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Holinessby Hannah K. Harrington
Routledge 2001; US$ 39.95An in-depth exploration of holiness in the context of rabbinic Judaism, providing a much-needed comparative view during a key period in the development of the Jewish religion. more...
Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaismby David Kraemer
Routledge 1999; US$ 41.95This is the first study of the death and mourning practices of the founders of Judaism - the Rabbis of late antiquity. The author outlines the rituals described in early texts and interprets them to uncover the beliefs which caused their foundation. more...
Female Face of God in Auschwitzby Melissa Raphael
Routledge 2003; US$ 47.95The first full-length feminist dialogue with Holocaust theory, theology and social history. Considers women's reactions to the holy in the camps at Auschwitz. more...
Revelation and the God of Israelby Norbert M. Samuelson
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 32.00Norbert M. Samuelson asks the question: what is the most reasonable possible conception of the doctrine of 'revelation' found in the sources of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) in the light of modern challenges from academic studies of evolutionary psychology, analytic philosophy and biblical history? more...
The theology of the halakhahby J. Neusner
BRILL 2001; US$ 177.00In this work Neusner argues that the law of normative Judaism, the Halakhah, viewed whole, with its category-formations read in logical sequence, tells a coherent story. He demonstrates that details of the law contribute to making a single statement. more...
Responses to Suffering in Classical Rabbinic Literatureby David Kraemer
Oxford University Press 1994; US$ 125.00The author examines classical Jewish literature to see how Rabbis answered questions arising from the existence of suffering. Responses to events such as the defeat of Palestine by Rome and the destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem are shown as relevant to the theological problem of suffering. more...
Searching for a Distant Godby Kenneth Seeskin
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 110.00Monotheism is usually considered Judaism's greatest contribution to world culture, but it is far from clear what monotheism is. This work examines the notion that monotheism is not so much a claim about the number of God as a claim about the nature of God. more...
God of Abrahamby Lenn Evan Goodman
Oxford University Press 1996; US$ 135.00Drawing on a wealth of traditional and philosophical material, mainly from Jewish sources, this treatise shows how human values illuminate the idea of God, which in turn sheds light on our value concerns. more...
Judaism, Human Rights, and Human Valuesby Lenn E. Goodman
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 110.00In this addition to the field of Jewish ethics, Goodman argues that the Jewish tradition has a significant contribution to make to the general discourse on ethical issues. Refuting the notion that "human rights" is a modern issue, he traces the idea of such rights to biblical sources. more...
The Early History of Heavenby J. Edward
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 50.00How and why did Western cultures come to imagine the heavenly realm as they do? This volume traces the history of speculation about heaven and discovers that the Hebrew texts that fed Jewish and Christian notions were deeply influenced by images drawn from the surrounding cultures. more...









