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  • 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

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    by Judah Hallevi ...
    Translated by Hartwig Hirschfeld ...
    "Framed as a dialog between the king of the Khazars, a Central Asian kingdom, and a Rabbi, the Khazari is an exposition of late medieval Jewish philosophy. Legend has it that the king of the Khazars held a symposium to decide whether his people should convert to Judaism, Christianity or Islam. This book is a fictional account of the Jewish side of this debate. Judah Ha-Levi, the author, was born ... Read more

    $1.45 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Physician Under the Nazis

    Memoirs of Henry Glenwick

    Edited by David Glenwick ...
    A Physician Under the Nazis are the memoirs of the first forty years (1909-1948) of the life of Henry Glenwick. It focuses on his experiences as a physician in Russian-occupied Ukraine after the outbreak of World War II, his return to the Warsaw ghetto, and his subsequent journey through labor and concentration camps in Poland and Germany. Following a post-war period in Displaced Persons camps in ... Read more

    $45.99 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

  • The Scandal of Kabbalah

    Leon Modena, Jewish Mysticism, Early Modern Venice

    by Yaacob Dweck ...
    Series series Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World
    How the Jewish culture war over Kabbalah beganThe Scandal of Kabbalah is the first book about the origins of a culture war that began in early modern Europe and continues to this day: the debate between kabbalists and their critics on the nature of Judaism and the meaning of religious tradition. From its medieval beginnings as an esoteric form of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah spread throughout the ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Jewish History

    A Very Short Introduction

    by David N. Myers ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    How have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. Many have attempted to explain this singular success as a result of divine intervention. In this engaging book, David N. Myers charts the long journey of the Jews through history. At the same time, it points to two unlikely-and decidedly ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Chosen People

    The Rise of American Black Israelite Religions

    by Jacob S. Dorman ...
    Named Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE Winnter of the Wesley-Logan Prize of the American Historical Association Winner of the Byron Caldwell Smith Book Prize Winner of the 2014 Albert J. Raboteau Book Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions Jacob S. Dorman offers new insights into the rise of Black Israelite religions in America, faiths ranging from Judaism to Islam to Rastafarianism ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Britain's Naval and Political Reaction to the Illegal Immigration of Jews to Palestine, 1945-1949

    by Freddy Liebreich ...
    This book provides an important shift in the analysis of Britain's policy towards the illegal postwar Jewish immigration into Palestine. It charts the development of Britain's response to Zionist immigration, from the initial sympathy, as embodied in the Balfour Declaration, through attempts at blockade, refoulement and finally disengagement.The book exposes differences in policy pursued by the ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • Judaism

    by John P. Walker ...
    JudaismJewsHebrew languageKingdom of JudahEthnic groupReligionPhilosophyHebrew BibleTanakhTalmudIsraelitesGod in JudaismRabbinic JudaismMosesBiblical Mount SinaiOral TorahHellenistic JudaismHumanistic JudaismSabbateansJewish religious movementsOrthodox JudaismHaredi JudaismModern Orthodox JudaismConservative JudaismR... ... Read more

    $6.55 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 Complete Introduction to Judaism

    World Religion Series, #5

    by Mary Pandeo ...
    Series Book 5 - World Religion Series
    The ancient religion of Judaism is surprisingly relevant to today's society and is a full and complex belief system, which can become confusing once examined.This book is written to provide you with a simple, easy to understand and concise guide to what Judaism is and how the religion is practiced.Judaism is a fascinating yet complex religion with a very long and influential history. Spanning ... Read more

    $3.97 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rabbinic Theology and Jewish Intellectual History

    The Great Rabbi Loew of Prague

    Edited by Meir Seidler ...
    Series series Routledge Jewish Studies Series
    Rabbi Loew (the Maharal) of Prague remains one of the most influential and prolific Jewish thinkers of his time. Widely considered one of the fathers of Hassidic thought and a harbinger of Modern Jewish philosophy, his life and work have retained their influence and remain prevalent today.Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this book ranges from an analysis of the historical background to ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD