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Explains to American Jews the core religious beliefs of Christianity and assesses the threats and promises of the Jewish--Christian encounter from a Jewish perspective.

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History reveals that colonizers effectively made use of education as a device to propagate their cultural values, ethos and lifestyle among the colonized. This title explores the role of the colonial education system in ancient times and the more recent British colonial era in India through diverse texts and numerous critical lenses.

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Pamela Nadell's biographical dictionary and sourcebook is a landmark contribution to American, Jewish, and religious history.

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This bibliography documents and annotates the various articles and books devoted to Jewish ethics. The bibliographical survey is divided into five major sections: general works and anthologies, the history of Jewish ethics, issues in Jewish ethics, themes in Jewish ethics, and Jewish ethics and non-Jewish ethical theories.

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From the biblical story of Ruth to the star conversion of Elizabeth Taylor, Epstein tells the stories of people who have converted to Judaism throughout history. This book is a resource for people considering the challenging path of conversion and an illustration of the important role Jewish converts have played in Jewish life through the ages.

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Brings to a wide audience one of the most innovative and meaningful models of God for this post-Auschwitz era. In a return to the original Hebrew conception of God, which questions accepted conceptions of divine omnipotence, this title defines God's authorship of the world as a consequence of his victory in his struggle with evil.

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This volume including eight essays and an interview offers new insight into Daniel Mendelsohn's first three memoirs (The Elusive Embrace, The Lost, and An Odyssey). The authors analyze how Mendelsohn's nonfiction brilliantly intertwines self-writing with reflections on ancient myths and their continued impact on self-reflection and representation.

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Provides a rapid reference to those Jewish men and women who have, over the last four thousand years, contributed to the life, history and study of Judaism in all its facets. From Abraham to Saul Bellow, from Moses Maimonides to Woody Allen, from the Baal Shem Tov to Albert Einstein, it provides an account of the richness of the Jewish heritage.

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Digging through History follows rabbi and archaeologist Richard Freund's journey through some of the most fascinating archaeological sites of human history-including the mysterious Atlantis, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the long-buried Holocaust camp Sobibor. Each chap...

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A study of the concept of kingship in classical Jewish literature, as well as three approaches to it found in the Bible. It empowers scholars, rabbis, educators and layleaders to develop new and diverse voices within the tradition, laying foundations for the future of Jewish life in Israel and around the world.

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A study of the concept of kingship in classical Jewish literature, as well as three approaches to it found in the Bible. It empowers scholars, rabbis, educators and layleaders to develop new and diverse voices within the tradition, laying foundations for the future of Jewish life in Israel and around the world.

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Presents an exploration of Yhwh in the Books of Samuel as offering a gender-bending presentation of masculinity, exposing the deitys emotional and sexual needs versus his chosen men and the triangular male networks that result.

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Divine Will and Human Experience illuminates every stage of the halakhic process in a wide variety of contexts and genres. This book is for everyone who wants to understand halakhah deeply and share responsibility for the Torah's role in constructing and governing personal and communal religious lives.

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The importance of dualistic thinking within the "Dead Sea Scrolls" has always been emphasised in "Qumran Studies". This volume assesses issues such as: the origin of Qumran's dualism; the literary growth of the passages in question; and the social/ideological setting of the dualistic passages within the Qumran Library.

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