The Book of Allegories
by Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, Amiram Markel, and Yehudah Markel
Die Philosophie Des Mittelalters (Grundriss Der Geschichte Der Philosophie, #4)
Jewish Customs of Kabbalistic Origin (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah)
by Morris Faierstein
Jewish religious practice has been transformed by the Kabbalists of Safed in the sixteenth century. They brought new meaning and importance to many Biblical and rabbinic commandments and created new rituals that have become central practices for Jews of all denominations. This volume describes the origins of these traditions and explains the mystical meaning of these specific practices and rituals. Some of these innovations include: Kabbalat Shabbat, inviting the Ushpizin to the Sukkah, Tikkun L...
Aleph Isn't Enough (Introduction to Hebrew for Adults (Paperback), #2)
by Linda Motzkin
Philon von Alexandrien (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament, #46)
by Folker Siegert
Kabbalah Revealed
by Rabbi Michael Laitman and Rav Michael Laitman Phd
What makes the Book of Revelation so hard to understand? How does the Book of Revelation fit into Judaism and the beginning of Christianity? John W. Marshall proposes a radical reinterpretation of the Book of Revelation of John, viewing it as a document of the Jewish diaspora during the Judean War. He contends that categorizing the Book as ""Christian"" has been an impediment in interpreting the Apocalypse. By suspending that category, solutions to several persistent problems in contempora...
Exegesis of Polemical Discourse (AAR The Religions, #2)
by Theodore Pulcini
Organizational Pattern and the Penal Code of the Qumran Sect (Novum Testamentum et Orbis Antiquus (NTOA) S., #2)
by Moshe Weinfeld
Tehillim Chapter 49 with Commentary - 5 X 8 Folded Card
by David Ben Yishai and Yosef B Marcus
Jewish by birth, though from a secular family, Alan Morinis explored Hinduism and Buddhism as a young man. But in 1997, in the face of personal crisis, he turned to his Jewish heritage for guidance. In his reading he happened upon a Jewish spiritual tradition called Mussar. Gradually he realized that he had stumbled upon an insightful discipline for self-development, complete with meditative, contemplative, and other well-developed transformative practices designed to penetrate the deepest roots...
The "Mysteries" of Qumran (SBL - Early Judaism and Its Literature, #25)
by Samuel I. Thomas
This volume provides a new interpretation of the functions of "mystery" language and secrecy in the Qumran scrolls. The texts preserved and composed at Qumran by the apocalyptic group known as the Yahad display an interest in revelation, interpretation, and ritual practice, and attest to the active cultivation of esoteric arts such as astrology and astronomy, physiognomy, and therapeutic "magic." Much like its Babylonian priestly-scribal counterparts, the Yahad fostered and guarded its "mysterie...
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols
by Ellen Frankel and Betsy Patkin Teutsch
Jewish symbols reflect the interaction of word and image within Jewish culture. Jews have always studied, interpreted, and revered sacred texts; they have also adorned the settings and occasions of sacred acts. Calligraphy and ornamentation have transformed Hebrew letters into art; quotation, interpretation, legend, and wordplay have made ceremonial objects into narrative. This book represents just such a collaboration between art and language. Ellen Frankel and Betsy Platkin Teutsch, writer a...
