Judaism

An exploration of the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism drawing on primary sources and new methods Over the past generation, several major findings an...

Steven Wasserstrom undertakes a detailed analysis of the creative symbiosis that existed between Jewish and Muslim religious thought in the eighth ...

A unique compilation of contemporary womens midrashim.  Dirshuni: Contemporary Womens Midrash, is the first-ever English edition of a historic coll...

The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity examines the fate of Jews living in the Mediterranean Jewish diaspora after the Roman emperor Constant...

The first complete and annotated English translation of Maimon's delightfully entertaining memoirSolomon Maimon's autobiography has delighted reade...

In Jews, Judaism, and Success, Robert Eisen attempts to solve a long-standing mystery that has fascinated many: How did Jews become such a remarkab...

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through the late 1930s, the West Bohemian spa towns of Carlsbad, Franzensbad, and Marienbad were fa...

An examination of the social and cultural repercussions of Jewish emigration from Poland to Argentina in the 1920s and 1930s. Between the 1890s and...

Die Anfänge der biblischen Bundestheologie liegen im Dunkeln. Welche Rolle kommt dabei dem Buch Hosea mit seinen fünf -Belegen zu? Die offenen Frag...

This book examines literary analogies in Christian and Jewish sources, culminating in an in-depth analysis of striking parallels and connections be...

Exposed to multiple languages as a result of annexation, migration, pilgrimage and its position on key trade routes, the Roman Palestine of Late An...

The Book of Jeremiah is one of the longest, most complex and influential writings in the Hebrew Bible. It comprises poetic oracles, prose sermons, ...

Our lives are filled with objectsones that we carry with us, that define our homes, that serve practical purposes, and that hold sentimental value....

Die Chronikbücher gelten gemeinhin als Werk eines Autors, der eine kanonische Synthese der Hebräischen Bibel zieht. Die vorliegende Studie untersuc...

Ilanotparchment sheets presenting the kabbalistic tree of lifehave been at the center of Jewish mystical practice for the past seven hundred years....

The first letter of John is commonly understood to contain no reference to Jesus's resurrection. Matthew D. Jensen argues that, far from this being...

Based on extensive scrutiny of primary sources from Nazi and Jihadist ideologues, David Patterson argues that Jihadist anti-Semitism stems from Naz...

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With a rare combination of erudition and insight, the author investigates the major aspects of Yiddish language and culture, showing where Yiddish ...

This book explores the influence of Roman imperialism on the development of Messianic themes in Judaism in the fifth through the eight centuries CE...

Based on extensive scrutiny of primary sources from Nazi and Jihadist ideologues, David Patterson argues that Jihadist anti-Semitism stems from Naz...

In recent decades, there has been a resurgence of interest among both secular and religious Israelis in Talmudic stories. This growing fascination ...