Judaism
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Judaism
Paperback. Describes how the parable or mashal - the most distinctive type of midrash narrative - was composed, how its symbolism works, and how it conveys the ideological convictions of the rabbis. The relation to similar tales in other literatures, including Christian and kabbalistic parables, is covered. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674654488
- ISBN
- 9780674654488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.79€ 47.73
€ 51.79
€ 47.73
paperback. Offering introduction to Judaism, this guide presents descriptions of the key concepts, beliefs and practices. Series: Simple Guides S. Num Pages: 144 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 145.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Kuperard United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857334401
- ISBN
- 9781857334401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Hardback. Collects a wide range of sources from a number of periods in Jewish history to demonstrate the depth from which Judaism speaks in a universalistic voice. This title presents a collection of primary writings on the role of compassion in the Jewish tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765799876
- ISBN
- 9780765799876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.34
€ 131.34
Paperback. People who helped exterminate Jews during the shoah (Hebrew for "holocaust") often claimed that they only did what was expected of them. Intrigued by hearing the same response from individuals who rescued Jews, the author proposes that the notion of ordinariness used to characterize Nazi evil is equally applicable to goodness. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRJ; JFSR1; JMAL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878407156
- ISBN
- 9780878407156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.29
€ 75.29
Paperback. Emil Fackenheim was the last in a long line of Jewish philosophers to emerge from Germany, the modern center of Western philosophy, following Moses Mendelssohn, Leo Baeck, and Martin Buber. This book explores Fackenheim's rigorous pursuit of a philosophical response to the tragedy of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTZ1; HPD; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631835
- ISBN
- 9780815631835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.31
€ 31.31
Paperback. Intends to bring insights from the Jewish political tradition into political and legal debates about rights and to bring rights discourse into Jewish thought. This book presents a theory of rights founded on the covenant between God and the Jewish people as that covenant is constituted by Scripture and the rabbinic tradition. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRJT; JFSR1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144375
- ISBN
- 9780691144375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. Begins by asking how a traditional Jew can participate politically and socially and in good faith in a modern democratic society, and ends by proposing a broad, inclusive notion of secularity. It shows how social contracts emerged, rooted in biblical notions of covenant, and how they developed in the rabbinic, medieval, and modern periods. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLP5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122106
- ISBN
- 9780691122106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.38€ 67.92
€ 88.38
€ 67.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAM1; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781481305297
- ISBN
- 9781481305297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.78
€ 78.78
Paperback. The role of Judaism in the formation of Western aesthetics Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRC; HRJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611687781
- ISBN
- 9781611687781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.05
€ 32.99
€ 26.05
Paperback. How have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. This book charts the long journey of the Jews through history. At the same time, it points to two unlikely factors to explain the survival of the Jews: antisemitism and assimilation. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199730988
- ISBN
- 9780199730988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Reveals what really happened in seven famous myths and legends bequeathed to us by the ancients and shows us that the passage of time has not wiped away all the evidence, and it is possible to reach the reality behind the legends. Num Pages: 608 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA; HDDH; HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 46. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099416562
- ISBN
- 9780099416562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.65
€ 23.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Were the racist attitudes that fueled the Atlantic slave trade firmly in place 700 years before the European discovery of sub-Saharan Africa? This book seeks to discover how dark-skinned people, especially black Africans, were portrayed in the Bible and by those who interpreted the Bible - Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 472 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; HBTS; HRC; HRH; HRJ; HRLP5; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123707
- ISBN
- 9780691123707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.22
€ 54.99
€ 39.22
Hardback. In this volume, Dovid Landesman outlines the various styles and structures that make up the body of the Torah literature and clarifies the rhyme and reason behind the methods used by the rabbis of the Talmud and the Torah commentators. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568213200
- ISBN
- 9781568213200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.68
€ 85.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 214 x 21. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611803358
- ISBN
- 9781611803358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.61
€ 24.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. A landmark episode in seventeenth-century Jewish history is here presented, for the first time, through contemporary documents in vivid translation. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Edition
- new in paperback
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906764241
- ISBN
- 9781906764241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.21
€ 29.99
€ 27.21
Hardcover. Carefully using the colloquial understanding of "schizophrenia," this intriguing book examines the inconsistencies, paradoxes, and divisiveness that characterises Israeli society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRJ; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590. Signed and dated by the author. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains a nice copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Gefen Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KSG0011963
- ISBN
- 9789652292612
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
This book opens new perspectives on the Zohar, the greatest book of Jewish mysticism, by examining its unique approach to narrative. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804788335
- ISBN
- 9780804788335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 40
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838131213
- ISBN
- 9780838131213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.23
€ 9.23
Hardback. Few subjects invoke such passion as the history and current situation of Jews in Western societies. The author, a progressive Rabbi with many years' experience of dealing with other faiths and other Jews, takes the most difficult issues of this fraught relationship and confronts them head on. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLM3; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571271610
- ISBN
- 9780571271610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.48
€ 19.99
€ 14.48
Hardback. As religious faith comes under assault from atheism, "In Defense of Faith" examines the strong historical record of the Judeo-Christian idea and asks where we would be without it. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRC; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594033803
- ISBN
- 9781594033803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.73
€ 27.99
€ 27.73
Hardcover. In this beautiful and lucid translation of the popular Hebrew edition, Yoducha Rayonai, Rabbi David Bigman, rosh yeshivah of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa, gives us a glimpse of his personal encounters with Tanach. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652294890
- ISBN
- 9789652294890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.57
€ 26.99
€ 23.57
paperback. This groundbreaking new Norton Anthology enables the six major, living, international world religions to speak to students in their own words. Editor(s): Biale, David. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393912586
- ISBN
- 9780393912586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.30
€ 43.99
€ 39.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 447 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schocken Books United States
- Number of pages
- 447
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805212020
- ISBN
- 9780805212020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.93
€ 21.99
€ 20.93
Paperback. Traces the continuing, changing, and often clashing roles of blood as both symbol and substance through the entire sweep of Jewish and Christian history. Num Pages: 316 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRC; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257986
- ISBN
- 9780520257986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.60
€ 33.99
€ 24.60