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Jewish Templeby Robert Hayward
Routledge 1996; US$ 41.95The Jewish Temple offers a valuable collection of materials both for those looking for an introduction to the topic and for the scholar interested in grasping the meanings beyond those texts. 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...
Being Jewishby Ari L. Goldman
Simon & Schuster 2001; US$ 11.99Increasing numbers of Jews are returning to their religious roots in a search for meaning, eager to explore a heritage that is deeply embedded in history and at the same time rapidly changing. But what is Judaism today? And what does it mean -- culturally, spiritually, and ritually -- to be Jewish in the twenty-first century? In Being Jewish, Ari L. Goldman offers eloquent, thoughtful answers to these questions through an absorbing exploration of modern Judaism. A bestselling author and widely respected chronicler of Jewish life, Goldman vividly contrasts the historical meaning of Judaism's heritage with the astonishing and multiform character of the religion today. The result will be a revelation for those already involved with Judaism,... more...
Jewish Passagesby Harvey E. Goldberg
University of California Press 2003; US$ 12.95American or Middle Eastern, Ashkenazi or Sephardi, insular or immersed in modern life?however diverse their situations or circumstances, Jews draw on common traditions and texts when they mark life's momentous events and rites of passage. The interplay of past and present, of individual practice and collective identity, emerges as a central fact of contemporary Jewish experience in Harvey E. Goldberg's multifaceted account of how Jews celebrate and observe the cycles of life. A leading anthropologist of Jewish culture, Goldberg draws on his own experience as well as classic sources and the latest research to create a nuanced portrait of Jewish rituals and customs that balances the reality of "ordinary Jews" with the authority of tradition.... more...
Why Aren?t Jewish Women Circumcised?by Shaye J. D. Cohen
University of California Press 2005; US$ 15.95Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? This improbable question, first advanced by anti-Jewish Christian polemicists, is the point of departure for this wide-ranging exploration of gender and Jewishness in Jewish thought. With a lively command of a wide range of Jewish sources?from the Bible and the Talmud to the legal and philosophical writings of the Middle Ages to Enlightenment thinkers and modern scholars?Shaye J. D. Cohen considers the varied responses to this provocative question and in the process provides the fullest cultural history of Jewish circumcision available. more...
Sacrifice and Communityby Mathew Levering
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 99.95This book explores the character of the Eucharist as communion in and through sacrifice. It will stimulate discussion because of its controversial critique of the dominant paradigm for Eucharistic theology, its reclamation of St Thomas Aquinas’s theology of the Eucharist, and its response to Pope John Paul II’s Ecclesia de Eucharistia . Argues that the Eucharist cannot be separated from sacrifice, and rediscovers the biblical connections between sacrifice and communion. Timed to coincide with the Year of the Eucharist, proclaimed by Pope John Paul II. Reclaims the riches of St Thomas Aquinas’s theology of the Eucharist, which had recently been reduced to a metaphysical defence of transubstantiation. more...
Judaism and Islam in Practiceby Jacob Neusner
Taylor & Francis 1999; US$ 46.95In this sourcebook, the authors have selected key passages from the laws of Judaism and Islam which allow a close examination of their mode of expression and medium of thought as well as the substance of the laws themselves. more...
Rituals and ritual theory in ancient Israelby I. Gruenwald
BRILL 2003; US$ 158.00This work covers the issues of rituals and their embedded ritual theory in the religion of ancient Israel. It states that rituals are an autonomous form of expression of the human mind. It argues that the ritual theory is not in any general theory of ritual but embedded in the ritual act itself. more...
Secret conversions to Judaism in early modern Europeby M. Mulsow; R.H. Popkin
BRILL 2004; US$ 144.00This work deals with conversions to Judaism from the 16th to the 18th century. It provides six case studies by scholars on phenomena as crypto-Judaism, "judaizing", reversion of Jewish-Christian converts and secret conversion of non-Jewish Christians for intellectual reasons. 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...