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  • Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity

    Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud

    by Michal Bar-Asher Siegal ...
    Stories portraying heretics ('minim') in rabbinic literature are a central site of rabbinic engagement with the 'other'. These stories typically involve a conflict over the interpretation of a biblical verse in which the rabbinic figure emerges victorious in the face of a challenge presented by the heretic. In this book, Michal Bar-Asher Siegal focuses on heretic narratives of the Babylonian ... Read more

    $30.39 CAD

  • Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud

    by Michal Bar-Asher Siegal ...
    This book examines literary analogies in Christian and Jewish sources, culminating in an in-depth analysis of striking parallels and connections between Christian monastic texts (the Apophthegmata Patrum or 'The Sayings of the Desert Fathers') and Babylonian Talmudic traditions. The importance of the monastic movement in the Persian Empire, during the time of the composition and redaction of the ... Read more

    $43.19 CAD

  • The Israeli Third Sector

    Between Welfare State and Civil Society

    by Benjamin Gidron, Michal Bar, Hagai Katz ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The First Directory of Israeli Researchers published a few years ago revealed for the first time that there were 48 researchers from 11 disciplines in 14 different academic institutions in this small Middle Eastern country. It is not surprising, therefore, that with such intellectual resources, Israel can produce year after year social science research of the highest quality such as this first ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Animals and Human Society in Asia

    Historical, Cultural and Ethical Perspectives

    Edited by Rotem Kowner, Guy Bar-Oz, Michal Biran, Meir Shahar, Gideon Shelach-Lavi ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This edited collection offers a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of human-animal interactions in Asia throughout history. With twelve thematically-arranged chapters, this book examines the diverse roles that beasts, livestock, and fish — real and metaphorical– have played in Asian history, society, and culture.Ranging from prehistory to the present day, the authors address a wealth ... Read more

    $166.49 CAD

  • Policy Initiatives Towards the Third Sector in International Perspective

    Edited by Benjamin Gidron, Michal Bar ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Over the past decade, the third sector has had tremendous growth worldwide in both size and importance. As many countries struggle to address this changing reality, many have adopted policy initiatives aimed at changing the ways the third sector is addressed. It is a complex process, involving different fields of practice, different levels of government, and different types of third sector ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Negotiating Identities

    Conflict, Conversion, and Consolidation in Early Judaism and Christianity (200 BCE–600 CE)

    by Karin Hedner Zetterholm, Cecilia Wassén, Yonatan Adler, Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, Genevive Dibley, Christine Hayes, Jutta Jokiranta, Moshe Lavee0, Karin Neutel1, Rina Talgam2, John Van Maaren3, Holger Zellentin4, John J. Collins5, Anders Runesson7, Mark D. Nanos8, Matthew V. Novenson9, Samuel Byrskog0, Wally V. Cirafesi1, Adela Yarbro Collins2, Paula Fredriksen3, Adele Reinhartz4, Matthew Thiessen5 ...
    Series series Coniectanea Biblica
    Covering the period from 200 BCE to 600 CE, this book describes important aspects of identity formation processes within early Judaism and Christianity, and shows how negotiations involving issues of ethnicity, stereotyping, purity, commensality, and institution building contributed to the forming of group identities. Over time, some of these Jewish group identities evolved into non-Jewish ... Read more

    $61.19 CAD

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  • A History of the World in 100 Objects

    by Dr Neil MacGregor ...
    This book takes a dramatically original approach to the history of humanity, using objects which previous civilisations have left behind them, often accidentally, as prisms through which we can explore past worlds and the lives of the men and women who lived in them. The book's range is enormous. It begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the ... Read more

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  • Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher?

    How Government Decides and Why

    by Donald Savoie ...
    Thirty years ago, Anglo-American politicians set out to make the public sector look like the private sector. These reforms continue today, ultimately seeking to empower elected officials to shape policies and pushing public servants to manage operations in the same manner as their private-sector counterparts. In Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher?, Donald Savoie provides a nuanced account of ... Read more

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  • What Is Government Good At?

    A Canadian Answer

    by Donald Savoie ...
    Winner: Donner Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Public Policy Writing by Canadians (2016)Winner: New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction (2016)Recent decades have shown the public's support for government plummet alongside political leaders’ credibility. This downward spiral calls for an exploration of what has gone wrong. The questions "What is government good at?" and "What is government ... Read more

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  • The Case for Sanctions Against Israel

    by Omar Barghouti, Naomi Klein, Ilan Pappe, Slavoj Zizek, Ra'Anan Alexandrowicz ...
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  • The History of Magic

    From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

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