Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 30: Jewish Education in Eastern Europe
ISBN: 9781906764517 / Angielski / Miękka / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An emphasis on education has long been a salient feature of the Jewish experience. The pervasive presence of schools and teachers, books and libraries, and youth movements, even in an environment as tumultuous as that of nineteenth- and twentieth-century eastern Europe, is clear from the historical records. Historians of the early modern and modern era frequently point to the centrality of educational institutions and pursuits within Jewish society, yet the vast majority treat them as merely a reflection of the surrounding culture. Only a small number note how schools and teachers could...
An emphasis on education has long been a salient feature of the Jewish experience. The pervasive presence of schools and teachers, books and libraries...
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Philo Von Alexandria: Die Werke in Deutscher Übersetzung. Band 2
ISBN: 9783110050332 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Neutestamentliche Zeitgeschichte
ISBN: 9783110086621 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Wilhelm Herzberg's Jewish Family Papers (1868): Interdisciplinary Readings of a Forgotten Bestseller
ISBN: 9783110297669 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der Tempelberg in Jerusalem steht im Zentrum einer alten Kontroverse zwischen Judentum und Islam. Seit der Eroberung der Jerusalemer Altstadt 1967 wurde zwar ein Modus vivendi erreicht, doch die Diskussion um den Wiederaufbau des Dritten judischen Tempels halt gleichwohl an. Yoel Cohen fuhrt in den theologischen Hintergrund der Auseinandersetzung ein und untersucht erstmalig das gesamte Meinungsspektrum zur Tempelfrage und zur judisch-arabischen Dimension der Problematik. Cohen, der in der Frage einen dezidiert judischen Standpunkt vertritt, hat uber hundert Interviews mit judischen... Der Tempelberg in Jerusalem steht im Zentrum einer alten Kontroverse zwischen Judentum und Islam. Seit der Eroberung der Jerusalemer Altstadt 1967 ... |
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Italian Jewry in the Early Modern Era: Essays in Intellectual History
ISBN: 9781618112088 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between the years 1550 and 1650, Italy's Jewish intellectuals created a unique and enduring synthesis of the great literary and philosophical heritage of the Andalusian Jews and the Renaissance's renewal of perspective. While remaining faithful to the beliefs, behaviors, and language of their tradition, Italian Jews proved themselves open to a rapidly evolving world of great richness. The crisis of Aristotelianism (which progressively touched upon all fields of knowledge), religious fractures and unrest, the scientific revolution, and the new perception of reality expressed through a...
Between the years 1550 and 1650, Italy's Jewish intellectuals created a unique and enduring synthesis of the great literary and philosophical heritage...
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Eheschließungen im frühen Judentum
ISBN: 9783110339925 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These studies provide an overview of rituals of marriage in Early Judaism. The first deals with the reception of Levirate law in Deut. 25:5-10 and the curtailment of Levirate marriage in favor of Halitza. The second shows, on the basis of the Book of Tobit, how aspects of marriage rituals can be traced into rabbinic times. Finally, an analysis of the marriage of the Samaritan woman in John 4:16-18 completes the volume. "These studies provide an overview of rituals of marriage in Early Judaism. The first deals with the reception of Levirate law in Deut. 25:5-10 and ... |
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Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, Volume 13: The Michael J. Floersheim Memorial for Jewish Art
ISBN: 9781906764654 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ars Judaica is an annual publication of the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University. The book showcases the Jewish contribution to the visual arts and architecture from antiquity to the present from a variety of perspectives, including history, iconography, semiotics, psychology, sociology, and folklore. As such, it is a valuable resource for art historians, collectors, curators, and all those interested in the visual arts.
Ars Judaica is an annual publication of the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University. The book showcases the Jewish contribution to the visual ...
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Mothers in the Jewish Cultural Imagination: Jewish Cultural Studies Volume 5
ISBN: 9781906764661 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 'Jewish mother' figure is a hallmark of Jewish culture, one which appears in the works of rabbis, artists, poets, and activists across time and place. While depictions of mothers and motherhood abound in Jewish writings, they vary significantly according to social context. These representations therefore offer important insights into the Jewish cultural imagination, and the ways in which writers resort to the figure of the Jewish mother to comprehend and construct their world. The contributors to this volume highlight the complex network of symbols and images associated with Jewish...
The 'Jewish mother' figure is a hallmark of Jewish culture, one which appears in the works of rabbis, artists, poets, and activists across time and pl...
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The Bloomsbury Companion to Jewish Studies
ISBN: 9781472587138 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Bloomsbury Companion to Jewish Studies is a comprehensive survey of of the field - past, present and future. Providing an overview of the key theoretical and methodological issues, as well as practical guidance on researching, it is the ideal guide for advanced students in Jewish Studies.
Topics covered include: - The Hebrew Bible - Medieval Jews and Judaism - Judaism and Modernity - Gender and Judaism - Judaism and Material Culture Survey essays from internationally-renowned scholars and teachers including Sergio DellaPergola, Elie... The Bloomsbury Companion to Jewish Studies is a comprehensive survey of of the field - past, present and future. Providing an overview of the k...
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191,75 zł |
Stefan Zweig and World Literature: Twenty-First-Century Perspectives
ISBN: 9781571139245 / Angielski / Twarda / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The twenty-first century has seen a renewed surge of cultural and critical interest in the works of the Austrian-Jewish author Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), who was among the most-read and -acclaimed authors worldwide in the 1920s and 1930s but after 1945 fell into critical disfavor and relative obscurity. The resurgence in interest in Zweig and his works is attested to by, among other things, new English translations and editions of his works; a Brazilian motion picture and a best-selling French novel about his final days; and a renewed debate surrounding the literary quality of his work in the...
The twenty-first century has seen a renewed surge of cultural and critical interest in the works of the Austrian-Jewish author Stefan Zweig (1881-1942...
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God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors
ISBN: 9781580238052 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Powerful, Life-Affirming New Perspective on the Holocaust Almost ninety children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors theologians, scholars, spiritual leaders, authors, artists, political and community leaders and media personalities from sixteen countries on six continents reflect on how the memories transmitted to them have affected their lives. Profoundly personal stories explore faith, identity and legacy in the aftermath of the Holocaust as well as our role in ensuring that future genocides and similar atrocities never happen again. There have been... A Powerful, Life-Affirming New Perspective on the Holocaust Almost ninety children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors ... |
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The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
ISBN: 9780062378088 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. #1 New York Times Bestseller Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp. When she returned home months later, she knew she would become a hunted woman and went underground. With the help of a Christian friend, she emerged in Munich as Grete Denner. There she met Werner Vetter, a Nazi Party member who fell in love with her. Despite Edith's protests and even her eventual confession that she was Jewish, he married her and kept her identity a secret. In wrenching detail,... #1 New York Times Bestseller Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a g... |
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Studia Philonica Annual XXVI, 2014
ISBN: 9781628370188 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Biblical Pseudepigrapha in Slavonic Traditions
ISBN: 9780199590940 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Early Slavonic writings have preserved a unique corpus of compositions that develop biblical themes. These extracanonical, parabiblical narratives are known as pseudepigrapha, and they preserve many ancient traditions neglected by the canonical scriptures. They feature tales of paradise and hell, angels and Satan, the antediluvian fathers and biblical patriarchs, kings, and prophets. These writings address diverse questions ranging from artistically presented questions of theology and morals to esoteric subjects such as cosmology, demonology, messianic expectations, and eschatology....
Early Slavonic writings have preserved a unique corpus of compositions that develop biblical themes. These extracanonical, parabiblical narratives are...
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Women's Divination in Biblical Literature: Prophecy, Necromancy, and Other Arts of Knowledge
ISBN: 9780300178913 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Divination, the use of special talents and techniques to gain divine knowledge, was practiced in many different forms in ancient Israel and throughout the ancient world. The Hebrew Bible reveals a variety of traditions of women associated with divination. This sensitive and incisive book by respected scholar Esther J. Hamori examines the wide scope of women's divinatory activities as portrayed in the Hebrew texts, offering readers a new appreciation of the surprising breadth of women's "arts of knowledge" in biblical times. Unlike earlier approaches to the subject that have viewed prophecy...
Divination, the use of special talents and techniques to gain divine knowledge, was practiced in many different forms in ancient Israel and throughout...
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Rebecca Gratz: Women and Judaism in Antebellum America
ISBN: 9780814341001 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first in-depth biography of Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869), the foremost American Jewish woman of the nineteenth century. Perhaps the best-known member of the prominent Gratz family of Philadelphia, she was a fervent patriot, a profoundly religious woman, and a widely known activist for poor women. She devoted her life to confronting and resolving the personal challenges she faced as a Jew and as a female member of a prosperous family. In using hundreds of Gratz's own letters in her research, Dianne Ashton reveals Gratz's own blend of Jewish and American values and explores the... This is the first in-depth biography of Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869), the foremost American Jewish woman of the nineteenth century. Perhaps the best-k... |
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Abraham or Aristotle? First Millennium Empires and Exegetical Traditions: An Inaugural Lecture by the Sultan Qaboos Professor of Abrahamic Faiths Give
ISBN: 9781107462410 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Judaism, Christianity and Islam - the three scriptural monotheisms, still often studied separately - are here intertwined within a historical frame. The approach outlined in this lecture pivots around the Qur'an as it emerged in seventh-century Arabia on the peripheries of the two world-empires of Iran and Rome, and variously refracts rabbinic Judaism and patristic - especially Syriac - Christianity. The formation and exegesis of scriptural canons helps define the major religious communities and identities both before and after Muhammad. The latter part of the lecture concentrates on the...
Judaism, Christianity and Islam - the three scriptural monotheisms, still often studied separately - are here intertwined within a historical frame. T...
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Diaspora als Wüstenzeit
ISBN: 9783110425024 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Von den Erkenntnissen der modernen Ubersetzungswissenschaft wird in der Septuagintaforschung bisher nur wenig Gebrauch gemacht. Die vorliegende Studie wendet die Skopostheorie auf das griechische Numeribuch an und ermittelt dadurch den "Sitz im Leben" der Ubersetzung. Das griechische Numeribuch prasentiert sich als ein Dokument der alexandrinischen Diaspora, dessen Skopos in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen Historisierung und Aktualisierung liegt.
Von den Erkenntnissen der modernen Ubersetzungswissenschaft wird in der Septuagintaforschung bisher nur wenig Gebrauch gemacht. Die vorliegende Stu... |
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Memory and the City in Ancient Israel
ISBN: 9781575063157 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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332,37 zł |
Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement: A Revolution in the Name of Tradition
ISBN: 9781906764692 / Angielski / Twarda / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov movement she founded represent a revolution in the name of tradition in interwar Poland. The new type of Jewishly educated woman the movement created was a major innovation in a culture hostile to female initiative. A vivid portrait of Schenirer that dispels many myths.
Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov movement she founded represent a revolution in the name of tradition in interwar Poland. The new type of Jewishly ...
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192,60 zł |