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Jewish Ceremony for Newborn Girls The Torah's Covenant Affirmed
ISBN: PB: 9781611684179, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, February 2014
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
This engaging book offers the first in-depth analysis of the history, philosophy, and social trends that underpin modern welcoming ceremonies for newborn girls in the Jewish community. Sharon R. Siegel traces the arc of these ceremonies from their em...
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Brandeis Modern Hebrew: Intermediate to Advanced Pilot Edition
ISBN: PB: 9781611684476, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, August 2013
396 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Written by the core faculty of the Hebrew program at Brandeis University, the pilot edition of Brandeis Modern Hebrew, Intermediate to Advanced serves as a sequel to the well-known volume for beginners. It contains the functional and contextual eleme...
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Promise of Salvation A Theory of Religion
ISBN: PB: 9780226006932, ISBN: HB: 9780226713915, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
248 pp., 25x15 cm
Why has religion persisted across the course of human history? Secularists have predicted the end of faith for a long time, but religions continue to attract followers. Meanwhile, scholars of religion have expanded their field to such an extent that...
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£37,00
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Forsaken The Menstruant in Medieval Jewish Mysticism
ISBN: PB: 9781584659822, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, October 2011
306 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
This book addresses a central question in the study of Jewish mysticism in the medieval and early modern periods: why are there no known female mystics in medieval Judaism, unlike contemporaneous movements in Christianity and Islam? Sharon Faye Koren...
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£28,00
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Moses Mendelssohn Writings on Judaism, Christianity, and the Bible
ISBN: PB: 9781584656852, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, October 2011
296 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) is best known in the English-speaking world for his Jerusalem (1783), the first attempt to present Judaism as a religion compatible with the ideas of the Enlightenment. While incorporating much...
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Shamanic Trance in Modern Kabbalah
ISBN: HB: 9780226282077, University of Chicago Press, April 2011
288 pp., 23.1x15.2 cm
Bringing to light a hidden chapter in the history of modern Judaism, "Shamanic Trance in Modern Kabbalah" explores the shamanic dimensions of Jewish mysticism. Jonathan Garb integrates methods and models from the social sciences, comparative religion...
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£47,00
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Untold Tales of the Hasidim Crisis and Discontent in the History of Hasidism
ISBN: PB: 9781611681949, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, April 2011
360 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
This fascinating volume reveals some of the dark, dramatic episodes concealed in the folds of the hasidic cloak – shocking events and anomalous figures in the history of Hasidism. Using tools of detection, Assaf extracts historical truth from a varie...
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£32,00
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Choice Converts to Judaism Share Their Stories
ISBN: PB: 9781589662094, University of Chicago Press, University of Scranton Press, October 2010
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
In "The Choice", Arnine Cumsky Weiss and Carol Weiss Rubel present the stories of forty-five converts to Judaism. These reflective narratives demonstrate that no two converts' experiences are alike, yet most share some common characteristics: a spiri...
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£19,00
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Sacred Attunement A Jewish Theology
ISBN: PB: 9780226251721, University of Chicago Press, October 2010
256 pp., 21.5x13 cm
Contemporary theology, and Jewish theology in particular, Michael Fishbane asserts, now lies fallow, beset by strong critiques from within and without. For Jewish reality, a coherent and wide-ranging response in thoroughly modern terms is needed".Sac...
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Eternally Eve Images of Eve in the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and Modern Jewish Poetry
ISBN: PB: 9781584655732, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2007
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
The biblical accounts of Eve's life are central to Western culture, occupying a privileged place in our literature and art, culture, and society. For both Judaism and Christianity, these stories involving Eve have for centuries been entangled with th...
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