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  • Rorty and the Prophetic

    Jewish Engagements with a Secular Philosopher

    by Akiba Lerner, Gary Slater, Samuel Hayim Brody, Elliot Ratzman, Stephen Minister, Megan Craig, Hannah Hashkes, J. Aaron Simmons ...
    Rorty and the Prophetic interrogates and provides a constructive assessment to the American neo-pragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty’s critiques of Jewish ethics. Rorty dismisses the public applicability of Jewish moral reasoning, because it is based on “the will of God” through divine revelation. As a self-described secular philosopher, it comes as no surprise that Rorty does not find public ... Read more

    $126.99 CAD

  • Redemptive Hope

    From the Age of Enlightenment to the Age of Obama

    by Akiba J. Lerner ...
    Series series Commonalities
    This is a book about the need for redemptive narratives to ward off despair and the dangers these same narratives create by raising expectations that are seldom fulfilled. The quasi-messianic expectations produced by the election of President Barack Obama in 2008, and their diminution, were stark reminders of an ongoing struggle between ideals and political realities.Redemptive Hope begins by ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Theories of Hope

    Exploring Alternative Affective Dimensions of Human Experience

    by Rochelle M. Green, Akiba Lerner, Allison Merrick, Darren Webb, Lisa Kretz, Luc Bovens, Nancy Snow, Patrick Shade, Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Rhodes College ...
    Theories of Hope: Exploring Affective Dimensions of Human Experience is a collection of essays dedicated to inquiring into the nature of hope in its multiple and varied guises. Looking specifically at the ways in which some experiences of hope emerge within contexts of marginalization, transgression, and inquiry, this volume seeks to explore the experiences of hope through a lens of its more ... Read more

    $120.99 CAD

  • Thinking Jewish Culture in America

    by Noam Pianko, Akiba Lerner, Gregory Kaplan, Ken Koltun-Fromm, Claire E. Sufrin, Jessica Rosenberg, Einat Ramon, Leonard Kaplan, Ari Y. Kelman, Mara H. Benjamin0, Arnold M. Eisen1 ...
    Series series Graven Images
    Thinking Jewish Culture in America argues that Jewish thought extends our awareness and deepens the complexity of American Jewish culture. This volume stretches the disciplinary boundaries of Jewish thought so that it can productively engage expanding arenas of culture by drawing Jewish thought into the orbit of cultural studies. The eleven contributors to Thinking Jewish Cultures, together with ... Read more

    $168.99 CAD

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    A Search for God in Odd Places

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  • The Book of "Genesis"

    A Biography

    by Ronald Hendel ...
    Series series Lives of Great Religious Books
    During its 2,500-year life, the book of Genesis has been the keystone to almost every important claim about reality, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity. And it continues to play a central role in debates about science, politics, and human rights. With clarity and skill, acclaimed biblical scholar Ronald Hendel provides a panoramic history of this iconic book, exploring its impact on ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The Zohar Bereshith To Lekh Lekha

    by Nurho De Manhar ...
    The Zohar Bereshith to Lekh Lekhaby Nurho de ManharThe Zohar is a Kabbalistic commentary on the Hebrew Bible."This is the only extensive translation of a portion of the Zohar, the longest and one of the most important texts of the Kabbalah[..]The Zohar is a Kabbalistic commentary on the Hebrew Bible. Long before the 'Bible Code,' Jewish scholars were attempting to wring deep meaning out of every ... Read more

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  • Becoming Jewish

    The Challenges, Rewards, and Paths to Conversion

    by Jennifer S. Hanin, Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben ...
    Becoming Jewish is the first all-inclusive, step-by-step guide to converting to Judaism. Steven Carr Reuben, a highly respected rabbi, and Jennifer S. Hanin, a convert to the faith, lead readers through the conversion process, providing the right mix of advice, resources and humor for the journey.Jews-to-be often find the steps to Judaism foreign, complex, and mysterious. From learning an ancient ... Read more

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  • Jesus, Joshua, Yeshua of Nazareth Revised and Expanded

    by Gordon Clouser ...
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  • The Qabalah

    Secret Tradition of the West

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    Papus (Dr. Ge'rard Encausse 1865-1916) was one of the great occultists of France, and was instrumental in developing and popularizing Eliphas Levi's earlier suggestions of a link between the Hebrew alphabet and the twenty-two trumps of the tarot. The Qabalah, first published in 1892, is particularly valuable because, along with his original theoretical explorations of the Qabalah, it also contains ... Read more

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  • Religion For Atheists: The Ultimate Atheist Guide &Manual on the Religion without God

    by The Blokehead ...
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  • Holocaust Justice

    The Battle for Restitution in America's Courts

    by Michael J Bazyler ...
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