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Judaism
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- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158518
- ISBN
- 9780691158518
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Condition: New
€ 65.45
€ 65.45
Hardback. Traces how each community has come to revere Abraham as an exemplar of its own spiritual teachings and practices. This book reveals how the increasingly conventional notion of equally "Abrahamic" religions derives from a dangerous misunderstanding of key biblical and Qur'anic texts, and fails to do full justice to any of the traditions. Series: Library of Jewish Ideas. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRAX; HRC; HRH; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155692
- ISBN
- 9780691155692
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Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Hardback. It is widely recognized that the creators of the Talmud innovatively interpreted and changed the older traditions on which they drew. The author argues on the contrary that structural features of the Talmud were designed to produce a discontinuity with tradition, and that this discontinuity was part and parcel of the rabbis' self-conception. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HRJS; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154862
- ISBN
- 9780691154862
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€ 73.69
€ 73.69
Paperback. From the 1950s until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe - built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. This title paints a portrait of Schneerson. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: BGX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154428
- ISBN
- 9780691154428
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Condition: New
€ 30.82
€ 30.82
Hardback. Series: Library of Jewish Ideas. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149745
- ISBN
- 9780691149745
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Condition: New
€ 37.07
€ 37.07
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
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Condition: New
€ 48.78
€ 48.78
Paperback. The Merkavah movement is widely recognized as the first full-fledged expression of Jewish mysticism, one that had important ramifications for classical rabbinic Judaism. This title offers a look at the history of Jewish mysticism from the book of "Ezekiel" to the Merkavah mysticism of late antiquity. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142159
- ISBN
- 9780691142159
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Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138879
- ISBN
- 9780691138879
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Condition: New
€ 57.07
€ 57.07
Paperback. Historical accounts of Jewish violence - particularly against Christians - have long been explosive material. Some historians have distorted these records for anti-Semitic purposes. This book looks at both the history of Jewish violence since late antiquity and the ways in which generations of historians have grappled with that history. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 360 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: HRJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138244
- ISBN
- 9780691138244
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Condition: New
€ 57.07
€ 57.07
Hardback. Explores the issue of same-sex marriage through a range of biblical, historical, liturgical, and theological evidence. From David's love for Jonathan through the singleness of Jesus and Paul to the all-male heaven of John's Apocalypse, this title addresses pertinent passages in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Editor(s): Jordan, Mark D. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX6; HRJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123462
- ISBN
- 9780691123462
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Condition: New
€ 85.11
€ 85.11
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
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Condition: New
€ 118.67
€ 118.67
Paperback. Looks at what it means for new generations to read and interpret ancient religious texts. This book offers a postmodern reading of the "Talmud", one of the first of its kind. It discusses spirituality and religious practice with such concepts as deconstruction, intertextuality, undecidability, multiple voicing, and eroticism in the "Talmud". Translator(s): Brown, Llewellyn. Num Pages: 272 pages, 28 halftones 2 figs. 1 map 2 tables. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- n Second printing
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691059204
- ISBN
- 9780691059204
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Condition: New
€ 80.17
€ 80.17
Paperback. Zohar, or 'brilliant light,' is the central text of Kabbalah. In Jewish mystical tradition, it is the meeting of midrash (storytelling that expands on events in the Bible) and myth. This selection offers translations of eight of the well developed narratives in the Zohar along with notes and detailed commentary. Translator(s): Wineman, Aryeh. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Pbk. Ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058337
- ISBN
- 9780691058337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.29
€ 46.29
paperback. Offering a treatment of visionary experience in some of the main texts of Jewish mysticism, this book reveals the visual nature of religious experience in Jewish spirituality from antiquity through the late Middle Ages. It shows how Jewish mystics preserved the invisible transcendence of God without doing away with the visual dimension of belief. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC1; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691017228
- ISBN
- 9780691017228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.65
€ 95.65
Hardcover. Editor(s): Safran, Bezalel. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674381209
- ISBN
- 9780674381209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.41
€ 18.41
Hardback. Born in Europe's shadow, haunted by the Holocaust, and inspired by the Enlightenment, Israel has changed. Where is this diverse and self-absorbed country heading today? How do its citizens see themselves, globally and historically? Israel Has Moved is a profound and sometimes unsettling account of a country that is no longer where we might think. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBTB; HRJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073425
- ISBN
- 9780674073425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
Paperback. This is a guide to the Hebrew Bible, leading the reader chapter by chapter through its most important stories. It aims to show how ancient interpretors let their own interpretations become the generally accepted meaning. All the major transformations and developments of the text are examined. Num Pages: 696 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCG1; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1096.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674069411
- ISBN
- 9780674069411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.67
€ 53.67
Hardback. In the Leipzig Mahzor, one of the most lavish Hebrew illuminated manuscripts of all time, Kogman-Appel has discovered a fascinating portal into the life of the fourteenth century Jewish community in Worms. A prayer book used only during holidays, it brings to life the religious culture and customs of medieval Ashkenazi Jews. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 color illustrations, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064546
- ISBN
- 9780674064546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.86
€ 85.86
Hardback. Palaces of Time resurrects the seemingly banal calendar as a means to understand early modern Jewish life. Elisheva Carlebach has unearthed a trove of beautifully illustrated calendars, to show how Jewish men and women both adapted to the Christian world and also forged their own meanings through time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 56 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRJC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052543
- ISBN
- 9780674052543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.76
€ 38.99
€ 33.76
Hardback. After the Bible, the Passover haggadah is the most widely read classic Jewish text. Few editions are as exquisite as the Washington Haggadah in the Library of Congress. A stunning facsimile edition, meticulously reproduced in full color, brings this illuminated fifteenth-century manuscript to life for a new generation of readers. Num Pages: 248 pages, 38-page color facsimile, 11 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJC; HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Fac Blg
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674051171
- ISBN
- 9780674051171
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Condition: New
€ 55.20
€ 55.20
Hardback. A collection of essays that cover several aspects of Maimonides' work and influence: from his work on Jewish law to his understanding of God; from his view of the soul to his understanding of other religions; from his influence on Jewish scholars in the eastern Mediterranean to his impact on the emergence of Judaism. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 244 x 27. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025905
- ISBN
- 9780674025905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.70
€ 86.70
Hardback. Set in Germany, northern France, Italy, Poland, and Spain, the essays in this book focus on leading rabbinic scholars and their writings, as well as important issues of Jewish intellectual history, such as the nature of halakhah and aggadah, kabbalah and spirituality, childhood and popular religion. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023932
- ISBN
- 9780674023932
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Condition: New
€ 49.07
€ 49.07
Paperback. Offers alternative readings to key Q texts, readings that place an interest in the community that shaped Jesus at the centre of inquiry. Series: Harvard Theological Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HRCA; HRCM; HRJ; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 185 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard Divinity School
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018990
- ISBN
- 9780674018990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.88
€ 39.88
Paperback. * Introduces the Qumran Scrolls to the uninitiated general reader. * Explains how revolutionary the discovery of the Scrolls was and their enduring significance. * Sets the Scrolls within the wider context of Jewish history and religion of the second temple period. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRC; HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229933
- ISBN
- 9780631229933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.33
€ 61.33
Paperback. The Divine Attributesis an engaging analysis of the God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the perspective of rational theology. Series: Exploring the Philosophy of Religion S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRC; HRH; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211549
- ISBN
- 9780631211549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.20
€ 60.20
Hardback. This is an analysis of the God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the perspective of rational theology. It explores the nature of God, differentiates the idea of God from other historical ideas of the divine and identifies the core qualities of a maximally great, or perfect, being. Series: Exploring the Philosophy of Religion S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRC; HRH; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211532
- ISBN
- 9780631211532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.52
€ 177.52
Paperback. This volume introduces Judaism in its own workds, affording readers a direct encounter with this ancient faith. The book includes passages from Scripture, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Rabbinic writings, medieval and modern Jewish philosophy and theology, and statements of modern movements in Judaism. Editor(s): Neusner, Jacob (Research Professor of Religion and Theology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA); Avery, Alan J. Series: Blackwell Readings in Religion. Num Pages: 480 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 36. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207382
- ISBN
- 9780631207382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.94
€ 62.94
Hardback. This volume introduces Judaism in its own works, affording readers a direct encounter with this ancient faith. The book includes passages from Scripture, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Rabbinic writings, medieval and modern Jewish philosophy and theology, and statements of modern movements in Judaism. Editor(s): Neusner, Jacob (Research Professor of Religion and Theology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA); Avery, Alan J. Series: Blackwell Readings in Religion. Num Pages: 480 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 187 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207375
