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Jewish Studies

Hermann Cohen Writings on Neo-Kantianism and Jewish Philosophy

Moyn Samuel, Schine Robert S.

ISBN: PB: 9781684580439, ISBN: HB: 9781684580422, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, July 2021
275 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Hermann Cohen (1842-1918) was among the most accomplished Jewish philosophers of modern times – if not the single most significant. But his work has not yet received the attention it deserves. This newly translated collection of his writings – most o...

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History of Art

Wood Engraving The Art of Wood Engraving and Relief Engraving

Moser Barry

ISBN: PB: 9781684580484, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, April 2021
112 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 70 halftones

Written and illustrated by master wood engraver Barry Moser, this primer on the art of wood engraving is filled with valuable knowledge including how to prepare a printing block; how to think in the medium's properties of line, shape, and ink; and ho...

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Judaism

Hasidism Writings on Devotion, Community, and Life in the Modern World

Mayse Ariel, Berrin Shonkoff Sam, Mayse Ariel Evan

ISBN: PB: 9781684580170, ISBN: HB: 9781684580163, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, July 2020
275 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Hasidism has attracted, repelled, and bewildered philosophers, historians, and theologians since its inception in the eighteenth century. In "Hasidism: Writings on Devotion, Community, and Life in the Modern World", Ariel Evan Mayse and Sam Berrin Sh...

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Jewish Studies

American Jewish Thought Since 1934 Writings on Identity, Engagement, and Belief

Marmur Michael, Ellenson David

ISBN: PB: 9781684580149, ISBN: HB: 9781684580132, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, June 2020
275 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

What is the role of Judaism and Jewish existence in America? And what role does America play in matters Jewish? This anthology considers these questions and offers a look at how the diverse body of Jewish thought developed within the historical and i...

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Jewish Studies

Sabbatian Heresy Writings on Mysticism, Messianism, and the Origins of Jewish Modernity

Maciejko Pawel

ISBN: PB: 9781512600520, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, May 2017
216 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

The pronouncements of Sabbatai Tsevi (1626-1676) gave rise to Sabbatianism, a key messianic movement in Judaism that spread across Jewish communities in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The movement, which featured a set of theological doctrines in wh...

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Jewish Studies

Polonica

Jewish Families in Europe, 1939-Present History, Representation, and Memory

Michlic Joanna Beata

ISBN: PB: 9781512600100, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, January 2017
306 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

This book offers an extensive introduction and 13 diverse essays on how World War II, the Holocaust, and their aftermath affected Jewish families and Jewish communities, with an especially close look at the roles played by women, youth, and children....

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Jewish Studies

Gender Studies

Men's Section Orthodox Jewish Men in an Egalitarian World

Maryles Sztokman Elana

ISBN: PB: 9781611680799, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, November 2011
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

In this illuminating book, Elana Maryles Sztokman investigates a fascinating new sociological phenomenon: Orthodox Jewish men who connect themselves to egalitarian or quasi-egalitarian religious enterprises. She examines the men who have enabled thes...

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Jewish Studies

Europe

Holocaust Controversy The Treblinka Affair in Postwar France

Moyn Samuel

ISBN: PB: 9781584655091, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, August 2005
248 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

How has the world come to focus on the Holocaust and why has it invariably done so in the heat of controversy, scandal, and polemics about the past? These questions are at the heart of this unique investigation of the Treblinka affair that occurred i...

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Philosophy

Jewish Studies

Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig

Mendes-Flohr Paul

ISBN: PB: 9781584652496, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, June 2002
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Eleven essays on the life and thought of the Jewish philosopher and theologian Franz Rosenzweig.

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Ancient World

Roman Republic in Political Thought

Millar Fergus

ISBN: PB: 9781584651994, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, March 2002
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

It is a fact that the very long-lived Roman Republic has consistently played a surprisingly slight role in political theory and discussions about the nature of democracy, forms of government, and other matters, particularly when compared to the enorm...

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