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  • This Is Real and You Are Completely Unpreparedby Alan Lew

    Little, Brown 2003; US$ 12.99

    There are moments in life when one is caught utterly unprepared. Drawing on both his rabbinical training and his scholarship in Buddhism, Lew leads readers on a journey from confusion to clarity, from doubt to belief, as he opens a path to self-discovery that is accessible to readers of all faiths. more...

  • Fasting and Feastingby Mohini Sethi; Barkha Jain

    New Age International Pvt. Ltd., Publishers 2007; US$ 20.00

    About the Book: Fasting and Feasting is an attempt to trace the origins of these traditional observances as carried out Then and Now. Thus it familiarizes the youth with the concepts associated with some observances and practices which they might have been involved with but against their logical sense. The book is written in simple language and presents a clear classification of fasts, and their mode of observance, the impact that each fast has on health and wellness?physical, physiological, mental, social and spiritual?which has not been seen in any other publication. Further, fasting and prayer are powerful stress relievers, and so are the feasting and sharing of food together after the fast. It thus leads to sense control eliminating... more...

  • Pesach for the Rest of Usby Marge Piercy

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 12.99

    Every year, poet and novelist Marge Piercy creates her own Passover seder with a group of family and friends. Babies have been born and grown up, friends have moved or divorced, but the principals continue to gather in her rustic Cape Cod home to participate in a seder that Piercy takes joy in tweaking each spring to make it more meaningful. In this journey through the ritual, Piercy coaxes us toward “a significant contemporary interpretation, rather than an emphasis on what is strictly ‘correct’ or traditional.” She reminisces about her grandmother, who thought herself unworthy to lead a seder because of her limited Hebrew but presided “morally” at the table; she urges adding an orange to the seder plate;... more...

  • Development and Symbolism of Passoverby Tamara Prosic

    Continuum International Publishing 2004; US$ 110.00

    Tamara Prosic gives a new explanation of the origins, development and symbolism of Passover. First, she examines Passover from the diachronic perspective, tracing its development from the period before the centralisation of the cult until the second destruction of the temple. Issues with previous scholarship are considered, while at the same time she places the study of Passover within the framework of the new paradigm of historical studies of ancient Israel that advocates the indigenous Canaanitic origin of Israelites.The second part of the book is synchronic in its approach to Passover and deals with its symbolism. Prosic discusses Passover in biblical legends arguing that the pre-Yahwistic Passover was essentially a rite of passage. From... more...

  • Nachhaltige Flächenbelegung für nachwachsende Rohstoffeby Robert Busch

    Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 35.39

    Neben Qualität und Quantität der Gewinnung von Materialien oder Energie ist die Fläche der wichtigste Wirtschaftsfaktor bei nachwachsenden Rohstoffen. In der Vergangenheit wurde die Nachhaltigkeit von nachwachsenden Rohstoffen insbesondere in Bezug auf die Umweltwirkungen des Anbaus hin untersucht. Ein Projekt am Wuppertal-Institut für Klima, Umwelt und Energie, in welchem die vorliegende Studie eingebunden war, hat mit großem Aufwand zum ersten Mal die globalen Flächenaufwendungen Deutschlands untersucht, welche auftreten, wenn die quantitativen Nutzungsziele nachwachsender Rohstoffe bis 2030 realisiert würden. Das Ergebnis dabei ist eine erschreckende Flächenverknappung. Ziel der hiesigen Studie war es nun zu analysieren, inwiefern als notwendig... more...

  • A Time to Every Purposeby Jonathan D Sarna

    Basic Books 2009; US$ 23.00

    The preeminent scholar Jonathan Sarna reflects on identity, family, and faith in this accessible introduction to the American Jewish experience. more...

  • The Jewish Wayby Irving Greenberg

    Simon & Schuster 2011; US$ 12.99

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  • Die jüdischen Feste im Bellum Judaicum des Flavius Josephusby Birke Siggelkow-Berner

    Mohr Siebeck 2011; US$ 95.44

    Hauptbeschreibung Flavius Josephus gilt als einer der wichtigsten Zeugen für Praxis und Deutung der jüdischen Feste in der Zeit vor 70 n.Chr. Jedoch stand bisher eine Untersuchung aus, die die entsprechenden Belegstellen in ihrem literarischen Kontext wahrnimmt. Birke Siggelkow-Berner greift den Befund auf, dass die jüdischen Feste im Bellum Judaicum eigens als Thema genannt werden sowie sprachlich und sachlich als ein klar abgegrenzter Komplex erscheinen. Sie analysiert alle Festbezüge in dieser Schrift auf ihre Kontexteinbindung hin und kommt zum Ergebnis, dass diese Textpassagen gezielt für den Geschichtsbericht im Kontext gestaltet sind. Josephus nutzt das Deutungspotential der Feste in ihrem Bezug auf das ganze Volk, auf Jerusalem... more...

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