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  • Jewish Eating and Identity Through the Agesby David C. Kraemer

    Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 42.95

    This book explores the history of Jewish eating and Jewish identity, from the Bible to the present. The lessons of this book rest squarely on the much-quoted insight: 'you are what you eat.' But this book goes beyond that simple truism to recognise that you are not only what you eat, but also how, when, where and with whom you eat. This book begins... more...

  • Purity and Monotheismby Walter Houston

    Continuum International Publishing 1993; US$ 160.00

    The distinction between clean and unclean animals, probably originating in tensions between shepherds and farmers, is in the biblical laws of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 transformed into an important theological principle. In this wide-ranging and elegantly written study, Houston argues that the avoidance of 'unclean' foods is a mark of... more...

  • Kosher Food Productionby Zushe Yosef Blech

    Wiley 2009; US$ 229.95

    The second edition of Kosher Food Production explores the intricate relationship between modern food production and related Kosher application. Following an introduction to basic Kosher laws, theory and practice, Rabbi Blech details the essential food production procedures required of modern food plants to meet Kosher certification standards. Chapters... more...

  • Juvenile Sexuality, Kabbalah, and Catholic Reformation in Italyby Roni Weinstein

    BRILL 2009; US$ 185.00

    This detailed introduction to the text Tiferet Bachurim (The Glory of Youth), written in the mid-seventeenth century in Ferrara, Italy, discusses the profound changes in Jewish Italian communities regarding sexuality, control of the juvenile body, and the role of Kabbalah in The Jewish Counter Reformation. more...

  • Iusti Lipsii Saturnalium Sermonum libri duo, qui de gladiatoribusby Andrea Steenbeek

    BRILL 2011; US$ 136.00

    In the Saturnalian dialogues (1582) Lipsius describes all aspects of the gladiatorial combats. This theme fits perfectly well into his other historiographical works about roman customs and institutions, but above all he presents the gladiators as enlightening examples in his stoic ethical theory. Lipsius bespricht in den Saturnaliengespräche (1582)... more...

  • The New Jewish Wedding, Revisedby Anita Diamant

    Scribner 2007; Not Available

    The Definitive, Completely Up-to-Date Guide to Planning a Jewish Wedding Since its original publication in 1986, The New Jewish Wedding has become required reading, assigned to engaged couples by Conservative, Reform, and Reconstruc-tionist rabbis alike. In this new revision, Anita Diamant, one of the most respected writers of guides to Jewish... more...

  • The New Jewish Wedding, Revisedby Anita Diamant

    Scribner 2007; Not Available

    The Definitive, Completely Up-to-Date Guide to Planning a Jewish Wedding Since its original publication in 1986, The New Jewish Wedding has become required reading, assigned to engaged couples by Conservative, Reform, and Reconstruc-tionist rabbis alike. In this new revision, Anita Diamant, one of the most respected writers of guides to Jewish... more...

  • Se reposer pour la terre, se reposer pour Dieuby Sun-Jong Kim

    De Gruyter 2012; US$ 140.00

    The sabbatical year law in Lv 25,1?7 stipulates the rest of the land and includes foreigners in the list of the beneficiaries, differently from the fallow year law in Ex 23,10?11 and from the debt-release law in Dt 15,1?11. These characteristic features originate from the universalism of creation theology of the Holiness Code: the sabbatical year law... more...

  • Forsakenby Sharon Faye Koren

    Brandeis University Press 2011; US$ 27.99

    A fascinating analysis of why there are no female mystics in medieval Judaism more...