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  • The Burden of Silence

    Sabbatai Sevi and the Evolution of the Ottoman-Turkish Dönmes

    by Cengiz Sisman ...
    The Burden of Silence is the first monograph on Sabbateanism, an early modern Ottoman-Jewish messianic movement, tracing it from its beginnings during the seventeenth century up to the present day. Initiated by the Jewish rabbi Sabbatai Sevi, the movement combined Jewish, Islamic, and Christian religious and social elements and became a transnational phenomenon, spreading througout Afro-Euroasia. ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

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    by Amy-Jill Levine;Marc Z. Brettler ...
    Although major New Testament figures--Jesus and Paul, Peter and James, Jesus' mother Mary and Mary Magdalene--were Jews, living in a culture steeped in Jewish history, beliefs, and practices, there has never been an edition of the New Testament that addresses its Jewish background and the culture from which it grew--until now. In The Jewish Annotated New Testament, eminent experts under the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • This Is My God

    by Herman Wouk ...
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning author shares a "valuable, wise, and quietly moving" meditation on orthodox Judaism ( Chicago Tribune ).Renowned for his sweeping historical novels such as The Cain Mutiny and The Winds of War, Herman Wouk now presents a brilliantly distilled examination of his own religious faith. A miracle of brevity, This Is My God guides readers through the world's oldest practicing. ... Read more

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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

  • 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

    $24.99 CAD

  • The Jewish Jesus

    How Judaism and Christianity Shaped Each Other

    by Peter Schäfer ...
    How the rise of Christianity profoundly influenced the development of Judaism in late antiquityIn late antiquity, as Christianity emerged from Judaism, it was not only the new religion that was being influenced by the old. The rise and revolutionary challenge of Christianity also had a profound influence on rabbinic Judaism, which was itself just emerging and, like Christianity, trying to shape ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • Inheriting Abraham

    The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

    by Jon D. Levenson ...
    Series series Library of Jewish Ideas
    How Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have reimagined Abraham in their own imagesJews, Christians, and Muslims supposedly share a common religious heritage in the patriarch Abraham, and the idea that he should serve only as a source of unity among the three traditions has become widespread in both scholarly and popular circles. But in Inheriting Abraham, Jon Levenson reveals how the increasingly ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Origins of Our Faith the Hebrew Roots of Christianity

    Third Edition

    by Rick Richardson ...
    Origins of Our Faith is an historic look back to the Hebrew roots of Christianity which propells the reader through a paradigm shift. Rick Richardson explains how and why a small group of Jewish "believers" were transformed into the most influential religious movement in history, and how returning to the origins of our faith is the only way for us to reach our destiny.Fascinating and important... ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Model Citizens of the State

    The Jews of Turkey during the Multi-Party Period

    by Rifat Bali ...
    Model Citizens of the State: The Jews of Turkey during the Multi-Party Period is about the history of the Turkish Jews from 1950 to present. By using unpublished primary sources as well as secondary sources, the book describes the struggle of Turkish Jews for the application of their constitutional rights, their fight against anti-Semitism and the indifferent attitude of the Turkish establishment ... Read more

    $84.99 CAD

  • Shifting Images of the Hasmoneans

    Second Temple Legends and Their Reception in Josephus and Rabbinic Literature

    by Vered Noam ...
    The shifting image of the Hasmoneans in the eyes of their contemporaries and later generations is a compelling issue in the history of the Maccabean revolt and the Hasmonean commonwealth. Based on a series of six Jewish folktales from the Second Temple period that describe the Hasmonean dynasty and its history from its legendary founders, through achievement of full sovereignty, to downfall, this ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD

  • Inventing God's Law

    How the Covenant Code of the Bible Used and Revised the Laws of Hammurabi

    by David P. Wright ...
    Most scholars believe that the numerous similarities between the Covenant Code (Exodus 20:23-23:19) and Mesopotamian law collections, especially the Laws of Hammurabi, which date to around 1750 BCE, are due to oral tradition that extended from the second to the first millennium. This book offers a fundamentally new understanding of the Covenant Code, arguing that it depends directly and primarily ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • A Question of Identity

    Iberian Conversos in Historical Perspective

    by Renee Levine Melammed ...
    In 1391 many of the Jews of Spain were forced to convert to Christianity, creating a new group whose members would be continually seeking a niche for themselves in society. The question of identity was to play a central role in the lives of these and later converts whether of Spanish or Portuguese heritage, for they could not return to Judaism as long as they remained on the Peninsula, and their ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD