Stämmevolk - Staatsvolk - Gottesvolk?: Studien zur by Kristin Weingart

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

In the course of its 2,500-year lifestyles, the e-book 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 principal function in debates approximately technological know-how, politics, and human rights. With readability and ability, acclaimed biblical pupil Ronald Hendel offers a breathtaking background of this iconic booklet, 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 non secular lack of awareness to robust trust within the Jewish faith. Tsesis assigns a unique position to the evidence of his end that faith and science—especially in mild of contemporary discoveries—are no longer antagonists, and are, in truth, 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 generally, and the workings of the establishment of the beit din—the Jewish courtroom of law—in specific, this publication offers 10 rulings in circumstances 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 within the Hebrew Bible that has mostly long gone overlooked via 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.