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At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Landby Yossi Klein HaleviISBN 0688169082 (0-688-16908-2)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land'Book summary:Yossi Klein Halevi, born in America and now an Israeli citizen, embarked on a spiritual quest in order to appreciate the religious dimensions of conflicts in the Middle East. Beginning in 1998, he undertook "an attempt at religious empathy" in order "to test whether faith could be a means of healing rather than intensifying the conflicts in this land." Halevi, author of the critically acclaimed Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist, chose "to pray and meditate with my Christian and Muslim fellow believers," as "a conscious refutation of the way we religious people of different faiths have always judged each other--by what we believe about God, rather than how we experience God's presence." The holy days of each religion form the structure of At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden, and Halevi's encounters with Sufi dervishes, Muslim sheiks, monks, nuns, and laypeople are entertaining, poignant, and sometimes fearsome. The stories do not separate "spirituality" from "politics"--or history, psychology, or theology. His commitment to describing an integrated experience of the many aspects of religious life helps to make the book a successful exercise in empathy, and a book of lasting literary value. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Autograph Man: A Novelby Zadie SmithISBN 037570387X (0-375-70387-X)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autograph Man: A Novel'Book summary:When Alex-Li Tandem is 12 years old, his father takes him and his friends Adam and Rubinfine to a wrestling match at the Albert Hall in London. By the end of the evening, the pivotal events of Alex-Li's youth have occurred: he has met Joseph Klein, a boy whose fascination with autographs proves infectious; his friendships with Adam and Rubinfine are cemented; and his father has dropped dead. This is enough action for an entire book, and in fact things slow down dramatically after page 35 of Zadie Smith's sophomore novel The Autograph Man. When we meet Alex again, he is a grown man, an autograph dealer and devoted slacker, suffering the physical and spiritual after-effects of a three-day romance with a drug called "Superstar." While under its malign influence, Alex has managed to wreck his sports car, alienate his girlfriend Esther, and--possibly--forge the rare autograph of his idol, the 1950s movie star Kitty Alexander. Will his friends save him from the embarrassment of trying to sell this suspect autograph? Will they pull him together in time to perform Kaddish on the 15th anniversary of his father's death? Although not as enthralling or politically resonant as White Teeth, Smith's hallowed debut, The Autograph Man amply demonstrates her ability to juggle several main characters, several themes, and a host of plots and subplots, with the occasional purely comic episode thrown up in the air beside them like a chainsaw or a cheesecake. Readers will want to step away to a safe distance during the chaotic final scenes. --Regina Marler [via]
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The Bible As It Wasby James L. KugelISBN 0674069412 (0-674-06941-2)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bible As It Was'Book summary:James Kugel's The Bible As It Was is an eye-opening study of early scriptural interpretation. Kugel focuses on readings of the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) from 100-300 A.D., particularly the Jewish tradition of midrash--a practice of filling in the narrative gaps where biblical stories are ambiguous or unclear. Kugel's interest in midrash is more than academic, however. He wants readers to consider the ways these early readings of the Bible affect today's popular understandings of scriptural texts (such as the sacrifice of Isaac or the creation in Genesis); and he provides a convincing description of the richness and complexity that informs what seem to many like simple, commonsense readings of scripture. [via]
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The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Textsby Israel Finkelstein, Neil Asher SilbermanISBN 0684869136 (0-684-86913-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts'Book summary:The Bible Unearthed is a balanced, thoughtful, bold reconsideration of the historical period that produced the Hebrew Bible. The headline news in this book is easy to pick out: there is no evidence for the existence of Abraham, or any of the Patriarchs; ditto for Moses and the Exodus; and the same goes for the whole period of Judges and the united monarchy of David and Solomon. In fact, the authors argue that it is impossible to say much of anything about ancient Israel until the seventh century B.C., around the time of the reign of King Josiah. In that period, "the narrative of the Bible was uniquely suited to further the religious reform and territorial ambitions of Judah." Yet the authors deny that their arguments should be construed as compromising the Bible's power. Only in the 18th century--"when the Hebrew Bible began to be dissected and studied in isolation from its powerful function in community life"--did readers begin to view the Bible as a source of empirically verifiable history. For most of its life, the Bible has been what Finkelstein and Silberman reveal it once more to be: an eloquent expression of "the deeply rooted sense of shared origins, experiences, and destiny that every human community needs in order to survive," written in such a way as to encompass "the men, women, and children, the rich, the poor, and the destitute of an entire community." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Christianity Is Jewishby Edith SchaefferISBN 0842302425 (0-8423-0242-5)
Softcover, Tyndale House Publishers
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Day of Atonementby Faye KellermanISBN 044900323X (0-449-00323-X)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Defenders of the Faith: Inside Ultra-Orthodox Jewryby Samuel C. HeilmanISBN 0520221125 (0-520-22112-5)
Softcover, University of California Press
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Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group - Defenders of the Faith: Inside Ultra-Orthodox Jewry: ISBN 0805210075 (0-8052-1007-5)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group - Defenders of the Faith - Inside Ultra-Orthodox Jewry: ISBN 0520221125 (0-520-22112-5)
Softcover, University of California Press
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and after Jesusby Thomas CahillISBN 0385483724 (0-385-48372-4)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and after Jesus'Book summary:Desire of the Everlasting Hills is another present from the pen of Thomas Cahill, author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews. In this third volume of the bestselling Hinges of History series, he knits together history, politics, sociology, and faith with contemporary insights that yield remarkable results.
After painting with broad brush strokes an entertaining picture of the Greek, Jewish, and Roman world, Cahill focuses on Jesus. With illuminating deductions and clever speculation, Jesus is seen though the eyes of his biographers in their Gospel accounts. Each of these authors' lives is reconstructed in such a way that the richness of their writing and their subject matter is wonderfully enhanced.
The section on Paul, detailing how his life and letters shaped the early church, should be required reading for every student of the Bible. From his beginnings in the cosmopolitan city known as Tarsus through his calling, like the patriarchs and prophets before him, he becomes "the perfect vehicle for this moment in the development of the Jesus Movement." His mix of Greek reasoning with rabbinical training casts the stories of the early church into a thoughtful theology. He is seen here as the earliest egalitarian who not only impacted the early church but all of western civilization.
Cahill challenges many traditional religious ideas while also taking on some of the more radical contemporary interpreters of biblical literature. As with the other volumes in this series, the marginal notes are filled with a wealth of interesting information. Combining his own fresh translation of many New Testament highlights with respect and humor, Thomas Cahill's book is for the believer and nonbeliever alike. --Tracy Danz [via]
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- Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and after Jesus: ISBN 0375408525 (0-375-40852-5)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print - Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus: ISBN 0385482515 (0-385-48251-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and after Jesus: ISBN 0385483724 (0-385-48372-4)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Devil's Arithmeticby Jane YolenISBN 0670810274 (0-670-81027-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil's Arithmetic'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland. [via]
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Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizationsby Jonathan SacksISBN 0826468500 (0-8264-6850-0)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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The Dignity of Difference is Rabbi Jonathan Sacks's radical proposal for reconciling hatreds. The first major statement by a Jewish leader on the ethics of globalization, it also marks a paradigm shift in the approach to religious coexistence. Sacks argues that we must do more than search for values common to all faiths; we must also reframe the way we see our differences.More editions of Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations:
The Early Kabbalahby Joseph Dan, Ronald C. Kiener, Moshe IdelISBN 0809127695 (0-8091-2769-5)
Hardcover, Paulist Press
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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evilby Hannah ArendtISBN 0844659770 (0-8446-5977-0)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil'Book summary:While living in Argentina in 1960, Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped and smuggled to Israel where he was put on trial for crimes against humanity. The New Yorker magazine sent Hannah Arendt to cover the trial. While covering the technical aspects of the trial, Arendt also explored the wider themes inherent in the trial, such as the nature of justice, the behavior of the Jewish leadership during the Nazi Régime, and, most controversially, the nature of Evil itself.
Far from being evil incarnate, as the prosecution painted Eichmann, Arendt maintains that he was an average man, a petty bureaucrat interested only in furthering his career, and the evil he did came from the seductive power of the totalitarian state and an unthinking adherence to the Nazi cause. Indeed, Eichmann's only defense during the trial was "I was just following orders."
