Rabbinic Authority, Volume 1: The Vision and the Reality by A. Yehuda Warburg

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

In the course of its 2,500-year existence, the booklet 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 principal function in debates approximately technology, politics, and human rights. With readability and ability, acclaimed biblical student Ronald Hendel presents a breathtaking historical past of this iconic publication, 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 robust trust within the Jewish faith. Tsesis assigns a unique position to the evidence of his end that faith and science—especially in gentle of modern discoveries—are now not antagonists, and are, in reality, 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 generally, and the workings of the establishment of the beit din—the Jewish court docket of law—in specific, this ebook provides 10 rulings in situations 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 subject matter within the Hebrew Bible that has principally long gone ignored by means of 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.