Judaism: life and practice Books

This book introduces Midrash both in general and through many examples of the kinds of Midrash that flourished among ancient Judaism. Neusner, as a preeminent authority on the subject, lays special emphasis upon the exegesis of Scripture produced by the...

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This is a siddur (Jewish prayer book) with the Hebrew on the right side of the page and English translation on the left side of the page.  The prayers are accompanied by Chassidic explanations on both sides of the pages.  Each Chassidic...

With his engaging overview of the sacred times, places and ideas of Judaism, Rabbi Marc Angel gently reclaims the natural, balanced and insightful teachings of Sephardic Judaism that can and should imbue modern Jewish spirituality, drawing on classic...

This third volume of the My People's Prayer Book series explores the rich content and meaning of the P'sukei D'zimrah, which sets the tone and prepares the way for the daily transition from secular routine to the sacred act of communal prayer.

La perspectiva espiritual se agudiza llevándonos a comprender que los designios de Dios, muchas veces, son más complejos que lo que aparentan ser a primera vista. Esto es lo que podemos ver en las fiestas que Él dio al pueblo de...

Ce livre présente la liturgie samaritaine telle qu'elle est célébrée pendant les fêtes religieuses et en particulier l'office du soir. S. Rappoport nous offre une étude approfondie de cette liturgie, en s'appuyant sur des textes anciens et sur les...

In diesem Werk wird die Ordnung des Gottesdienstes in der Synagoge beschrieben. Ein wichtiges Nachschlagewerk für alle, die sich für die jüdische Religion und Tradition interessieren.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important,...

Pascologia è un'opera del rabbino David Nieto, pubblicata nel Settecento a Londra. Il testo si concentra sulla descrizione delle festività pasquali nel mondo ebraico, offrendo una panoramica ricca di dettagli sugli usi e i costumi delle diverse comunità...

Jewish mysticism can be quite a puzzle to the uninitiated. For example, does the term "mysticism" mean the same thing here as in other contexts? Also, in what sense are the various phenomena that come under this heading really "Jewish"? In a thorough...

Not unlike Rimbaud's "batteau ivre," Judaism drifts further and further away from its life-force and source without which Judaism cannot long endure. This book is a challenge to the true "talmudim" within Jewish Orthodoxy to boldly reclaim for Judaism...

Timely Words offers insights into many of the religious and secular occasions throughout the year that mark the modern American Jewish calendar, starting with the fall (incorporating Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur) and moving, consecutively, through...

A step-by-step guide to the traditional Shabbat Seder, with complete Hebrew, Hebrew transliterations and English translations of the Shabbat Seder blessings and prayers. A companion to Shabbat: The Family Guide to Preparing for and Celebrating the...

With biblical and historical background, insight into contemporary practice and personal stories, this easy-to-understand guide explains nine rituals in Jewish spiritual practice and shows how they can deepen Christians' understanding of their own faith.

No generation in the history of Jewry has been so roundly, universally condemned by posterity as that of Yohanan ben Zakkai. A crisis was taking place in Palestine - a conflict between the Romans' need for expanding their empire, trade, and strategic...

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard. He has published more than 900 books and unnumbered articles, both scholarly and academic, popular and...

Orthodox Judaism as it has been known through the medieval and modern world covers the period from approximately 100 B.C.E to 640 C.E. It was during this period that the Babylonian Talmud came to prominence through the efforts of the Babylonian rabbinic...

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard. He has published more than 900 books and unnumbered articles, both scholarly and academic, popular and...

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard. He has published more than 900 books and unnumbered articles, both scholarly and academic, popular and...

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard. He has published more than 900 books and unnumbered articles, both scholarly and academic, popular and...

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard. He has published more than 900 books and unnumbered articles, both scholarly and academic and popular and...

This book is about social change as it is even now being revealed in the creation of a new field of learning, in an unprecedented setting, and for an as-yet-unknown cultural and intellectual purpose. It is about how a field of learning moves from one...

These essays examine the sociology of Judaism in the last decades of the Second Jewish Commonwealth. The author discerns two kinds of religious fellowship, one constituted by the 'haber' (translated 'fellow'), based on observance of certain religious...

The character of any religion as it is lived and practiced can be quite different from the prescriptions and ideals of its traditions and rituals. This bifurcation can be found also in the tension between the ideas people hold and the things they do...

These essays were originally intended for presentation to Professor Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday. Before his death, in March, 1965, he knew of our plans for this volume and was gladdened by them.... The editor...