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A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, Volume III
by Marcus Jastrow  Synopsis A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, Volume III (3/3) by Marcus Jastrow This dictionary is an absolute must for anyone learning Gemara or any other Aramaic works. Not only is every possible...
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Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation in Theory and Practice
by Aryeh Kaplan Synopsis The "Sefer Yetzirah" explores the point of infinity, kabbalistic astrology, Ezekiel's vision and the mystery of the 231 gates. The short, long and Saadia versions are included, and there is a digest on the major commentaries....
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The Written and Oral Torah
by Cardozo Publisher Comments In The Written and Oral Torah: A Comprehensive Introduction, Rabbi Nathan T. Lopes Cardozo offers those interested in Jewish tradition an explanation of and basic insight into Judaism's classical sources. Containing a diverse selection of material culled...
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Set of Selected Sayings
by Koren Publishers Synopsis The booklets contain selected verses on ethics and wisdom from The proverbs of Solomon, Ecclesiates, Ethics of the Fathers and The Talmud. The Hebrew comes in beautiful calligraphy with translation into English, French and German on the opposite page...
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The Talmud: What It Is and What It Says
by Jacob Neusner Publisher Comments Wherever Jews have settled and whatever languages they spoke, they created a community with a single set of common values. One law, one theology defined the community throughout their many migrations. A single book explains how this came about-the Talmud....
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Tree of Souls (07 Edition)
by Schwartz Publisher Comments Only one of the world's mythologies has remained essentially unrecognized--the mythology of Judaism. As Howard Schwartz reveals in Tree of Souls, the first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, this mythical tradition is as rich and as fascinating as...
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Back to the Sources: Reading the Classics
by Barry W Holtz Publisher Comments With chapters written by leading scholars specifically for this volume, 'Back to the Sources' is the first comprehensive guide to this literary legacy: the Bible, the Talmud, the midrashic literature, the commentaries, the legal codes, the mystical texts...
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The JPS Bible, Pocket Edition (Moss)
by Jewish Publication Society (cor) Synopsis A JPS Tanakh that's small enough to take anywhere This new pocket-sized Tanakh is the most portable version of the Jewish Bible ever. Easy to hold and carry, the text is identical to that in our full-sized, English-only editions, set in two columns. It...
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Stringing the Pearls: How to Read the Weekly Torah Portion
by James S. Diamond Publisher Comments Diamond, a consummate teacher of the Bible, provides a clear and simple (but not simplistic) method for reading and understanding the weekly Torah portions. This is a how-to book, not an interpretive one. It is not a commentary on each week's reading...
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Scripture as Logos: Rabbi Ishmael and the Origins of Midrash (Divinations)
by Azzan Yadin Publisher Comments The study of midrash--the biblical exegesis, parables, and anecdotes of the Rabbis--has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years. Most recent scholarship, however, has focused on the aggadic or narrative midrash, while halakhic or legal midrash--the...
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Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking
by Michael Fishbane Publisher Comments This is a comprehensive study of myth in the Hebrew Bible and myth and mythmaking in classical rabbinic literature (Midrash and Talmud) and in the classical work of medieval Jewish mysticism (the book of Zohar). Michael Fishbane provides a close study of...
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A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature
by Marcus Jastrow Publisher Comments A classic and still standard resource, Marcus Jastrow's monumental dictionary remains unique in that it covers both the Hebrew and Aramaic languages in the literature of the rabbinic period. This indispensable dictionary of targumic and rabbinic...
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Tanach Stone Edition Black 24 Books of the Bi
by Nosson Scherman Publisher Comments All 24 books of the Torah, Prophets, and Writings in one volume <BR> Newly set, accurate, carefully researched Hebrew text <BR> Introductions <BR> New English translation <BR> Notes and comments <BR> All Haftarahs clearly...
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Five Books of Miriam (96 Edition)
by Ellen Frankel Publisher Comments Chater one I. BERESHIT: Sexuality and Desire (GENESIS 1:1-6:8) TORAH SPEAKS: In the beginning, Shekhinah, the Holy-One who-Dwells-in-This-World, spins the world into being: light, water, earth, heavenly bodies, seed-bearing plants, sea creatures, birds...
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The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah: Recovering the Key to Hebraic Sacred Science
by Leonora Leet Publisher Comments "The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah" resurrects this ancient body of knowledge to reveal eternal truths that profoundly impact contemporary spirituality. Experimental methods of practicing Hebraic sacred science are explored that explain, as never...
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The Garden of Eden and the Struggle to Be Human According Tothe Garden of Eden and the Struggle to Be Human According Tothe Garden of Eden and the Str
by Wilfred Shuchat Publisher Comments The second in Devora's Midrash Rabbah series, this volume begins with Adam and Eve. Includes the original 1,000 year old Hebrew text, translation, and a new groundbreaking analysis of this ageless commentary on the Torah....
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Jewish Meditations on the Mean
by Chaim Z Rozwaski Publisher Comments A series of eulogies that draw upon traditional Jewish sources, and a concise presentation of the Jewish view of death and mourning....
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Haggadah
by Marc-alain Ouaknin Publisher Comments The Haggadah is the text for the Seder, a Jewish ceremonial dinner that takes place on the first night of Passover. The festival commemorates one of the fundamental moments of Jewish history: the end of bondage in Egypt and the Exodus....
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Talmud for Beginners Volume 3 Living in a No
by Judith Z Abrams Publisher Comments As with the first two volumes in this series, "The Talmud For Beginners, Vol. 3" introduces the beginner to an important book of the Talmud--in this case, Avodah Zarah, translated as "strange worship". The theme, generally speaking, is Jewish relations...
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Judaism and Disability: Portrayals in Ancient Texts from the Tanach Through the Bavli
by Judith Z. Abrams Publisher Comments This perceptive book documents attitudes toward disabled people in the earliest centuries of this ancient culture. Abrams examines the Tanach, the Hebrew acronym for the Jewish Bible, including passages from the Torah, Prophets, and Writings, and...
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