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  • Jewish Questions

    Responsa on Sephardic Life in the Early Modern Period

    by Matt Goldish ...
    In Jewish Questions, Matt Goldish introduces English readers to the history and culture of the Sephardic dispersion through an exploration of forty-three responsa--questions about Jewish law that Jews asked leading rabbis, and the rabbis' responses. The questions along with their rabbinical decisions examine all aspects of Jewish life, including business, family, religious issues, and relations ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • Science and Specters at Salem

    by Matt Goldish ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic
    Most studies of the Salem witch trials focus on social history and the dynamics between accused and accusers. Science and Specters at Salem turns instead to the intellectual background of the judges to understand why they accepted controversial types of evidence.The role of judges in a witch trial was central. Goldish argues that in Salem the judges' acceptance of questionable touch tests and ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • The Sabbatean Prophets

    by Matt Goldish ...
    In the mid-seventeenth century, Shabbatai Zvi, a rabbi from Izmir, claimed to be the Jewish messiah, and convinced a great many Jews to believe him. The movement surrounding this messianic pretender was enormous, and Shabbatai's mission seemed to be affirmed by the numerous supporting prophecies of believers. The story of Shabbatai and his prophets has mainly been explored by specialists in Jewish ... Read more

    $86.99 CAD

  • Rethinking the Messianic Idea in Judaism

    by Elisheva Carlebach, Emily Kopley, Cosana Eram, Matt Goldish, Shai Held, Motti Inbari, Martin Kavka, Shaul Magid, Benjamin Pollock, Annette Reed, Kenneth Seeskin, David Shatz, Menachem Kellner ...
    Over the centuries, the messianic tradition has provided the language through which modern Jewish philosophers, socialists, and Zionists envisioned a utopian future. Michael L. Morgan, Steven Weitzman, and an international group of leading scholars ask new questions and provide new ways of thinking about this enduring Jewish idea. Using the writings of Gershom Scholem, which ranged over the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Eating at God's Table

    How Foodways Create and Sustain Orthodox Jewish Communities

    by Jody Myers ...
    Series series Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
    The practice and meaning of kosher Orthodox foodways in sustaining a vibrant and diverse community.How do contemporary American Orthodox Jews use food to create boundaries, distinguishing and dividing groups from each other and from non-Orthodox communities? How does food symbolize beliefs, sustain and grow communities, and represent commitment to God? Eating at God's Table explores answers and ... Read more

    $50.94 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • In the Devil's Snare

    The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692

    by Mary Beth Norton ...
    Award-winning historian Mary Beth Norton reexamines the Salem witch trials in thisstartlingly original, meticulously researched, and utterly riveting study.In 1692 the people of Massachusetts were living in fear, and not solely of satanic afflictions. Horrifyingly violent Indian attacks had all but emptied the northern frontier of settlers, and many traumatized refugees—including the main accusers ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Not in God's Name

    Confronting Religious Violence

    by Jonathan Sacks ...
    ***2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner***In this powerful and timely book, one of the most admired and authoritative religious leaders of our time tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. If religion is perceived as being part of the problem, Rabbi Sacks argues, then it must also form part of the solution. When religion becomes a zero-sum conceit ... Read more

    Was $17.99 CAD Now $14.99 CAD

  • A Storm of Witchcraft

    The Salem Trials and the American Experience

    by Emerson W. Baker ...
    Series series Pivotal Moments in American History
    Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. Villagers--mainly young women--suffered from unseen torments that caused them to writhe, shriek, and contort their bodies, complaining of pins stuck into their flesh and of being haunted by specters. Believing that they suffered from assaults by an ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Essential Judaism

    A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs & Rituals

    by George Robinson ...
    You’ll find everything you need to know about being Jewish in this indispensable, revised and updated guide to the religious traditions, everyday practices, philosophical beliefs, and historical foundations of Judaism.What happens at a synagogue service? What are the rules for keeping kosher? How do I light the Hanukah candles? What is in the Hebrew Bible? What do the Jewish holidays signify? What ... Read more

    $19.50 CAD

  • A Delusion of Satan

    The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials

    by Frances Hill ...
    During the bleak winter of 1692 in the rigid Puritan community of Salem Village, Massachusetts, a group of young girls began experiencing violent fits, allegedly tormented by Satan and the witches who worshipped him. From the girls' initial denouncing of an Indian slave, the accusations soon multiplied. In less than two years, nineteen men and women were hanged, one was pressed to death, and over ... Read more

    $9.85 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • To Be a Jew Today

    A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People

    by Noah Feldman ...
    A New York Times BestsellerA leading public intellectual’s timely reckoning with how Jews can and should make sense of their tradition and each other.What does it mean to be a Jew? At a time of worldwide crisis, venerable answers to this question have become unsettled. In To Be a Jew Today, the legal scholar and columnist Noah Feldman draws on a lifelong engagement with his religion to offer a ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • The Americans: The Colonial Experience

    by Daniel J. Boorstin ...
    Series Book 1 - Americans Series
    Winner of the Bancroft PrizeIn this brilliantly original book, written for the general reader, the American past becomes richly meaningful to the present. ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD