Hilchasa Berurah Pesachim (Hilchasa Berurah, #5)
by Ahron Zelikovitz, Yisroel Meir Kagan, and Shulchan Aruch
Analysis of Concepts and States in Talmudic Reasoning
by Michael Abraham, Israel Belfer, and Dov Gabbay
Sparks of the Logos (Brill Reference Library of Judaism, #11)
by Daniel Boyarin
Two major themes run through this fine collection of essays: the typological relation of rabbinic Judaism to Christianity, and the re-animation of a rabbinic Judaism that would not manifest some of the deleterious social ideologies and practices that modern orthodox Judaism generally does, a project that was thought of as "radical orthodoxy." The material treated in the book should be of interest to historians of Judaism and Christianity, Talmudists, and scholars and readers interested in the cu...
The Rabbis and the Prophets (Studies in Judaism)
by Professor of Religion Jacob Neusner
The Charm of Wise Hesitancy (Israel: Society, Culture, and History)
by David C. Jacobson
In recent decades, there has been a resurgence of interest among both secular and religious Israelis in Talmudic stories. This growing fascination with Talmudic stories has been inspired by contemporary Israeli writers who have sought to make readers aware of the special qualities of these well-crafted narratives that portray universal human situations, including marriages, relationships between parents and children, power struggles between people, and the challenge of trying to live a good life...
Baraita De-Melekhet Ha-Mishkan (Monographs of the Hebrew Union College, #15)
by Robert Kirschner
The description of the wilderness Tabernacle (melekhet ha-mishkan) in Exodus exerted a lasting impact on ancient Jewish culture, evidenced by other texts influenced by its description in Exodus: the description of Solomon's temple (I Kings 6-7), the sanctuary described in the Temple Scroll (cols. 3-13), the Eupolemus fragments, and Josephus. Philo of Alexandria first interprets the Tabernacle account in the Greek tradition of allegory wherein the tabernacle represents an archetype of the univers...
Koren Talmud Bavli, Noe Daf Yomi Edition, Complete Set (42 Volumes, 4 Cases)
by Adin Steinsaltz
This insightful book offers business advice that has endured for thousands of years. While business fads come and go, the ancient lessons of the Talmud are timeless, profound, ethical, and practical-and they're for everyone. Values, Prosperity, and the Talmud is a concise guide to this proven philosophy of business. Beyond basic money-related matters, it includes the Talmud's advice on complex issues of employer/employee relationships, partnerships, competition, and much more. Here, you will lea...
Moshe Aberbach (1924-2007) was a leading educator and scholar in Jewish studies, specialising in the field of Jewish education in the talmudic period. This book draws on a representative selection of his writings over a fifty year period, and includes essays on Saadia Gaon and Maimonides, coverage of biblical and talmudic studies, and discussions of the roots of religious anti-Zionism and of the Lubavitch messianic movement in the context of similar movements in Jewish history. Focusing on the...
A collection of essays dating from between 1969 and 1980, treating specific Jewish problems: exegetic methodology, points of Jewish doctrine, Jewish religious philosophy, and contemporary political and cultural issues. It also includes five Talmudic readings. The book should be of wide interest amongst the philosophical and religious community at large.
For almost 500 years, the Jews of Europe were kept apart, confined to ghettos or tiny villages in the countryside. Then, in one extraordinary moment in the French Revolution, the Jews of France were emancipated. Soon the ghetto gates were opened all over Europe. The era of Emancipation had begun. What happened next would change the course of history. Emancipation tells the story of how this isolated minority emerged from the ghetto and against terrible odds very quickly established themselves a...