Judaism category: 3160 books
by Norman Solomon
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Normon Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. Demonstrating the diverse nature and ethnic origin of those with the Jewish faith, Solomon explores how the Jewish religion has developed in the 2,000 years since the days of the Bible. This Very Short...
The Everything Judaism Book
A Complete Primer to the Jewish Faith-From Holidays and Rituals to Traditions and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
Judaism has survived for four millennia, and many of its customs, laws, and traditions have remained exactly the same today as in the days of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Everything Judaism Book explains the major precepts of this robust religion in language anyone can understand and appreciate....
Judaism
An Introduction to Jewish Beliefs and History
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Idiot's Guides: Judaism is written by a Rabbi/teacher for both a non-Jewish person who wants to learn about Judaism, as well as any Jewish person who wishes to learn more. Offering a thorough exploration, this book covers:
-- The five books of Moses, Jewish law, history, and the important Jewish...
Judaism
Practice and Belief, 63 BCE-66 CE
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
In this now-classic work, E. P. Sanders argued against prevailing views regarding the Judaism of the Second Temple period, for example, that the Pharisees dominated Jewish Palestine or that the Mishnah offers a description of general practice. In contrast, Sanders carefully shows that what was important...
The Uncovered Head
Jewish Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
What is it that has turned Jewish identity, the product of such a long history, into a problem that has been troubling the minds of Jewish thinkers and Hebrew authors for over two hundred years now? Is it true that the core and substance of Judaism is the Jewish religion? Is a religious Jew 'more...
Judaism's Ten Best Ideas
A Brief Guide for Seekers
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
A welcoming introduction to the most important ideas in Judaism.
In an age of fluid identity, many people are honestly asking the question "Why be Jewish?" What in this religious and ethnic legacy is worth preserving? Does Judaism have something unique to offer a contemporary seeker...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
This is the first anthology in more than half a century to offer fresh insight into the history of Jews and Judaism in America. Beginning with six chronological survey essays, the collection builds with twelve topical essays focusing on a variety of important themes in the American Jewish and Judaic...
A Complete Introduction to Judaism
World Religion Series, #5
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
The ancient religion of Judaism is surprisingly relevant to today's society and is a full and complex belief system, which can become confusing once examined.
This book is written to provide you with a simple, easy to understand and concise guide to what Judaism is and how the religion is practiced.
Judaism...
by Leo Schaya
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Leo Schaya (1916-1986) was a brilliant author and editor whose only book to appear in English was the much-acclaimed The Universal Meaning of the Kabbalah, which is often cited in books on Jewish mysticism. This new book, Universal Aspects of the Kabbalah and Judaism, is a collection of writings by Schaya,...
Judaism for Everyone
Renewing Your Life Through the Vibrant Lessons of the Jewish Faith
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
In Judaism for Everyone Shmuley Boteach imagines a future in which his religion provides "a locus of spirituality for men and women of all faiths." This sounds like a pretty good future. "In some religions the purpose of life is to perfect oneself," Shmuley begins. "For Judaism...
by Joseph Lifshitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Judaism and Jewish religious, legal, and moral principles are often regarded as translating into support for broadly social democratic economic positions. In Judaism, Law, and the Free Market, Joseph Isaac Lifshitz suggests that this claim is difficult to sustain once the traditional sources of Jewish...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Judaism Since Gender offers a radically new concept of Jewish Studies, staking out new intellectual terrain and redefining the discipline as an intrinsically feminist practice.
The question of how knowledge is gendered has been discussed by philosophers and feminists for years, yet is still...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
The drawing of boundaries has always been a key part of the Jewish tradition and has served to maintain a distinctive Jewish identity. At the same time, these boundaries have consistently been subject to negotiation, transgression and contestation. The increasing fragmentation of Judaism into competing...
The Growth of Reform Judaism
American and European Sources
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
This fiftieth anniversary edition of W. Gunther Plaut’s classic second volume on the history of the Jewish Reform Movement is a sourcebook of the original writings that shaped the second century of organized liberal Judaism. The Growth of Reform Judaism features a new introduction, a new epilogue,...