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Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hate
by Neil Baldwin  Publisher Comments How and why did this quintessential American folk-hero and pioneering industrialist become one of the most obsessive anti-Semites of our time-a man who devoted his immense financial resources to publishing a pernicious forgery, The Protocols of the...
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AAR Texts and Translations #7: Religion of Reason Out of the Sources of Judaism
by Hermann Cohen Publisher Comments thought....
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Jacob and His Sons: The End of the Patriarchal Era
by Martin Sicker Publisher Comments The sagas of Jacob and his sons are presented in the biblical book of Genesis in a series of sometimes seemingly unrelated episodes. In this book, the author undertakes to show that these episodes are all intimately connected and were selected to...
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The Vitality of Rabbinic Imagination: The Mishnah Against the Bible and Qumran: The Mishnah Against the Bible and Qumran
by Jacob Neusner Publisher Comments Assessed against comparable documents of Scripture and the Qumran library, the Mishnah shows itself as a triumph of imagination. It exhibits remarkable capacity to think in new and astonishing ways about familiar things. This study compares the Mishnah...
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The Social Roots of Biblical Yahwism
by Stephen L. Cook Publisher Comments Sure to provoke discussion and debate as it offers a unique approach to some old and perplexing issues in the history of ancient Israel and its religion, Cook's study is a bold new proposal for synthesizing the social history of Israel's religious...
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Israel, Impossible Land (02 Edition)
by Jean-christophe Attias Publisher Comments “Jean-Christophe Attias and Esther Benbassa have written an elegant and erudite book demonstrating the complex relationship to the land of Israel throughout Jewish history.”—American Historical...
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The Jewish Prophet: Visionary Words from Moses and Miriam to Henrietta Szold and A.J. Heschel
by Michael J Shire Publisher Comments This beautifully illustrated collection of Jewish prophecy features the lives and teachings of thirty men and women. They range from the biblical prophets through the thinkers and leaders of medieval times to modern-day visionaries and activists...
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Let There Be Light: Modern Cosmology and Kabbalah: A New Conversation Between Science and Religion
by Howard Smith Publisher Comments A Harvard astrophysicist and traditionally observant Jewish American identifies compelling parallels between the creation theories of modern science and ancient Kabbalah, arguing that science and religion are compatible disciplines that can jointly...
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Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides
by Kenneth Seeskin Publisher Comments Monotheism is usually considered Judaism's greatest contribution to world culture, but it is far from clear what monotheism is. This work examines the notion that monotheism is not so much a claim about the number of God as a claim about the nature of...
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The Doctrine of the Messiah in Medieval Jewish Literature
by Joseph Sarachek Synopsis This Is A Solid Scholarly Book About The Messianic Views Of The Greatest Scholars And Thinkers Of The Middle Ages, Saadia, Gaon, Rash, Judah Halevi, To Name A Few....
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Spirit of Renewal : Finding Faith After the Holocaust (91 Edition)
by Edward Feld Publisher Comments Examines the Holocaust within the context of other responses to tragedy throughout Jewish history....
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Body of Faith
by Michael Wyschogrod Publisher Comments The original edition of this book describes it as an attempt to develop a comprehensive understanding of traditional Judaism in conversation with contemporary philosophical and Christian thought. This book has been praised by many as one of the most...
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The Illuminated Haggadah
by Michael Shire Publisher Comments One of the most beloved book in Judaism, the Haggadah contains the liturgy for the Passover Seder, the ritual that memorializes the Israelites' liberation from slavery and their exodus from Egypt. Featuring commentary that both amplifies the traditional...
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Barcelona and Beyond
by Robert Chazan Publisher Comments In late July 1263 a public disputation was convened by King James I of Aragon, pitting Friar Paul Christian against the distinguished rabbi of Gerona, Moses ben Nahman. Organized by leading figures in the Dominican Order to give Friar Paul an opportunity...
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Yes, But Is It Good for the Jews?
by Jonny Geller 
Powells.com Staff Pick Games: Six Degrees of Larry David. Advice: Do not take Viagra on Kol Nidre. But most important, a secret formula: What's good for the Jews? Do the math! Recommended by Kyle, Powells.com...
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Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge
by Michael Rosenak Publisher Comments Viewing education through the prism of the Torah, Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge takes the reader through the stages of learning, growth, and self-development that characterize human lives. The journey begins with education as it happens in the home...
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The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov
by Yitzhak Buxbaum Publisher Comments Features the life, in stories, of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (1700-1760), the founder of Hasidism. The Baal Shem Tov, or the Besht, as he is commonly called, led a revival in Judaism that put love and joy at the center of religious life and championed...
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The Apocrypha: An American Translation
by Edgar J. (translator) Goodspeed Publisher Comments Interweaves genres and narrative levels to form a distinctive and compelling mosaic around the London murder of a fashion model....
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Introduction to Rabbinic Literature (Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library)
by Jacob Neusner Publisher Comments The rabbis are as important today as they were two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the literature that came to be named after them. The Mishnah, the Tosefta, the Talmuds, the collections of Midrash, and other writings ascribed to the ancient rabbis --...
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The First Steps to a New Jewish Spirit: Reb Zalman's Guide to Recapturing Intimacy & Ecstasy in Your Relationship to God
by Zalman Meshullam Schachter-shalomi Publisher Comments Now, more than ever, people of all backgrounds are on a quest to express their spiritual stirrings and for practical ways to incorporate the Divine into modern life. "The First Steps to a New Jewish Spirit" is an extraordinary handbook that restores...
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