Arendt's analysis of the seductive nature of evil is a disturbing one. We would like to think that anyone who would perpetrate such horror on the world is different from us, and that such atrocities are rarities in our world. But the history of groups such as the Jews, Kurds, Bosnians, and Native Americans, to name but a few, seems to suggest that such evil is all too commonplace. In revealing Eichmann as the pedestrian little man that he was, Arendt shows us that the veneer of civilization is a thin one indeed. [via]
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Engendering Judaism: An Inclusive Theology and Ethicsby Rachel Adler, David EllensonISBN 0807036196 (0-8070-3619-6)
Softcover, Beacon Press
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Exodusby Leon UrisISBN 0517207982 (0-517-20798-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exodus'Book summary:Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. Here is Exodus --one of the great best-selling novels of all time.
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Genesis: The Traditional Hebrew Text With the New Jps Translationby Nahum M. SarnaISBN 0827603266 (0-8276-0326-6)
Hardcover, Jewish Pubn Society
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A Guide to Jewish Prayerby Adin SteinsaltzISBN 0805211470 (0-8052-1147-0)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Hebrew Alphabet: A Mystical Journeyby Edward HoffmanISBN 0811818837 (0-8118-1883-7)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hebrew Alphabet: A Mystical Journey'Book summary:Judaism has always regarded Hebrew as a sacred language, the medium of divine communication. And its letters are no ordinary forms. The very word for letter, ot, means sign or wonder. The Hebrew Alphabet: A Mystical Journey reveals the spirituality and power of all 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, from aleph, which signifies creative energy, to tav, symbolizing wholeness and joy. Each concise, historical, and poetic letter profile, written by Judaica scholar Edward Hoffman, is accompanied by a lustrous illustration wrought in hues of olive, blue, and silver. An exquisite gift and introduction to a beautiful spiritual practice, this insightful meditation delves into the rich mystical heritage of the letters, offering a modern link to ancient times, when contemplating the Hebrew alphabet could enlighten the inmost soul. [via]
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History of the Jewish Peopleby Haim H. Ben-SassonISBN 0674397312 (0-674-39731-2)
Softcover, Harvard University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of the Jewish People'Book summary:A History of the Jewish People presents a total vision of Jewish experiences and achievements--religious, political, social, and economic--in both the land of Israel and the diaspora throughout the ages. It has been acclaimed as the most comprehensive and penetrating work yet to have appeared in its field.
Six distinguished scholars at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, have set forth here for the first time the authentic story of the Jewish past that is relevant to the Jewish present. Special attention is paid to the significant historical sources that have come to light in the past decades, to the findings of archaeological research, and to source materials in Jewish studies such as talmudic literature--sources that have too often been ignored by historians.
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The Jewish Festivals: A Guide to Their History and Observanceby Hayim Shoys, Arthur SamuelsonISBN 0805209379 (0-8052-0937-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Jewish Festivals: History and Observanceby Hayyim SchaussISBN 080520413X (0-8052-0413-X)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Jewish Mystical Testimoniesby Louis JacobsISBN 0805205853 (0-8052-0585-3)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformationby Michael LernerISBN 039913980X (0-399-13980-X)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Jews: The Story of a Peopleby Howard FastISBN 0440344441 (0-440-34444-1)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jews: The Story of a People'Book summary:Beginning in the ancient world, this colorful, fast-paced saga enriches our understanding of the Jews and their impact on the world. With drama no fiction can match, master storyteller Howard Fast traces the evolution of a tradition powerful enough to give lasting identity to a scattered, wandering people. Bringing to life the extraordinary men and women who have shaped history-Moses, Hillel, Jesus (and many more)-this compelling book explores the customs and philosophies that have endured persecution, emigration, and the Holocaust. Fast also probes the towering achievements of this unique and fascinating people, illustrating their important role in the origins of Western culture, Christianity and modern Europe. The Jews is comprehensive, enlightening and utterly readable. [via]
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The Jews: Story of a Peopleby Howard FastISBN 0440505062 (0-440-50506-2)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Judaikitsch: Tchotchkes, Schmattes, and Noshereiby Jennifer Traig, Victoria TraigISBN 0811831884 (0-8118-3188-4)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Judaism in the Beginning of Christianityby Jacob NeusnerISBN 0800617509 (0-8006-1750-9)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Canada
