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A History of Ancient Israel and Judah
by James Maxwell Miller  Publisher Comments This classic textbook, widely used for over two decades, constructs a history of ancient Israel and Judah through a thorough investigation of epigraphical, archaeological, and biblical sources. Approaching biblical history as history, Miller and Hayes...
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Legends of the Jews #01: From the Creation to Jacob: Volume 1
by Louis Ginzberg Publisher Comments "A truly monumental work of scholarship... Read for pleasure by millions of Jews and Christians, consulted by students, scholars, and ordinary folk, The Legends of the Jews has itself become legendary, the magnum opus of one of the twentieth century's...
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From Epic to Canon: History and Literature in Ancient Israel
by Frank Moore Cross Publisher Comments In From Epic to Canon, Frank Moore Cross discusses specific issues that illuminate central questions about the Hebrew Bible and those who created and preserved it. He challenges the persistent attempt to read Protestant theological polemic against law...
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Medieval Cultures #40: The Spectral Jew: Conversion and Embodiment in Medieval Europe
by Steven F. Kruger Publisher Comments Medieval European culture encompassed Judaic, Christian, Muslim, and pagan societies, forming a complex matrix of religious belief, identity, and imagination. Through incisive readings of a broad range of medieval texts and informed by poststructuralist,...
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Reckless Rites: Purim & the Legacy of Jewish Violence (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern)
by Elliott Horowitz Publisher Comments "Elliott Horowitz's learned, humane, and exciting book will rattle many platitudes and disturb many pieties. Purim will never be quite the same; and the complications that Horowitz introduces into the history of Jewish self-representation will be...
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To Rule Jerusalem
by Roger Friedland Publisher Comments ""To Rule Jerusalem" is a study of religion and politics, Judaism and Zionism as well as Palestinian nationalism and Islam, and it brings a most remarkable perspective to a topic--conflict over Jerusalem--with which we all are, unfortunately, far more...
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The Jewish Writings
by Hannah Arendt Publisher Comments Although Hannah Arendt is not primarily known as a Jewish thinker, she probably wrote more about Jewish issues than any other topic. As a young adult in Germany, she wrote about German Jewish history. After moving to France in 1933, she helped Jewish...
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The Rise and Fall of Jewish Nationalism: Jewish and Christian Ethnicity in Ancient Palestine
by Doron Mendels Publisher Comments Explores the development of Jewish nationalism with the context of the Hellenistic world....
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Portraits of Our Past: Jews of the German Countryside
by Emily Rose Publisher Comments An absorbing look at the daily lives of rural Jews in eighteenth and nineteenth century Germany. Includes over 75 black and white illustrations, a guide for researchers, maps, and a bibliography....
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Bethlehem Beseiged: Stories of Desperation and Hope from the Holy Land
by Mitri Raheb Publisher Comments Stories of Desperation and Hope from the Holy Land. The untold story of the siege of Bethlehem in 2003, a powerful collection of compelling personal stories in the midst of lethal conflict, bringing the reality of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict 'home'....
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Studies in Contemporary Jewry, #22: Sephardic Jewry and Mizrahi Jews: Vol # XXII
by Peter Y. (edt) Medding Publisher Comments Volume XXII of the distinguished annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry explores the major and rapid changes experienced by a population known variously as "Sephardim," "Oriental" Jews and "Mizrahim" over the last fifty years. Although Sephardim are...
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The Jewish Time Line Encyclopedia
by Mattis Kantor Publisher Comments Beginning with the creation of the universe in the Jewish year (3760 B.C.E.) and ending with the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 5745 (1985). This volume employs chronologies and time lines to convey Jewish history's people and events. Kantor writes...
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My Future Is in America: Autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish Immigrants
by Jocelyn (edt) Cohen Publisher Comments "Cohen and Soyer have done a masterful job of collecting and translating these gripping immigrant narratives. A must read for anyone interested in immigration, American history, or the Jewish experience in America." —Beth S. Wenger, Katz Family...
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Short History of Judaism (92 Edition)
by Jacob Neusner Publisher Comments One of the world's experts on classical Jewish history and literature offers an authoritative interpretation of the three major periods of Jewish history from the time of the Bible up to the present. What emerges is a captivating account of the life...
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The Story of the Jews: A 4,000-Year Adventure
by Stan Mack Publisher Comments A funny and fresh look at 4,000 years of Jewish history. Celebrates the major characters and events that have shaped the Jewish people and culture. Through witty, illustrated narrative, we visit all the major happenings from biblical times to the twenty...
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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 From the author of "How the Irish Saved Civilization" comes a new book that uncovers the crucial Jewish contribution to Western history, recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today. The second...
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The First Jewish Catalog: A Do-It-Yourself Kit
by Richard Siegel Publisher Comments For anyone who has ever wondered how to make wine, crochet a kippah, locate a Jewish film, start a Jewish library, or bring the Messiah, this exciting collection of far-ranging topics can help any Jew--those steeped in tradition or those just discovering...
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The Legends of the Jews, Volume IV: From Joshua to Esther
by Louis Ginzberg Publisher Comments As the Boston Book Review wrote in December 1998: Nothing better illustrates the odd intimacy of the Bible and interpretation than The Legends of the Jews, a seven volume set of biblical interpretations that was compiled by the famous Judaic scholar...
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Outsider in the Promised Land: An Iraqi Jew in Israel
by Nissim Rejwan Publisher Comments A revealing collection of published and unpublished writings on Israel's struggle to become a nation, as documented by a young Jewish journalist recently arrived from Iraq....
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Strife in Sanctuary (98 Edition)
by Phil Zuckerman Publisher Comments The first book-length study of a single congregation breaking in two, Strife in the Sanctuary provides a welcome ethnographic study for sociologists of religion. Plus, its moving story makes it an excellent read for undergraduate classes or anyone...
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