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Anti-Judaism and the Fourth Gospel: Papers of the Leuven Colloquium, 2000
ISBN: 9789023237129 / Angielski / Twarda / 612 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Series: Jewish and Christian Heritage, 1 Is the Gospel of John anti-Jewish? What would this mean in the context of the original writer, of his community, the final text and its first readers? Who, precisely, are the Ioudaioi who are so scathingly criticized in the Gospel - "Judeans," perhaps, or some other more specific group than the Jewish nation as a whole? What are the implications for New Testament study and for Christian theology in the light of the troubled history of relations between Judaism and Christianity? The papers in this volume were presented at the special international...
Series: Jewish and Christian Heritage, 1 Is the Gospel of John anti-Jewish? What would this mean in the context of the original writer, of his communi...
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662,90 |
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Unholy Alliance: Religion and Atrocity in Our Time
ISBN: 9780800630805 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tragically, religion has often been associated with violence, repression, war, and vengeance. In this searing work Marc Ellis asks, is there God beyond violence? Ellis's personal quest for religious integrity in the face of evil leads him to probe religious dimensions of both historical violence (in the colonizing of the Americas and the Holocaust) and contemporary eruptions of barbarism in Bosnia, Rwanda, or the Mideast. He also queries the works of prominent contemporary theologians from Moltmann and Ruether to Wiesel and Fackenheim, questioning whether reformist movements might ultimately...
Tragically, religion has often been associated with violence, repression, war, and vengeance. In this searing work Marc Ellis asks, is there God beyon...
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Philosophy and the Jewish Question: Mendelssohn, Rosenzweig, and Beyond
ISBN: 9780823231294 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing together two critical moments in the history of European Jewry-its entrance as a participant in the Enlightenment project of religious and political reform and its involvement in the traumatic upheavals brought on by the Great War-this book offers a reappraisal of the intersection of culture, politics, theology, and philosophy in the modern world through the lens of two of the most important thinkers of their day, Moses Mendelssohn and Franz Rosenzweig. Their vision of the place of the Jewish people not only within German society but also within the unfolding history of humankind as a...
Drawing together two critical moments in the history of European Jewry-its entrance as a participant in the Enlightenment project of religious and pol...
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328,15 |
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Pedagogy, Religion, and Practice: Reflections on Ethics and Teaching
ISBN: 9781403983732 / Angielski / Twarda / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new work from Alan Block explores the contemporary discourses of education, scholarship and learning. The book offers a strong argument for the centrality of ethics in curriculum, scholarship and the classroom, and presents a powerful argument against the present emphasis on standards and quantitative accountability.
This new work from Alan Block explores the contemporary discourses of education, scholarship and learning. The book offers a strong argument for the c...
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322,01 |
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The End of Jewish Radar: Snapshots of a Postethnic American Judaism
ISBN: 9781440132629 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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61,47 |
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The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning
ISBN: 9780253335838 / Angielski / Twarda / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The most comprehensive account of its subject now available, this impressive study lives up to the encyclopedic promise of its title." --Choice The Hebrew Folktale seeks to find and define the folk-elements of Jewish culture. Through the use of generic distinctions and definitions developed in folkloristics, Yassif describes the major trends--structural, thematic, and functional--of folk narrative in the central periods of Jewish culture. "The most comprehensive account of its subject now available, this impressive study lives up to the encyclopedic promise of its title." --Choice |
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Making Prayer Real: Leading Jewish Spiritual Voices on Why Prayer Is Difficult and What to Do about It
ISBN: 9781580234177 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fresh, Useful Perspectives on the Spiritual Dynamics of Prayer "Better music, better sermons and better prayer books can only go so far. Many innovations have been tried around the world, and no doubt, synagogue leadership will continue to think creatively about improving services. But deep and lasting change will only come when each of us takes ownership and responsibility for what only we can really guide--our inner lives." Join over fifty Jewish spiritual leaders from all denominations in a candid conversation about the why and... Fresh, Useful Perspectives on the Spiritual Dynamics of Prayer "Better music, better sermons and better prayer books can only go so fa... |
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73,17 |
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Monotheism and Tolerance: Recovering a Religion of Reason
ISBN: 9780253221568 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why are religious tolerance and pluralism so difficult to achieve? Why is the often violent fundamentalist backlash against them so potent? Robert Erlewine looks to a new religion of reason for answers to these questions. Drawing on Enlightenment writers Moses Mendelssohn, Immanuel Kant, and Hermann Cohen, who placed Christianity and Judaism in tension with tolerance and pluralism, Erlewine finds a way to break the impasse, soften hostilities, and establish equal relationships with the Other. Erlewine's recovery of a religion of reason stands in contrast both to secularist critics of... Why are religious tolerance and pluralism so difficult to achieve? Why is the often violent fundamentalist backlash against them so potent? Robert ... |
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Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle Ages
ISBN: 9780521090230 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hebrew manuscripts are our most important source of knowledge about Jewish medieval life, and anyone wishing to engage with Jewish history needs to know about the manuscripts, how to study them, and their literary genres. Colette Sirat offers a comprehensive overview of these subjects in this illustrated introduction. The book is a re-structured, extended and updated version of an earlier presentation in French. It has been translated from the author's revision of her earlier French book, and edited for an English readership, by Hebrew scholar Nicholas de Lange.
Hebrew manuscripts are our most important source of knowledge about Jewish medieval life, and anyone wishing to engage with Jewish history needs to kn...
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The Jews of Egypt: From Ramses II to Emperor Hadrian
ISBN: 9780827605220 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of the adventures and misadventures of the Jewish people in the land of Egypt - shrouded in the mists of biblical history under the Pharaohs; the strange intermezzo of the Jewish mercenary detachment on the island of Elephantine on the upper Nile; the apogee of Jewish culture under the Ptolemies; and the Jewish community's rapid decline and catastrophic disappearance under Roman rule.
This is the story of the adventures and misadventures of the Jewish people in the land of Egypt - shrouded in the mists of biblical history under the ...
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186,11 |
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Joys of Italian Humor
ISBN: 9780824602550 / Angielski / Twarda / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This entertaining collection of anecdotes, short stories, play excerpts, jokes, quips, and proverbs covers 2,500 years of Italian wit and wisdom. Spalding has combed Italian literature, from ancient Rome to present-day America, in search of the best folklore and humor written by and about the Italian people.
This entertaining collection of anecdotes, short stories, play excerpts, jokes, quips, and proverbs covers 2,500 years of Italian wit and wisdom. Spal...
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151,05 |
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Expository Discourses on the Book of Genesis
ISBN: 9781599252131 / Angielski / Miękka / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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154,14 |
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The Church as a Replacement of Israel: An Analysis of Supersessionism: An Analysis of Supersessionism
ISBN: 9783631586037 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Does the Christian church replace the nation Israel in the plan of God? The doctrine of supersessionism answers this question in the affirmative. But is supersessionism a biblical doctrine? Michael J. Vlach offers a detailed examination of the view that the church is the new Israel that permanently takes the place of the nation Israel. He surveys the supersessionist view in church history and then examines its hermeneutical and theological arguments. He also presents a case against supersessionism. In a unique way, he lays out the arguments of both supersessionism and non-supersessionism and...
Does the Christian church replace the nation Israel in the plan of God? The doctrine of supersessionism answers this question in the affirmative. But ...
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228,81 |
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Perspectives on Jewish Music: Secular and Sacred
ISBN: 9780739141526 / Angielski / Twarda / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perspectives on Jewish Music presents the research and reflections of leading scholars and practitioners of Jewish secular and sacred music. The book's wide-ranging topics are examined from a variety of disciplinary approaches, including theology, ethnomusicology, sociology, and liturgical studies.
Perspectives on Jewish Music presents the research and reflections of leading scholars and practitioners of Jewish secular and sacred music. The book'...
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450,59 |
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[Seder 15 Bi-Sheva t] =: Seder Tu Bishevat : the Festival of Trees
ISBN: 9780881230086 / Hebrajski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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76,88 |
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The Theology of the Oral Torah: Revealing the Justice of God: Volume 35
ISBN: 9780773518025 / Angielski / Twarda / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Theology of the Oral Torah Neusner crafts the central conceptions of rabbinic Judaism into a rigorous, coherent argument by setting forth four cogent principles: that God formed creation in accord with a plan which the Torah reveals; that the perfection of creation is signified by the conformity of human affairs to a few enduring paradigms that transcend change; that Israel's condition, public and personal, is indicative of flaws in creation; and that God will ultimately restore the perfection embodied in his plan for creation. A masterful and original construction of theology of...
In The Theology of the Oral Torah Neusner crafts the central conceptions of rabbinic Judaism into a rigorous, coherent argument by setting forth four ...
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Defining Judaism: A Reader
ISBN: 9781845536084 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Judaism is a monotheistic religion with a history of over 3,500 years. 'Defining Judaism' illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues required for comparative and historical study of the faith. The texts range from historical attempts to define individual 'Jews' to imagining Judaism as a religion like other religions, to modern and post-modern attempts to decentre these earlier definitions. The reader brings together a wide range of essays from influential scholars of ancient and contemporary Judaism to attempt a full picture of Judaism that will be of interest to all those...
Judaism is a monotheistic religion with a history of over 3,500 years. 'Defining Judaism' illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues re...
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Defining Judaism: A Reader
ISBN: 9781845536091 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Judaism is a monotheistic religion with a history of over 3,500 years. 'Defining Judaism' illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues required for comparative and historical study of the faith. The texts range from historical attempts to define individual 'Jews' to imagining Judaism as a religion like other religions, to modern and post-modern attempts to decentre these earlier definitions. The reader brings together a wide range of essays from influential scholars of ancient and contemporary Judaism to attempt a full picture of Judaism that will be of interest to all those...
Judaism is a monotheistic religion with a history of over 3,500 years. 'Defining Judaism' illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues re...
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190,96 |
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Jews in Psychology and the Psychology of Judaism
ISBN: 9781593339692 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As four of the seven major theoretical innovators in modern psychology, the contributions of Sigmund Freud, Max Wertheimer, Abraham Maslow and Noam Chomsky are explored against the backdrop of their Jewish heritage. The psychological wisdom in Jewish religious practices and culture is highlighted as well, from a psychodynamic perspective.
As four of the seven major theoretical innovators in modern psychology, the contributions of Sigmund Freud, Max Wertheimer, Abraham Maslow and Noam Ch...
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254,68 |
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Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World (5 Vols.)
ISBN: 9789004176782 / Angielski / Twarda / 5 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World covers an area of Jewish history, religion, and culture which until now has lacked its own cohesive, discrete reference work. The Encyclopedia fills the gap in academic reference literature on the Jews of Muslim lands particularly in the late medieval, early modern and modern periods. - The only reference work of its kind: up-to-date research and bibliographies make it indispensible for all levels of users. - Over 350 internationally-renowned scholars from North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. - Over 250 color and black and...
The Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World covers an area of Jewish history, religion, and culture which until now has lacked its own cohesi...
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5328,69 |