Judaic Scripture Commentary
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How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now
by James L. Kugel  Publisher Comments Scholars from different fields have joined forces to reexamine every aspect of the Hebrew Bible. Their research, carried out in universities and seminaries in Europe and America, has revolutionized our understanding of almost every chapter and verse. But...
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The Bible as It Was
by James L Kugel Publisher Comments This is a guide to the Hebrew Bible unlike any other. Leading us chapter by chapter through its most important stories--from the Creation and the Tree of Knowledge through the Exodus from Egypt andthe journey to the Promised Land--James Kugel shows how a...
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On the Bible: Eighteen Studies (Martin Buber Library)
by Martin Buber Synopsis On the Bible acquaints the reader with Martin Buber's works on Scripture and with his endeavor to elucidate the meanings of biblical ideas in ages past and in our own time....
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Jewish Study Bible-TK
by Adele Berlin Publisher Comments The Jewish Study Bible presents the center of gravity of the Scriptures where Jews experience it--in Torah. It offers readers the fruits of various schools of Jewish traditions of biblical exegesis (rabbinic, medieval, mystical, etc.) and provides them...
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The Torah for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Arthur Kurzweil Synopsis An easy-to-understand introduction to Judaism's most sacred text The foundation of Hebrew and Jewish religion, thought, law, and society is the Torah-the parchment scroll containing the text of the Five Books of Moses that is located in every synagogue...
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The Wisdom of Maimonides: The Life and Writings of the Jewish Sage
by Edward Hoffman Synopsis Moses Maimonides is a towering figure in Judaism. Best known as the author of The Guide for the Perplexed, he was a rabbi, philosopher, and physician in Spain and Egypt in the twelfth century. His commentaries and writings on ethics and law profoundly...
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Back to the Sources: Reading the Classics
by Barry W Holtz Synopsis 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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Handmade Midrash: Workshops in Visual Theology
by Jo Milgrom Publisher Comments Jo Milgrom's milestone work which introduces "visual theology", an original, interdisciplinary approach which relates biblical knowledge to personal development. This guide includes innovative workshop exercises which assume no skill or training in art...
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613 Mitzvot
by Ronald L Eisenberg Synopsis Drawing on many rabbinic and post-rabbinic sources, the commandments, by tradition 613 in number, are explained in light of traditional sources in a clear and direct way for today's reader....
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Talmud for Beginners Volume 2 Text
by Judith Z Abrams Synopsis Rabbi Abrams walks us through tractate Megillah in a warm, unintimidating, and highly informed way....
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Maimonides on the Origin of the World
by Kenneth Seeskin Publisher Comments Looks closely at the debates surrounding Maimonides' discussion of creation....
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A Code of Jewish Ethics: Volume 1: You Shall Be Holy
by Joseph Telushkin Publisher Comments A Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 1: You Shall Be Holy is the initial volume of the first major code of Jewish ethics to be written in the English language. It is a monumental work on the vital topic of personal character and integrity by one of the...
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Hebrew Manuscripts: The Power of Script and Image
by Ilana Tahan Publisher Comments The written word holds sacred value to Jewish people and this means that books have always played a central role in the development and transmission of their religion and culture. During the Middle Ages, the art of the book became the chief medium of...
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Essential Papers on the Talmud (Essential Papers on Jewish Studies)
by Michael L Chernick Publisher Comments "For the general reader, and the ever-burgeoning number of students in Jewish studies programs, the Essential Papers series brings together a wealth of core secondary material, while the commentaries offered by the editors aim to place this material in...
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The Hebrew Bible: New Insights and Scholarship (Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century)
by Frederic 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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Tanach Stone Edition Black 24 Books of the Bi
by Nosson Scherman Synopsis All 24 books of the Torah, Prophets, and Writings in one volume Newly set, accurate, carefully researched Hebrew text Introductions New English translation Notes and comments All Haftarahs clearly indicated Charts, illustrations and maps Full Index of...
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Tanakh-TK
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Powells.com Staff Pick I still like to read the Psalms in the King James Bible; but when I want to read a clear and modern language version of the scriptures, I prefer the Jewish Publication Society's (JPS) Tanakh. This version of what is also known as the Old Testament was...
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Jewish Study Bible
by Adele Berlin Publisher Comments The Jewish Study Bible presents the center of gravity of the Scriptures where Jews experience it--in Torah. It offers readers the fruits of various schools of Jewish traditions of biblical exegesis (rabbinic, medieval, mystical, etc.) and provides them...
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How To Read the Jewish Bible (05 Edition)
by Marc Zvi Brettler Publisher Comments In his new book, master Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler argues that today's contemporary readers can only understand the ancient Hebrew Scripture by knowing more about the culture that produced it. And so Brettler unpacks the literary conventions,...
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Beyond the Verse: Talmudic Readings and Lectures (Continuum Impacts)
by Emmanuel Levinas Publisher Comments This new volume in the Impacts series brings together an important collection of essays by Emmanuel Levinas, a leading philosopher of the 20th century, dating from between 1969 and 1980. The essays consider specific Jewish problems: exegetic methodology,...
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