JESUS: First-Century Rabbi by David Zaslow,Joseph A. Lieberman

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

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

Why We Remain Jews: The Path To Faith

Dr. Tsesis describes the trail he traversed from spiritual lack of know-how to powerful trust within the Jewish faith. Tsesis assigns a different position to the evidence of his end that faith and science—especially in gentle of contemporary discoveries—are no longer antagonists, and are, in reality, in whole concord, supplementing and never apart from one another.

Rabbinic Authority, Volume 1: The Vision and the Reality

Introducing English-speaking readers to the parameters and scope of rabbinic authority normally, and the workings of the establishment of the beit din—the Jewish court docket of law—in specific, this ebook offers 10 rulings in circumstances 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 principally long gone ignored through scholars-the transition of a male adolescent from boyhood to manhood. Wilson locates 5 examples of the male coming-of-age topic within the Hebrew Bible. The protagonists of those tales comprise the well known biblical heroes Moses, Samuel, David, and Solomon.