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A concise, accessible introduction to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible and how its themes can be understood and lived in contemporary life.

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How do religious groups deal with the failure of their prophecy This book presents an ethnographic study of the Lubavitcher movement, and a socio-psychological examination of Lubavitcher messianism.

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Ethnographic study of the Lubavitcher movement, and a socio-psychological examination of Lubavitcher messianism.

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Beginning with the opening of Mishnah Kiddushin, 'A woman is acquired (in marriage)...by money, by document, or by sexual intercourse, ' and using other examples of commercial language applied to marriage across the rabbinic canon, this work demonstrates that rabbis used inform...

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Marriage, Sex and Family in Judaism explores Jewish marriage from historical and contemporary perspectives, focusing on the religious and legal concepts of marriage, and the social impact of family in the Jewish community. The book does not advocate one perspective or another;...

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May God Avenge Their Blood consists of three memoirs by the Yiddish writer Rachmil Bryks translated for the first time into English. With narrative flair and vivid detail, Bryks brilliantly captures interwar Jewish life in his hometown of Skarysko-Kamienna, Poland, the early days of World War II, and his imprisonment in Auschwitz and other camps.

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May God Avenge Their Blood consists of three memoirs by the Yiddish writer Rachmil Bryks translated for the first time into English. With narrative flair and vivid detail, Bryks brilliantly captures interwar Jewish life in his hometown of Skarysko-Kamienna, Poland, the early days of World War II, and his imprisonment in Auschwitz and other camps.

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Encompasses the entire spectrum of Jewish thought, from the early Kabbalists to the modern Chassidic and Mussar masters, the sages of the Talmud, to the modern philosophers. Both a scholarly study of meditative practices, and a practical guide, this title is suitable for anyone interested in meditating the Jewish way.

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An exploration of the formation of the conception of 'catastrophic messianism' in the Gabriel Revelation. It features a discussion of the text "The Gabriel Revelation" - an apocalyptic text written on stone at the turn of the Common Era. It explores the formation of the conception of 'catastrophic messianism' in the Gabriel Revelation.

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An exploration of the formation of the conception of 'catastrophic messianism' in the Gabriel Revelation. It features a discussion of the text "The Gabriel Revelation" - an apocalyptic text written on stone at the turn of the Common Era. It explores the formation of the conception of 'catastrophic messianism' in the Gabriel Revelation.

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Investigates the origins of a female manifestation of God in Jewish mysticism. Examining Judaic history from the biblical Wisdom tradition to the Middle Ages, this work finds some precedents for the Kabbalah's feminine divinity.

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This book analyses the role of music in processes of religious change in contemporary progressive Judaism. Based on ethnographic research conducted in London, it illustrates a growing trend among progressive Jews in the West today: the desire to combine liberal theology with forms of practice experienced as more traditional.

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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.

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Nearly two hundred years since Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav's demise, his philosophical writings and literary creation remain lively and provocative materials in both Jewish culture and the New-Age movement. This work offers a systematic description of the mystical doctrine of one of the most influential thinkers in Jewish mysticism.

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Nearly two hundred years since Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav's demise, his philosophical writings and literary creation remain lively and provocative materials in both Jewish culture and the New-Age movement. This work offers a systematic description of the mystical doctrine of one of the most influential thinkers in Jewish mysticism.

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Ambra Suriano analyses the narrators techniques, exploring the influence of the readers understanding and playing with their interpretative freedom in recounting particular episodes in the Book of Genesis. She argues that a synchronic analysis of the text uncovers a series of binary oppositions that characterise the narrative world of Mamre and Sodom.

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Nationalizing Judaism studies the transformation of Jewish themes, historical myths, biblical metaphors, and theological visions into a national interpretationthe Zionist movement and the Israeli state.