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Sparks of Light
by Gideon Weitzman  Publisher Comments The author writes: Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook (5635-5695/1865-1935) was one of the greatest Jewish leaders of recent history. He was steeped in Jewish knowledge of all kinds, a master of halacha, Talmud, and Jewish philosophy, and he also had a...
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Structure and Form in the Babylonian Talmud
by Louis Jacobs Publisher Comments This book attempts to uncover the basic form and structure of the Babylonian Talmud, a centrally important text in Jewish studies. The novel contribution made by Dr. Jacobs to the study of the Talmud consists in his concentration on the literary...
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Judaism and the Interpretation of Scripture: Introduction to the Rabbinic Midrash
by Jacob Neusner Publisher Comments An indispensable tool for understanding how Jewish scholars in the first five hundred years of the Common Era commented upon the earlier Mishnah's interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures. Neusner has tied this introduction to his translation and...
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The Hasidic Parable
by Aryeh Wineman Publisher Comments Telling parables, explains Wineman, was a strategy that the Hasidic masters used to foster a radical shift in thinking about God, the world, and the values and norms of religious life. Each story here culled from classical Hasidic homiletic texts is...
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Learn Talmud
by Judith Z. Abrams Publisher Comments Judith Abrams, author of the highly acclaimed The Talmud for Beginners, Volumes I & II, creates yet another way of making Talmud study easy and accessible for the novice. Rabbi Abrams has chosen to work with the Steinsaltz Edition of the Talmud...
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Classics of Western Spirituality #0085: The Generations of Adam
by Isaiah Horowitz Publisher Comments The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted!<P>In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American...
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The Boldness of an Halakhist: An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein's "The Arukh Hashulhan"
by Simcha Fishbane Publisher Comments This book analyzes the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein (1829-1908), author of the Arukh Hashulkhan, a bold and unusual approach to Jewish law. Based primarily on the original text of Rabbi Epstein's legal codes and homilies, this work...
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The Early Kabbalah (Classics of Western Spirituality)
by Ronald C. Kiener Publisher Comments The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted!<P>In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American...
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The Song of Songs: The Honeybee in the Garden
by Debra Band Publisher Comments The Song of Songs has provided generations with some of the most passionate and most lasting love poetry ever recorded. And because of that passion, it has also been a source of lasting controversy and debate among Jews and Christians alike. What exactly...
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Structure and Form in the Babylonian Talmud
by Louis Jacobs Publisher Comments This book attempts to uncover the basic form and structure of the Babylonian Talmud, a centrally important text in Jewish studies. The novel contribution made by Dr. Jacobs to the study of the Talmud consists in his concentration on the literary...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible: The Oldest Known Bible Translated for the First Time Into English
by Martin G., Jr. Abegg Publisher Comments From the dramatic find in the caves of Qumran, The Dead Sea Scrolls Biblepresents the world's most precious and ancient version of the Bible.One thousand years older than any existing manuscripts, these scrolls allow us to read the Bible it was in the...
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JPS Torah Commentary: Numbers: Ba-Midbar: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation (JPS Torah Commentary)
by Jacob Milgrom Publisher Comments Written by four outstanding Torah scholars, the JPS Torah Commentary series represents a fusion of the best of the old and new. Utilizing the latest research to enhance our understanding of the biblical text, it takes its place as one of the most...
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Torah Today: A Renewed Encounter with Scripture (Jewish Life, History, and Culture)
by Pinchas Peli Publisher Comments The central element of Jewish worship is the yearly cycle of reading the first five books of the Bible, the Five Books of Moses, called the Torah in Hebrew. Torah Today, a compilation of fifty-four essays that grew out of Pinchas Peli's Torah column in...
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The Hebrew Bible: New Insights and Scholarship (Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century)
by Frederick E. Greenspahn Publisher Comments "An excellent supplementary textbook for survey courses on the Hebrew Bible or on biblical scholarship." —John J. Collins, Yale University In April of 2001, the headline in the Los Angeles Times read, "Doubting the Story of the Exodus." It covered a...
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Kabbalah Revealed: The Ordinary Person's Guide to a More Peaceful Life
by Michael Laitman Publisher Comments Kabbalah Revealed: The Ordinary Person'ss Guide to a More Peaceful Life is a clearly-written, user-friendly guide to making sense of the surrounding world while achieving inner peace. Each of the six chapters in this book focuses on a...
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Our Lives as Torah: Finding God in Our Own Stories
by Carol Ochs Publisher Comments Carol Ochs is director of Graduate Studies and Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Brandeis University and taught philosophy at Simmons College in...
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Sketch of the Talmud
by Isidor Kalisch Publisher Comments Found in this volume is a sketch of the Talmud, the world renowned collection of Jewish traditions, and it is the author's design to recall men from prepossessed partial views, to truth....
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The School System of the Talmud: With a Sketch of the Talmudical Treatise Baba Kama
by Baer Spiers Synopsis This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional...
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A Tree of Life - 2ND Edition
by Louis Jacobs Synopsis Now revised and expanded, Jacobs' fascinating study shows how halakhic rulings through the ages have been influenced by social, economic, theological, and even political factors as well as by consideration of the wider ideals and demands of Judaism...
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The Tikkun Kor'im Keter
by Not Available (na) Synopsis The Tikkun Kor'im for public readers is intended to aid those preparing to read the Torah at services, and to solve problems that may arise in the course of such preparation. The two opposing pages are designed so that a carefully researched text of the...
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