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Kabbalah: Tradition of Hidden Knowledgeby Z'ev ben Shimon HaleviISBN 0500810230 (0-500-81023-0)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kabbalah: Tradition of Hidden Knowledge'Book summary:Kabbalah is the mystical aspect of Judaism. [via]
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Ladies Auxiliaryby Tova MirvisISBN 0393048144 (0-393-04814-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Last Kabbalist of Lisbonby Richard ZimlerISBN 0879518340 (0-87951-834-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon'Book summary:Richard Zimler's The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon is not a particularly religious novel, but it uses religion to great dramatic effect. Although its story takes place during the 16th- century slaughter of Jews in Portugal, and its main characters are Jewish mystics, Zimler is less interested in describing their spiritual lives than in plotting a fantastic murder mystery. The book purports to be a modern translation of a medieval manuscript telling the story of the murder of a great kabbalist in Lisbon named Abraham. Occasionally, the story invokes a bit of kabbalist wisdom that is every bit as luminous as the ancient texts that inspired this novel: "Books are created from holy letters," one character says. "Just as angels are, according to some. Viewed from this perspective--through a window of Kabbalah, if you like--an angel is nothing but a book given heavenly form." Such moments are too rare for the book to be very perceptive about the tradition to which its title alludes, but nevertheless, it's an absorbing and genuinely suspenseful story. -- Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Last of the Justby Andr±E Schwarz-BartISBN 1567311407 (1-56731-140-7)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last of the Just'Book summary:According to Jewish tradition, 36 "just men" are born in every generation to take the burden of the world's suffering upon themselves. This book tells the story of two Jews, divided by eight centuries, who are persecuted to death, becoming part of the catastrophic history of the Jewish people. [via]
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Maimonides Readerby Isadore TwerskyISBN 0874412064 (0-87441-206-4)
Softcover, Behrman House
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Marjorie Morningstarby Herman WoukISBN 0783819935 (0-7838-1993-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Marjorie Morningstar'Book summary:A starry-eyed young beauty, Marjorie Morgenstern is nineteen years old when she leaves New York to accept the job of her dreams-working in a summer-stock company for Noel Airman, its talented and intensely charismatic director. Released from the social constraints of her traditional Jewish family, and thrown into the glorious, colorful world of theater, Marjorie finds herself entangled in a powerful affair with the man destined to become the greatest-and the most destructive-love of her life.Rich with humor and poignancy, Marjorie Morningstar is a classic love story, one that spans two continents and two decades in the life of its heroine. This unforgettable paean to youthful love and the bittersweet sorrow of a first heartbreak endures as one of Herman Wouk's most beloved creations.[via]More editions of Marjorie Morningstar:
Moses: A Lifeby Jonathan KirschISBN 076285233X (0-7628-5233-X)
Softcover, Book Sales
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Mysteries of the Kabbalahby Marc-Alain Ouaknin, Josephine BaconISBN 0789206544 (0-7892-0654-4)
Hardcover, Abbeville Press, Incorporated
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The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, Dayby Elie Wiesel, Stella RodwayISBN 0876688970 (0-87668-897-0)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, Day'Book summary:Elie Wiesel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, brings together his first three books in this one volume. [via]
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The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, the Accidentby Elie WieselISBN 0809073692 (0-8090-7369-2)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Crossby Harry KemelmanISBN 0449206874 (0-449-20687-4)
Softcover, Fawcett
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The Origin of Satanby Elaine PagelsISBN 0679731180 (0-679-73118-0)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Satan'Book summary:. . . ground-breaking . . . Many times in the course of reading her explications I found myself saying, "Of course, why hasn't someone said this before?" By showing how the sectarian demonization of the "intimate enemies"--Jews and heretics--shaped early Christianity, the book helps us to understand the power of irrational forces that still need to be confronted in contemporary society. -- S. David Sperling, professor of Bible, Hebrew Union College [via]
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Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faithby Marvin R. WilsonISBN 0802804233 (0-8028-0423-3)
Softcover, Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B.
