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Geza Vermes
[Paperback 2010]
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Max I Dimont
[Mass market paperbound 2004, 2nd Edition]
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From ancient Palestine through Europe and Asia, to America and modern Israel, Max I. Dimont shows how the saga of the Jews is interwoven with the story of virtually every nation on earth. From ancient Palestine through Europe and Asia, to America and modern Israel, Max I. Dimont shows how... more
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Flavius Josephus ,
Betty Radice ,
E Mary Smallwood
[Paperback 1984]
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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1851. Excerpt: ... others' frenzy. Niger's removal relieved them from apprehensions aa to the dissolution of their power. There was, however, no class of... more
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Lamontte M Luker
[Paperback 2001]
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The postexilic period has generally been viewed as a time of priestly legalism; these startling essays portray it, instead, as an age of religious vitality that gave birth to Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity.... more
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Beth A Berkowitz
[Hardcover 2006]
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The death penalty in classical Judaism has been a highly politicized subject in modern scholarship. Enlightenment attacks on the Talmud's legitimacy led scholars to use the Talmud's criminal law as evidence for its elevated morals. But even more pressing was the need to prove Jews' innocence of the charge of... more
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Betty N Hoffman
[Paperback 2001]
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Peter Richardson
[Paperback 2004]
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Archaeology has unearthed the glories of ancient Jewish buildings throughout the Mediterranean. But what has remained shrouded is what these buildings meant. "Building Jewish" first surveys the architecture of small rural villages in the Galilee in the early Roman period before examining the development of synagogues as "Jewish associations." Finally,... more
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Lawrence H Schiffman ,
James Vander Kam
[Hardcover 2000]
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This landmark reference work is the first of its kind. Featuring 450 articles by an international community of scholars it is the definitive account of what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls--their history, relevance, meaning, and the controversies that surround them. Discovered in 1947 by a Bedouin shepherd, the... more
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Albert Isaac Slomovitz ,
Maria Todorova
[Paperback 2001]
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"Chaplain Slomovitz has opened the door to a previously undocumented, untold chapter of the history of the Jews in America. The Fighting Rabbis should be read with great pride by the Jewish American community, and with admiration by all others." --"Vice Admiral Bernard M. Kauderer(Ret.)" "The Fighting Rabbis surges with... more
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John G Gager
[Paperback 1985]
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This revisionist reading of early anti-judaism offers a richer and more variegated picture than ever before of the Jews and Christians of antiquity. This revisionist reading of early anti-Judaism offers a richer and more varied picture of the Jews and Christians of antiquity.... more
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Arnold M Eisen
[Paperback 1999, 2nd Edition]
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More than simply a study of Jewish thought on customs and rituals, this pathbreaking book explores the central role that practice plays in Judaism's encounter with modernity and, indeed, in any religious or ethnic group's quest to articulate self-identity in an increasingly homogenized world. 6 photos. Arnold Eisen here calls... more
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John Bowman ,
Dikran Y Hadidian
[Paperback 2004]
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Efraim Shmueli ,
Gila Shmueli
[Paperback 2008]
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Professor Shmueli has synthesized history, philosophy, biblical scholarship, sociology, literature and psychology into an original and profound new view of Jewish history. Jewish history is viewed as an unfolding of seven successive systems of cultures, where each culture emerges in its time both as a rebel and a successor of... more
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S Daniel Breslauer
[Hardcover 1998]
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Moving the focus away from the exposition of one particular thinker, this unique book offers a constructive, postmodern approach to contemporary Jewish thinking combined with analysis of modern Jewish thought, reflections on Jewish law, mysticism, history, and theology. This exploration of postmodernism in Judaism and its relevance as a moral... more
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John Riches
[Paperback 1990]
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This book examines the social, economic, political, and cultural context of first-century Judaism. During the first century AD Judaism experienced a crisis of cultural erosion due to foreign influences. Professor Riches describes the ways in which foreign domination threatened the Jewish community and discusses the ways in which various groups... more
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Daniel C Cohn Sherbok ,
Cohn Sherbok ,
Dan Cohn Sherbok
[Paperback 2003]
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This all-encompassing textbook is an unrivalled guide to the history, belief and practice of Judaism, written by a scholar and rabbi who is also an experienced university teacher. Beginning with the ancient Near Eastern background, it covers early Israelite history, the emergence of classical rabbinic literature and the rise of... more
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C M Hoffman
[Paperback 2011]
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A concise guide to the history, beliefs, and practices of a major world religion, covering everything from the beginnings of the faith to modern events such as the horrors of the Holocaust and the founding of the state of Israel Assuming no prior knowledge of Judaism, this guide delves into... more
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Peter Hayes ,
John K Roth
[Hardcover 2011]
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Primo Levi ,
Marco Belpoliti ,
Sharon Wood
[Paperback 2005]
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"The Black Hole of Auschwitz" brings together Levi's writings on the Holocaust and his experiences of the concentration camp, as well as those on his own accidental status as a writer and his chosen profession of chemist. In this book Levi rails intelligently and eloquently against what he saw as... more
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Matthijs J De Jong
[Hardcover 2007]
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Offering a comparison between the earliest parts of the book of Isaiah and the Assyrian prophecies, this book maintains that ancient Israelite prophecy, of which Isaiah was an exponent, was much in conformity with ancient Near Eastern prophecy in general. Focusing on the phenomenon of prophecy in the ancient Near... more