- ISBN
- 9780631207375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.95
€ 209.95
Paperback. The books of the Hebrew Bible were created by anonymous writers during the first millennium before the Common Era (BCE). Their messages and concerns are the central theme of the book. Editor(s): Bigger, Stephen. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631162490
- ISBN
- 9780631162490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardback. A study of the legal material found in the "Dead Sea Scrolls" and its significance in the greater history of Jewish religious law (halakhah). It covers the relationship between rabbinic law, as written more than one hundred years after the destruction of the Second Temple, and Jewish practice during the Second Temple. Series: Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: HRJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259102
- ISBN
- 9780520259102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.61
€ 112.61
Hardback. Explores representations of abandoned wives while tracing the demographic movements of Jews in the West. This book analyzes texts in Old Yiddish, German, Yiddish, and English at the intersection of disciplines to describe the dynamics of power between men and women in traditional communities and to elucidate the experiences abandoned women faced. Num Pages: 235 pages, 2 b/w photos, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HB; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249684
- ISBN
- 9780520249684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.51
€ 112.51
Hardback. Explores the nexus of time, truth, and death in the symbolic world of medieval kabbalah. This book discusses Islamic mysticism and Buddhist thought in relation to the Jewish esoteric tradition as it opens the possibility of a temporal triumph of temporality and the conquering of time through time. Series: Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246195
- ISBN
- 9780520246195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.61
€ 112.61
Paperback. Shows that, around the time of Jesus' birth, there came into being a conception of 'catastrophic' messianism in which the suffering, humiliation, and death of the messiah were regarded as an integral part of the redemptive process. Translator(s): Maisel, David. Num Pages: 159 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDAR; 3D; HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234000
- ISBN
- 9780520234000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
Hardback. A legendary figure in his own lifetime, Rabbi Eliahu ben Shlomo Zalman (1720-1797) was known as the "Gaon of Vilna". He was the acknowledged master of Talmudic studies in the intellectual centre of Vilna. This text sheds light on aspects of the Vilna Gaon's "real" character. Translator(s): Green, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223943
- ISBN
- 9780520223943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.79
€ 84.79
Hardback. Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? This question, advanced by anti-Jewish Christian polemicists, is the point of departure for this exploration of gender and Jewishness in Jewish thought. The author considers the varied responses to this question and in the process provides the cultural history of Jewish circumcision available. Num Pages: 334 pages, 3 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212503
- ISBN
- 9780520212503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.11
€ 111.11
hardcover. This history examines fundamental questions of ethnic identity by focusing on the Egyptian Jewish community since 1948. Central to the study is the question of how people handle multiple identities and loyalties that are dislocated and reformed by turbulent political and cultural processes. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 318 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HRJ; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211759
- ISBN
- 9780520211759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.79
€ 84.79
Hardback. With the help of over one hundred illustrations spanning three centuries, this title investigates the role of visual images in European Jewish history. It shows how the coming of the modern period expanded the relationship of Jews to the visual realm far beyond the religious context. Num Pages: 382 pages, 141 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; ACBK; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205451
- ISBN
- 9780520205451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.07
€ 111.07
Hardcover. This insightful book offers business advice that has endured for thousands of years. While business fads come and go, the ancient lessons of the Talmud are timeless, profound, ethical, and practical-and they're for everyone. Values, Prosperity, and the Talmud is a concise guide to this proven philosophy of business. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC; JFSR1; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471444411
- ISBN
- 9780471444411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.96
€ 33.96
Hardcover. For nearly four decades, E P Sanders has been the foremost scholar in shaping and refocusing scholarly debates in three different but related disciplines in New Testament studies: Second Temple Judaism, Jesus and the Gospels, and Pauline studies. This collection of essays includes a substantive intellectual autobiography by E P Sanders himself. Editor(s): Udoh, Fabian E. Series: Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRC; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268044534
- ISBN
- 9780268044534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.87
€ 82.87
Paperback. Passover and Easter constitute for Jews and Christians respectively two of the most important religious festivals of the year. This volume concentrates on the contexts in which they occur - the periods of preparation for the feasts and their connection to Shavuot and Pentecost. Editor(s): Bradshaw, Dr. Paul F.; Hoffman, Rabbi Lawrence A. Series: Two Liturgical Traditions S. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HRCR; HRJ; HRLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038601
- ISBN
- 9780268038601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.40
€ 38.40