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Beginnings of Jewishness: Boundaries, Varieties, Uncertainti by Shaye J. D. Cohen Publisher Comments This is a study of the notion of Jewishness from c. 200 BCE to c. 200 CE. Reasonable and well-informed people disputed whether a given person was Jewish or not; Cohen opens by discussing just such an argument, about Herod the Great.... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper 
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History of Israel 4TH Edition by John Bright Publisher Comments This classic, which attempts to relate the field of archeology to that of biblical interpretation and theology, has been a successful textbook for students for more than 40 years.... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ by Daniel Boyarin Synopsis In July 2008 a front-page story in the New York Times reported on the discovery of an ancient Hebrew tablet, dating from before the birth of Jesus, which predicted a Messiah who would rise from the dead after three days. Commenting on this startling... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Hardcover
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The Jews of San Nicandro by John A. Davis Publisher Comments Not many people know of the utterly extraordinary events that took place in a humble southern Italian town in the first half of the twentieth century—and those who do have struggled to explain them. In the late 1920s, a crippled shoemaker had a... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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Jewish Life in the Middle Ages by Israel Abrahams Publisher Comments Highly readable social history comprehensively examines life of European Jews, from approximately the late 10th-century to the early 1500s. Topics include social functions of the synagogue, communal organizations, love, courtship and marriage, monogamy... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Between Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora by John Joseph Collins Publisher Comments One of the most creative and consequential collisions in Western culture involved the encounter of Judaism with Hellenism. In his widely acclaimed study of the intellectual and moral relationship between "Athens and Jerusalem", John J. Collins examines... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price: $28.40 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Voices of the Matriarchs : Listening To the Prayers of Early Modern Jewish Women (98 Edition) by Chava Weissler Publisher Comments Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award for 1998 With Voices of the Matriarchs, Chava Weissler restores balance to our knowledge of Judaism by providing the first look at the Yiddish prayers women created during centuries of exclusion from men's... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Boundaries of Jewish Identity (Samuel and Althea Stroum Book, Jackson School Publications i) by Susan A. (edt) Glenn Publisher Comments The subject of Jewish identity is one of the most vexed and contested issues of modern religious and ethnic group history. This interdisciplinary collection draws on work in law, anthropology, history, sociology, literature, and popular culture to... (read more) Your price: $30.95 New - Trade Paper
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Inventions of the Jewish People (10 Edition) by Shlomo Sand Publisher Comments A historical tour de force, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a groundbreaking account of Jewish and Israeli history. Exploding the myth that there was a forced Jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the Romans, Israeli historian... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Jews in the Time of Jesus : an Introduction (96 Edition) by Stephen M. Wylen Publisher Comments Understanding Jewish life in the first century will help us better understand Jesus mission and how it relates to our own religious concerns today. For anyone who is interested in understanding the Jewish roots of Christianity.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Historical Atlas of the Jewish People : From the Time of the Patriarchs To the Present (03 Edition) by Eli Barnavi Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references and index.... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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A History of the Jews by Paul Johnson Publisher Comments The author delivers a brilliant and comprehensive one-volume survey covering 4,000 years of Jewish history. His book is a forceful and sustained analysis of Jewish emergence and an interpretation of how Jewish history, philosophy, ethics, and social and... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Shtetl by Eva Hoffman Publisher Comments Looks at eastern Poland's formerly multicultural town of Bransk, exploring its culture, institutions, and the forms of Polish-Jewish coexistence that effected relations between Poles and Jews prior to World War II.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.16 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Language in Time of Revolution : Jews and Other Differences (93 Edition) by Benjamin Harshav Publisher Comments This book on culture and consciousness in history concerns the worldwide transformations of Jewish culture and society and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language following the waves of pogroms in Russia in 1881, when large numbers of Jews in Eastern... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Wise Men and Their Tales: Portraits of Biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic Masters by Elie Wiesel Publisher Comments In Wise Men and Their Tales, a master teacher gives us his fascinating insights into the lives of a wide range of biblical figures, Talmudic scholars, and Hasidic rabbis. The matriarch Sarah, fiercely guarding her son, Isaac, against the negative... (read more) Your price: $15.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism by John J. Collins Publisher Comments The Dictionary of Early Judaism is the first reference work devoted exclusively to Second Temple Judaism (fourth century b.c.e. through second century c.e.). The first section of this substantive and incredible work contains thirteen major essays that... (read more) Your price: $95.00 New - Hardcover
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Antisemitism: Myth and Hate from Antiquity to the Present by Marvin Perry Publisher Comments In this provocative book, Marvin Perry and Frederick M. Schweitzer analyze the lies, misperceptions, and myths about Jews and Judaism that antisemites have propagated throughout the centuries. The book examines ancient and medieval myths central to the... (read more) List Price $39.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Poyln by Alter Kacyzne Publisher Comments Winner of the National Jewish Book Award In 1921, photographer Alter Kacyzne was comissioned by the New York Yiddish daily, Forverts, to document images of Jewish life in the "old country." Kacyzne's assignment was to become a ten-year journey across... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Hinges of History #2: The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels by Thomas Cahill Publisher Comments The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting journey into history, once again recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Listen to Her Voice by Miki Raver Publisher Comments Eve, Sarah, Rachel, Delilah, Ruth their names live on, but their ancient stories have been obscured. This newly issued paperback presents a sumptuously illustrated retelling of the lives of 18 women in the Hebrew Bible. Author Miki Raver pairs each... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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