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

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

In the course of its 2,500-year lifestyles, the ebook of Genesis has been the keystone to nearly each vital declare approximately truth, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity. And it keeps to play a crucial position in debates approximately technology, politics, and human rights. With readability and talent, acclaimed biblical pupil Ronald Hendel offers a breathtaking historical past of this iconic booklet, 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 non secular lack of knowledge to powerful trust within the Jewish faith. Tsesis assigns a unique position to the facts of his end that faith and science—especially in mild of contemporary 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 commonly, and the workings of the establishment of the beit din—the Jewish court docket of law—in specific, this booklet provides 10 rulings in instances of Jewish civil legislations 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 topic within the Hebrew Bible that has mostly long past ignored via scholars-the transition of a male adolescent from boyhood to manhood. Wilson locates 5 examples of the male coming-of-age subject matter within the Hebrew Bible. The protagonists of those tales contain the well known biblical heroes Moses, Samuel, David, and Solomon.