Abuse in the Jewish Community: Religious and Communal by Michael Salamon

The Book of "Genesis": A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books)

In the course of its 2,500-year existence, the e-book of Genesis has been the keystone to nearly each vital declare approximately truth, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity. And it maintains to play a primary position in debates approximately technological know-how, politics, and human rights. With readability and talent, acclaimed biblical student Ronald Hendel presents a wide ranging historical past of this iconic ebook, exploring its effect on Western faith, philosophy, technological know-how, politics, literature, and extra.

Why We Remain Jews: The Path To Faith

Dr. Tsesis describes the trail he traversed from spiritual lack of understanding to powerful trust within the Jewish faith. Tsesis assigns a distinct position to the evidence of his end that faith and science—especially in mild of modern discoveries—are now not antagonists, and are, in truth, in whole concord, supplementing and never with the exception of one another.

Rabbinic Authority, Volume 1: The Vision and the Reality

Introducing English-speaking readers to the parameters and scope of rabbinic authority quite often, and the workings of the establishment of the beit din—the Jewish court docket of law—in specific, this booklet offers 10 rulings in instances of Jewish civil legislation that the writer passed down as a member of a beit din panel.

Making Men: The Male Coming-of-Age Theme in the Hebrew Bible

Making males identifies and elaborates on a subject matter within the Hebrew Bible that has mostly long gone left out via scholars-the transition of a male adolescent from boyhood to manhood. Wilson locates 5 examples of the male coming-of-age subject within the Hebrew Bible. The protagonists of those tales comprise the well known biblical heroes Moses, Samuel, David, and Solomon.