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Across the ancient and medieval literature of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, one finds references to the antediluvian sage Enoch. Both the Book of the Watchers and the Astronomical Book were long……続きを見る

This is a book about a book: it is an in-depth yet reader friendly analysis of the Book of Judges, one of the most dramatic books of the Bible. Against the commonly-held view that this remarkable wo……続きを見る

The Zohar is the great medieval compendium of Jewish esoteric and mystical teaching, and the basis of the kabbalistic faith. It is, however, a notoriously difficult text, full of hidden codes, conce……続きを見る

When Vanessa Ochs begins to suspect her various physical ailments are due to her leading an ?unsanctified life,? she decides to travel to Jerusalem with her family to explore the sacred books of Jud……続きを見る

The seventh-century CE Hebrew work Sefer Zerubbabel (Book of Zerubbabel), composed during the period of conflict between Persia and the Byzantine Empire for control over Palestine, is the first full……続きを見る

This book examines the emergence of self-knowledge as a determining legal consideration among the rabbis of Late Antiquity, from the third to the seventh centuries CE. Based on close readings of rab……続きを見る

Alter Tzvi Amdurer's collected shiurim on the first eighty verses of Bereishit are an enlightening read for any student of Torah. In his clear, concise style, Amdurerer collects the opinions of our ……続きを見る

Animals and Animality in the Babylonian Talmud selects key themes in animal studies - animal intelligence, morality, sexuality, suffering, danger, personhood - and explores their development in the ……続きを見る

While the expectations and circumstances of women’s lives in ancient Israel have received considerable attention in recent scholarship, to date little attention has been focused on the role of daugh……続きを見る

The tale of the “zeal” of Phineas, expressed when he killed an Israelite man and a Midianite woman having sex and thus stopped a “plague” of consorting with idolatrous neighbors in the Israelite cam……続きを見る

Judaism and Christianity are religions bound together by their claims to the same biblical covenant initiated by God with Abraham and his descendants. Yet, despite the inseparable connection between……続きを見る

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The Origins of Ethical Thought: A Comparative Study Between Hellenism and Hebraism is the first text to analyze both Greek and Hebrew ethical thought based on a comprehensive and ideological interpr……続きを見る

La Torá está formada por los cinco primeros libros del Antiguo Testamento: Génesis, Éxodo, Levítico, Números y Deuteronomio. 続きを見る

L’autore, dopo aver scritto i saggi “Dio, controstoria di un mito” e “Religioni, uno scandalo millenario”, affronta il tema del Cristo, elaborato dagli evangelisti, che avevano fatto impudicamente d……続きを見る

Le Tanakh, appelée également Bible Hébraïque, se compose en trois parties : la Torah (Pentateuque), Les Nevi'im (Prophètes) et les Ketouvim (Hagiographes). La traduction proposée dans cette édition ……続きを見る

Questo è un saggio di critica delle religioni e del concetto di Dio, basato su una rigorosa analisi dei testi sacri. La credenza in Dio, argomenta l’autore, si radica nell’ambito delle vicende esist……続きを見る

Commenti tratti dalla Mishna, Tosefta, Talmud, Targum, dal Midrash e dai commentatori ebraici medievali ai salmi dell'Hallel di Pasqua (Salmi 113-118) 続きを見る

Addressed to Jews and non-Jews alike, though aware that these two reader groups were likelyn to approach the book with very different presuppositions, Daiches sets out to define Judaism in relation ……続きを見る

Uniting History and Theology argues that, for too long, Christians primarily have used the historical method to make historical claims. In doing so, they have used a method grounded in an incomplete……続きを見る

« Celui qui observe les préceptes du Talmud est un Saint » Ayant constaté, dans différentes circonstances, que certaines personnes n’appartenant pas à notre culte ont gardé, de par le fait de leur é……続きを見る

Goy: Israel's Others and the Birth of the Gentile traces the development of the term and category of the goy from the Bible to rabbinic literature. Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi show that the catego……続きを見る

L’obiettivo fondamentale dell’autore è quello di far intendere a tutta l’umanità l’illusorietà delle religioni, andando oltre quel pensiero filosofico che le ha confutate già da molti secoli, anzi s……続きを見る

The original Haggadah, geared towards families with young children. Introduce your youngest family members to the Seder. With just the right blend of text and commentary and full color art, A Family……続きを見る

Often referred to as Torah, the first five Books of the Hebrew Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) are the foundation of Judaism. 続きを見る

The contributions of Dietrich Bonhoeffer to the fields of systematics, ethics, sociology, and theology have become well known in recent decades. What has been overlooked, however, is the significant……続きを見る

PREFACE When we first announced our intention of publishing a translation of this work, we were unaware that it had ever appeared in English before it was inserted in the New York Truthseeker by “Sc……続きを見る

Before the Bible reveals the landscape of scripture in an era prior to the crystallization of the rabbinic Bible and the canonization of the Christian Bible. Most accounts of the formation of the He……続きを見る

Jewish and Christian Apocalypses is an overview of the ancient writings on the Apocalypse. A table of contents is included. 続きを見る