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The Classic Tales
by Ellen Frankel  Publisher Comments A retelling of 300 Jewish stories spanning 4,000 years and three continents. Drawing on biblical, talmudic, and hasidic tales, the author creates a classica map resource book for the brightest jewels in the vast treasure chest of Jewish lore. Six useful...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth
by John Marco Allegro Publisher Comments The late John Allegro, the only humanist scholar given access to the scrolls, presents translations and analyses of the manuscripts in his charge, and expounds upon his controversial ideas regarding the historical authenticity of Jesus, and the role...
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The Lost Book of Enoch
by David Humphreys Publisher Comments Though widely read by early Christians, the book of Enoch was banned by the church in the fourth century and considered lost for 1,600 years. A mention of it in the New Testament led 19th-century scholars to a manuscript of the Enoch story in Hebrew and...
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Mine & Yours Are Hers: Retrieving Women's History from Rabbinic Literature
by Tal Ilan Publisher Comments This book suggests several methods with which rabbinic sources can be approached in order to obtain information about women's history. It is the first feminist book about rabbinic literature which treats the latter as a historical source. It contains...
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The Committed Life: Principles for Good Living from Our Timeless Past
by Esther Jungreis Publisher Comments Drawing on the timeless wisdom of the torah.Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis reminds us of the principlesnecessary for living a better and more committed life.Inspirational and deeply moving. This book willtouch your heart like no other....
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Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah #56: The New Damascus Document: The Midrash on the Eschatological Torah of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Reconstruction, Translation and Commentary
by Ben Zion Wacholder Publisher Comments This volume examines twelve ancient and medieval manuscripts, ten from the caves at Qumran and the two so called Damascus Documents from the Cairo Geniza, presenting a new organization and understanding of these texts. The twelve manuscripts are in a...
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Haggadah: A Celebration of Freedom
by Martha (edt) Shelley Publisher Comments Haggadah means "the legend". The escape from Egypt is the defining legend, the central drama of the Jews. Every nation coalesces around such an epic; its people project themselves into the story, aspire to the virtues of its heroes, and through periodic...
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The Torah: The Five Books of Moses: A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text
by Jewish Publication Society Of America Publisher Comments The Torah is the essence of Jewish tradition; it inspires each successive generation. The current JPS translation, based on classical and modern sources, is acclaimed for its fidelity to the ancient Hebrew....
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Adam and the Kabbalistic Tree
by Z'ev Ben Shimon Halevi Synopsis Using the analogy of the Tree of Life as a model of the universe, Halevi examines Adam, the first man, and takes us up fromthe earthly kingdom of the body through the worlds of soul and spirit to the crown of heaven. In modern terms, Halevi speaks of the...
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Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi in Talmud and Midrash: A Source Book
by Jacob Neusner Book News Annotation Taking the four prophetic books as case studies, Neusner (history and theology of Judaism, Bard College, New York) systematically analyzes how Israelite scripture was received and recast in the language communities that produced the Bible in two...
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Three Questions of Formative Judaism; History, Literature and Religion.
by Jacob Neusner Synopsis The academic study of Judaism requires a systematic inquiry into the history, literature, and religion -- and eventually the theology -- as revealed in the historical documents themselves. Under this premise, "Three Questions of Formative Judaism...
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Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scroll (Anchor Bible Reference Library)
by Schiffman Lawrence H Publisher Comments Dead Sea Scrolls expert Lawrence H. Schiffman shifts attention away from the sensationalism surrounding who has control of the scrolls by focusing on how these texts shed light on the history of Judaism and early Christianity....
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Torah and Company
by Judith Z. Abrams Publisher Comments Rabbi Judith Abrams draws from her rich knowledge of the Jewish tradition to create a discussion guide for the weekly Torah portion....
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Tanna Debe Eliyyahu: The Lore of the School of Elijah
by William G. Braude Publisher Comments Tanna Debe Eliyyahu is a midrashic work thought to have been composed between the third and tenth centuries. Unlike all the other midrashim, it does not consist of a compilation of individual homilies but is a unified work shaped with a character of its...
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Brill Reference Library of Ancient Judaism, #9: How the Talmud Works How the Talmud Works:
by Jacob Neusner Publisher Comments The Bavli, or Talmud of Babylonia, the foundation-document of Judaism, its law, theology, and exegesis of Scripture, sets forth an orderly world, resting on reason and tested by rationality. The document in its coherent intellectual programme of inquiry...
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An Introduction to Judaic Thought and Rabbinic Literature
by Martin Sicker Publisher Comments Provides a clear and concise introduction to the literature that represents the core of Jewish faith and...
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Post Biblical Hebrew Literature: An Anthology
by B. Halper Publisher Comments This volume of translations is a companion to the Hebrew texts which may be found in a separate book. In preparing these selections, Halper was guided by two principles: the literary merit of the extract and its pedagogic value. The latter quality would...
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The Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Berakoth, Soncino
by Isidore Epstein Publisher Comments The Tractate Berakoth ('Benedictions') consists of nine chapters of which only the last four are concerned with benedictions proper. The first three contain the rules for the recital of the shema' (Chapter one, Chapter two, Chapter three), the next two...
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Wise-- And Not So Wise: Ten Tales from the Rabbis / Selected and Retold by Phillis Gershator; Designed and Illustrated by Alexa Ginsburg
by Phillis Gershator Publisher Comments Talmudic and midrashic folklore use the teachings of the ancient sages to answer questions and teach moral lessons, often with a dash of humor. In this delightful collection of stories, Phillis Gershator takes these spiritual and folkloric elements and...
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Achaia or Studies of the Cosmogony and Natural History of the Hebrew Scriptures
by J. W. Dawson Publisher Comments This work is not intended as a treatise on elementary geology, with theological applications, nor as an attempt to establish a scheme of reconciliation between geology and the Bible. It is the result of a series of exegetical studies of the first chapter...
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