Judaism Books

A highly regarded expert on the Jewish apocalyptic tradition, John J. Collins has written extensively on the subject. Nineteen of his essays written over the last fifteen years, including previously unpublished contributions, are brought together for the...

Puzzled by a passage in the Old Testament implying that the Ark of theCovenant-the most sacred item in monotheistic Judaism-was not onlytouched by forbidden human hands but that some of its contents had beenremoved, academician Gene Jinsiong Cho set out...

E. H. Selib believes the average American Jew doesn't know what being Jewish really means. He or she ceases religious education at thirteen, and this vacuum of adult education is reflected in the dissipation of the Jewish population.Any Jewish person...

Filling a gap in Christian literature for sermons based on the Old Testament from a Christian perspective, For God s Sake, Do Something! intentionally connects the Old Testament with issues of current spiritual and theological interest in the...

Are the Jewish arguments against belief in Jesus as mankind

Previously published as a special issue of The Journal of Israeli History, this book presents the reflections of historians from Israel, Europe, Canada and the United States concerning the similarities and differences between anti-Zionism and...

 This fresh and contemporary introduction to the Jewish faith, its philosophies and worldviews, explores debates which have preoccupied Jewish thinkers over the centuries and examines their continuing influence in contemporary Judaism.Written...

After teaching the Psalms for over twenty years, Magonet has found very little on rabbinical interpretation, ancient, mediaeval or modern. This is an introduction to the Hebrew text that gives access to the richness and complexity of the language of the...

Thoroughly exploring the history of the conflict between Christians and Jews from medieval to modern times, this wide-ranging volume includes newly uncovered material from the recently opened post-Soviet archives. Anna Sapir Abulafia delineates...

Jacob and Solomon were polygamists. Abraham---the father of faith---married his sister and was also a polygamist. Tamar and Rahab were prostitutes. Lot offered his daughters up for rape, David committed adultery (or rape?) and the Bible calls both men...

A collection of essays delineating the centuries-long dialogue of Jews and Jewish culture with China, all under the overarching theme of cultural translation.

Iraq's Last Jews is a collection of first-person accounts of Iraqi Jews about their lives in Iraq's once-vibrant, 2,500 year-old Jewish community. It is also about the escape and rebirth of that community in the middle of the 20th century in the face of...

Embark on a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics shaping successful ministry among Jews, as this study delves into the attractions fostering acceptance and the persistent hindrances challenging the mission. Rooted in theological, historical, and...

Over 1,500 years I Around 40 Authors I 3 Languages I 66 Books - GOSPELNecessary Resource for Any Believer to Read the Bible, Chronologically, in 52-Weeks.The Bible is a composition of 66 different books that were written by many authors over 1500 years...

"Those Who Walk by Faith: Trusting in the Individual Promises of God" by Matthew Allen is an insightful workbook designed to guide individuals and groups in their spiritual journey through the study of faith as illustrated in the Bible. It is an ideal...

The heroes and villains of the Old Testament were not that different from us. We owe it to ourselves to study their stories. The books of Genesis through Esther in the Old Testament tell the story of a special family that God used in executing His plan...

You may wonder if there was any grand design to the selection of texts or sermonic themes. If there is, it might be a theological bent toward resurrection. But you will see lots of death in these sermons. Lots. I hope you will also see glimpses of...

The War Scroll at Qumran (1QM) is a rich text that describes the battle between the Sons of Light on one side and Belial and the Sons of Darkness on the other. Allusions of Scripture throughout the scroll promise God's support of the Sons of Light, but...

The book of Isaiah is the whole Bible in miniature. The first 39 chapters reflect the themes of the 39 books in the Old Testament, and the last 27 chapters prefigure the events of the New, from John the Baptist to the new heaven and earth. Yet the prophet...

Join with Yohanna Katanacho, a Palestinian Israeli Christian, in praying through the Psalms.After completing his PhD on the book of Psalms, Yohanna Katanacho felt led to pray every psalm in the context of the Middle East. These prayers transformed him...

In this groundbreaking work of comparative religion, Algis Uzdavinys takes us deeply into the "closed and blessed gardens of myth", showing us the capital importance of the many varieties of "ascent to heaven". From the Pyramid Texts down to Second...

How to find peace and harmony in an unsettled world. You. Me. The person down the street or halfway around the globe. In this inspiring collection of stories, blessings, poetry, divine teachings, and meditation exercises, Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg...

This is a comprehensive account of how to read the Book of Isaiah in today's world.Through careful analysis of the Scriptures and with great sensitivity and understanding towards the subject, Canon Dobb introduces us to the Old Testament prophet and...

This is the moving story of how a Japanese lawyer and educational consultant from a conservative family of fan makers and merchants came to embrace Judaism.In his early 50s, while living in the US, he developed a serious health complaint which required...

This volume opens the world of Old Yiddish to scholars and students of Yiddish and Jewish Studies alike. It is a further step to broaden awareness that Yiddish, far from starting with the nineteenth century, can claim a history of over a thousand years...

Biblicists have long been aware that some compositions in the Bible cite and allude to other compositions. At times these practices are obvious; often, however, they are not. Essays in this volume focus on subtle, not-so-obvious, unrecognized cases of...

(Inspired by David, prophet and king)This BOOK OF SHORT PSALMS is unique in contemporary spiritual literature. Inspired by the Psalter of King David, which is the abiding expression of prayer, this book contains 150 psalms composed in 'classical' poetic...

Эта книга объясняет человеку существование общего закона управления природой, задача которого привести человечество к совершенному состоянию. Она объясняет причину человеческих страданий и как весь мир, желает он того или нет, продвигается к цели...

Книга ״Духовный Поиск״ - это сборник каббалистических текстов, которые освещают основные предметы исследования науки каббала. Он объясняет читателю структуру и развитие души, строение духовных миров, возможность человека выйти в своем познании за...

Основной вводный курс для начинающих изучать науку каббала. Курс составлен на основе произведений великого каббалиста 20-го века, Бааль Сулама, благодаря которому тысячелетняя методика науки каббала была адаптирована для современного поколения и...