Author: Rabbi Yaakov CuliPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Me'am Lo'ez: The Torah Anthology:Vol. 2: Genesis
Author: Rabbi Yaakov CuliMe'am Lo'ez: The Torah Anthology: Vol. 1: Genesis
Author: Rabbi Yaakov CuliMe'am Lo'ez: The Torah Anthology:Vol. 3: Genesis
Author: Rabbi Yaakov CuliThe Torah Anthology
Author: Shmuel YerushalmiPublisher:
ISBN: 9780940118973
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 621
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Further Studies in the Five Books of Moses
Author: Dr. Martin SickerPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664179186
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The eight studies in this volume focus on additional aspects of the narratives in the Five Books of Moses that have frequently been glossed over by commentators, ancient and modern, and remain contentious to this very day. These studies address subjects such as the primal mission of man in the creation narrative, the ‘covenant between the pieces,’ the symbolism of circumcision, the story of Jacob and his four wives, and the rape of Dinah, as depicted in the book of Genesis; the story of the exodus from Egypt as related in the book of Exodus; the reason for the premature death of the sons of Aaron, Nadav and Avihu, and the reason for the dietary laws, as set forth in the book of Leviticus. Although these studies do not claim to resolve the issues they examine, it is their purpose to stimulate further interest in the complexities of the ancient biblical narratives and the hidden insights about human nature they provide.
Reading the Pentateuch Politically; from Abraham to Moses
Author: Dr. Martin SickerPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1669827682
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 665
Book Description
This book is a continuation of an earlier work, Reading Genesis Politically, the primary focus of which is the first ten chapters of the much larger book of Genesis. The present study begins with chapter eleven of Genesis which introduces the story of the emergence of Abraham, the iconic founder of the Jewish nation and Judaic civilization. As indicated by the title of the present study its primary concern is with the prehistory of ancient Israel. The sole source of information about Israel’s national origins is imbedded in the Pentateuch, the five books of the Torah, in which the birth of Israel is portrayed as part of a divine plan for the betterment of mankind. As a result, its prehistory beginning with Abraham and concluding with Moses is necessarily theopolitical in nature, reflecting the critical divine role in its formation. There are of course virtually innumerable studies of the Pentateuchal narratives that address the roles of the Patriarchs in preserving the religious heritage of Abraham until its culmination in the work of Moses. However, there are very few studies that direct attention to the necessarily socio-political aspects of the narratives that establish the basis for the ultimate emergence of a viable but querulous nation out of what the biblical text repeatedly terms “a stiff-necked people,” primarily related by common ethnicity as descendants of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
The Path of the Righteous Gentile
Author: Chaim ClorfenePublisher: Feldheim Publishers
ISBN: 9780873064330
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A philosophical and historical presentation of the doctrine of the Seven Laws of Noah.
Handbook of Jewish Languages
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004359540
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
This handbook, the first of its kind, includes descriptions of the ancient and modern Jewish languages other than Hebrew, including historical and linguistic overviews, numerous text samples, and comprehensive bibliographies.
Jacob & Esau
Author: Malachi Haim HacohenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108245498
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 757
Book Description
Jacob and Esau is a profound new account of two millennia of Jewish European history that, for the first time, integrates the cosmopolitan narrative of the Jewish diaspora with that of traditional Jews and Jewish culture. Malachi Haim Hacohen uses the biblical story of the rival twins, Jacob and Esau, and its subsequent retelling by Christians and Jews throughout the ages as a lens through which to illuminate changing Jewish-Christian relations and the opening and closing of opportunities for Jewish life in Europe. Jacob and Esau tells a new history of a people accustomed for over two-and-a-half millennia to forming relationships, real and imagined, with successive empires but eagerly adapting, in modernity, to the nation-state, and experimenting with both assimilation and Jewish nationalism. In rewriting this history via Jacob and Esau, the book charts two divergent but intersecting Jewish histories that together represent the plurality of Jewish European cultures.
The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies
Author: Martin GoodmanPublisher: Oxford Handbooks Online
ISBN: 9780199280322
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1060
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies reflects the current state of scholarship in the field as analyzed by an international team of experts in the different and varied areas represented within contemporary Jewish Studies. Unlike recent attempts to encapsulate the current state of Jewish Studies, the Oxford Handbook is more than a mere compendium of agreed facts; rather, it is an exhaustive survey of current interests and directions in the field.