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The Parables: Jewish Tradition and Christian Interpretationby Brad H. YoungISBN 1565632443 (1-56563-244-3)
Hardcover, Hendrickson Publishers, Incorporated
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The Plot Against Americaby Philip RothISBN 1400079497 (1-4000-7949-7)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Plot Against America'Book summary:"What if" scenarios are often suspect. They are sometimes thinly veiled tales of the gospel according to the author, taking on the claustrophobic air of a personal fantasia that can't be shared. Such is not the case with Philip Roth's tour de force, The Plot Against America. It is a credible, fully-realized picture of what could happen anywhere, at any time, if the right people and circumstances come together.
The Plot Against America explores a wholly imagined thesis and sees it through to the end: Charles A. Lindbergh defeats FDR for the Presidency in 1940. Lindbergh, the "Lone Eagle," captured the country's imagination by his solo Atlantic crossing in 1927 in the monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, then had the country's sympathy upon the kidnapping and murder of his young son. He was a true American hero: brave, modest, handsome, a patriot. According to some reliable sources, he was also a rabid isolationist, Nazi sympathizer, and a crypto-fascist. It is these latter attributes of Lindbergh that inform the novel.
The story is framed in Roth's own family history: the family flat in Weequahic, the neighbors, his parents, Bess and Herman, his brother, Sandy and seven-year-old Philip. Jewishness is always the scrim through which Roth examines American contemporary culture. His detractors say that he sees persecution everywhere, that he is vigilant in "Keeping faith with the certainty of Jewish travail"; his less severe critics might cavil about his portrayal of Jewish mothers and his sexual obsession, but generally give him good marks, and his fans read every word he writes and heap honors upon him. This novel will engage and satisfy every camp.
"Fear presides over these memories, a perpetual fear. Of course, no childhood is without its terrors, yet I wonder if I would have been a less frightened boy if Lindbergh hadn't been president or if I hadn't been the offspring of Jews." This is the opening paragraph of the book, which sets the stage and tone for all that follows. Fear is palpable throughout; fear of things both real and imagined. A central event of the novel is the relocation effort made through the Office of American Absorption, a government program whereby Jews would be placed, family by family, across the nation, thereby breaking up their neighborhoods--ghettos--and removing them from each other and from any kind of ethnic solidarity. The impact this edict has on Philip and all around him is horrific and life-changing. Throughout the novel, Roth interweaves historical names such as Walter Winchell, who tries to run against Lindbergh. The twist at the end is more than surprising--it is positively ingenious.
Roth has written a magnificent novel, arguably his best work in a long time. It is tempting to equate his scenario with current events, but resist, resist. Of course it is a cautionary tale, but, beyond that, it is a contribution to American letters by a man working at the top of his powers. --Valerie Ryan [via]
Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah, 1626-1676by Gershom ScholemISBN 0691099162 (0-691-09916-2)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah, 1626-1676by R. J. Zwi Werblowski, Gershom Gerhard ScholemISBN 069101809X (0-691-01809-X)
Softcover, Princeton University Press
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Schindler's Listby Thomas KeneallyISBN 0582788943 (0-582-78894-3)
Softcover, Pearson Education, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Schindler's List'Book summary:Oskar Schindler risks his life to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in the concentration camps of World War II. Based on a true story, the book was adapted by Steven Spielberg into one of the most important and powerful war films of all time. [via]
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- Schindler's List: ISBN 0671511718 (0-671-51171-8)
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Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Schindler's List: ISBN 0671516884 (0-671-51688-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Schindler's List: ISBN 067144977X (0-671-44977-X)
Hardcover, Simon and Schuster - Schindler's List: ISBN 0816138540 (0-8161-3854-0)
Hardcover, Thomson Gale - Schindler's List: ISBN 0582788943 (0-582-78894-3)
Softcover, Pearson Education, Limited
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Schindler's List Piano Solosby John WilliamsISBN 0793532779 (0-7935-3277-9)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Schindler's List Piano Solos'Book summary:8 beautiful piano solos from the Oscar-winning movie. Pieces include: Theme from Schindler's List Give Me Your Names I Could Have Done More Stolen Memories and more. Features photos from the film. [via]
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The Schocken Book of Jewish Mystical Testimonies: A Unique and Inspiring Collection of Accounts by People Who Have Encountered God from Biblical Times to the Presentby Louis Jacobs, Karen ArmstrongISBN 0805241434 (0-8052-4143-4)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Softcover, Random House Inc - The Schocken Book of Jewish Mystical Testimonies: A Unique and Inspiring Collection of Accounts by People Who Have Encountered God from Biblical Times to the Present: ISBN 0805241434 (0-8052-4143-4)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Search for God at Harvardby Ari L. GoldmanISBN 0812916530 (0-8129-1653-0)
Hardcover, Random House, Incorporated
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Seek My Face, Speak My Name: A Contemporary Jewish Theologyby Arthur GreenISBN 0876685920 (0-87668-592-0)
Hardcover, J. Aronson
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Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Homeby Harry KemelmanISBN 0449210006 (0-449-21000-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Thirteen Petalled Roseby Adin SteinsaltzISBN 0876684509 (0-87668-450-9)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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Thirteen Petalled Rose: A Discourse on the Essence of Jewish Existence and Beliefby Adin SteinsaltzISBN 0465082726 (0-465-08272-6)
Softcover, Basic Books
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The Torahby Rodney MarinerISBN 0805048200 (0-8050-4820-0)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Redby Harry KemelmanISBN 0449213218 (0-449-21321-8)
Softcover, Fawcett
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Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jewsby Melvin KonnerISBN 0670032441 (0-670-03244-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Who Wrote the Bible?by Richard Elliott FriedmanISBN 0671631616 (0-671-63161-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Woman Who Laughed at God: The Untold History of the Jewish Peopleby Jonathan KirschISBN 0670030090 (0-670-03009-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Woman Who Laughed at God: The Untold History of the Jewish People'Book summary:Jonathan Kirsch wants to answer the question, "Who is a Jew?" and in The Woman Who Laughed at God, he comes to some gracious, broad-minded conclusions. Kirsch rejects definitions of Judaism based on "a set of commandments literally written in stone." Instead, he offers stories of chutzpah through the ages, beginning with Abraham (who argued with God) and Sarah (who laughed at Him), demonstrating that "Judaism has been defined by generation upon generation of courageous men and women who felt both inspired and empowered to reimagine and reinvent what it means to be a Jew." Kirsch argues by telling stories--of Maccabee freedom fighters, of ecstatic mystics, of kibbutzers who feasted on "kosher pigs." Although his essential point--that diversity, not orthodoxy, is the hallmark of true Judaism--is not a new one, it still bears repeating. Kirsch, author of the bestselling The Harlot by the Side of the Road, writes with such flair, ranging over a wide variety of characters, that his lively style elevates his conventional premise. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Works of Philoby C. D. Yonge, David M. ScholerISBN 0943575931 (0-943575-93-1)
Hardcover, Hendrickson Publishers, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Works of Philo'Book summary:While it would not be correct to say that Philo's works have been "lost"--scholars have always known and used Philo--they have essentially been "misplaced" as far as the average student of the Bible is concerned. Now the translation of the eminent classicist C. D. Yonge is available in an affordable, easy-to-read edition, with a new foreword and newly translated passages, and containing supposed fragments of Philo's writings from ancient authors such as John of Damascus. The title and arrangement of the writings have been standardized according to scholarly conventions.
A contemporary of Paul and Jesus, Philo Judaeus, of Alexandria, Egypt, is unquestionably among the most important writers for historians and students of Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. Although Philo does not explicitly mention Jesus, or Paul, or any of the followers of Jesus, Philo lived in their world. It is from Philo, for example, that we learn about how, like the Gospel of John, Jews (and Greeks) in the Greco-Roman world spoke of the creative force of God as God's "Logos." Philo, too, employs interpretive strategies that parallel those of the author of Hebrews. Most scholars would agree that Philo and the author of Hebrews are drawing from the same, or at least similar, traditions of Hellenistic Judaism. With these kind of connections to the world of Judaism and early Christianity, Philo cannot be ignored. [via]
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Your Word Is Fire: The Hasidic Masters on Contemplative Prayerby Arthur Green, Barry W. HoltzISBN 0805208429 (0-8052-0842-9)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Zohar 2: Pritzker Editionby Daniel MattISBN 0804748683 (0-8047-4868-3)
Hardcover, Stanford University Press
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Exodusby Leon UrisISBN 0553258478 (0-553-25847-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exodus'Book summary:Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. Here is Exodus --one of the great best-selling novels of all time. [via]
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