help to explain some things in the world; to show a better...

Although we may be in our later years, did we live out our best ones? Our former years may have been the best season of our lives or a timespan of broken dreams. Regardless, our past does not influence what is yet to come. God's unforeseen promises...

Long ago, prophets spoke the word of God to the people. These prophets were full of zeal and sometimes madness. God got as creative as he could with this eccentric bunch. He had some of them lay on their side in the mud for days; some of them he showed...

The Hesterville Bible Trial is a brilliant hybrid of fiction and non-fiction. While the story is fictional, the testimonies of the witnesses at the trial are drawn from the works of biblical and archaeological scholars. The full transcript of the trial...

El libro de Eclesiastés nos presenta un enfoque innovador del trabajo, al promover el valor y significado que nuestro esfuerzo tiene en la vida. Día tras día, se nos recuerda a ser diligentes y apreciar todo lo bueno fruto de nuestra...

"Von allen Kulturvölkern, die auf der Erde leben, ist das jüdische Volk zugleich das bekannteste und das unbekannteste. Es gehört zu den tragischen Sonderheiten seines Geschickes, daß es niemals ignoriert werden konnte und daß es folglich immer im Urteil...

Zweimal wird in der Tora / dem Alten Testament das Wunder erzählt, bei dem Mose den dürstenden Israeliten in der Wüste Wasser aus einem Felsen schlägt, in Numeri 20 und Exodus 17. Interessant sind die unterschiedlichen jüdischen und christlichen...

The present volume provides a comparative look at the contents and layout features of secondary annotations in biblical manuscripts across linguistic traditions. Due to the privileged focus on the text in the columns, these annotations and the practices...

This interdisciplinary volume looks at one of the central cultural practices within the Jewish experience: translation. With contributions from literary and cultural scholars, historians, and scholars of religion, the book considers different aspects of...

Philo von Alexandria, der etwas ältere Zeitgenosse des Paulus, ist der wichtigste Repräsentant des alexandrinischen Judentums. An der Schnittstelle von biblischer Überlieferung sowie platonischer und stoischer Philosophie bieten die Schriften Philos eine...

The essays deal with developments during the period from the liquidation of the Judean state to the conquests of Alexander the Great. This was a critical time in the Near East and the Mediterranean world in general. It marked the end of the great Semitic...

During the era of Jewish mass migration from Eastern Europe (from the 1880s until the First World War), Switzerland with its liberal policies on foreigners became a key destination for students, revolutionaries, and travelers. The micro-studies and more...

Die Studie untersucht das literarische Phäauml;nomen, dass an entscheidenden Wegpunkten die Verheißungslinie „Israel" üuuml;ber den jüngeren Bruder und nicht über den sonst so bedeutenden...

Volume 12 in the edition of the complete Jerusalem Talmud. Tractates Sanhedrin and Makkot belong together as one tractate, covering procedural law for panels of arbitration, communal rabbinic courts (in bare outline) and an elaborate construction of...

During the past few decades a great amount of scholarly work has been done on the various prayer cultures of antiquity, both Graeco-Roman and Jewish and Christian. In Jewish studies this burgeoning research on ancient prayer has been stimulated...

The volume is a commentary on 1 Enoch chapters 91-108 that begins with the Ethiopic text tradition but also takes the Greek and Aramaic (Dead Sea Scrolls) evidence into account. This section of 1 Enoch, which contains material from at least five...

This book embarks on a fascinating exploration of the evolving worldview within ancient Judaism by the turn of the Common Era. At that time, a profound shift occurred in the perception of malevolent, semi-autonomous spirits, which were increasingly...

He was supposed to be a great prophet. He was supposed to call the king to repentance. He wasn't good enough. Look at him now: Hiding. Hurting. Alone. Abandoned. Broken. He faces a desolate desert with a desolate heart. He cries out in pain, "Let me...

Joe Kamens stared into the glass case in the military museum in Minsk. There it was, his coat, just like the one he had found as a child in a dusty suitcase in Melbourne. Once, it had kept a heroic Jewish partisan warm in the freezing forests of Belarus...

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz was internationally regarded as one of the most brilliant and influential rabbis of our time. He was lauded by Time magazine as a "once-in-a-millennium scholar" and by Ted Koppel of Night Line as "one of the very...

From the creator of the Velveteen Rabbi's Haggadah, a new siddur for the day of Shabbat.Renew Our Hearts balances tradition with innovation, featuring liturgy for morning (shacharit and a renewing approach to musaf, the "additional" service of Shabbat...

When the world around us, with all its advancements and wonders, fades, what is left? Science has made some wonderful and astonishing advancements, pushing the boundaries of possibility. But is that all there is to humanity? Is that all there is to...

Have you spent time in your life trying to get clarity on the Spirit vs. the Soul? Depending on the culture we grew up in, many may never have seen the need to separate one from another. Apostle Cox has put together an inspiring work entitled "The Unseen...

Are you struggling in life and feel stuck? Do you want to move forward but too afraid or do not know how? Do you have issues of the heart and lack faith? Well friend, "It's Raining Wisdom: The Golden Nuggets of God," has found itself in your hands. Look...