The Mysticism of Hebrews: Exploring the Role of Jewish by Jody A. Barnard

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 just about each very important declare approximately truth, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity. And it maintains to play a valuable function in debates approximately technological know-how, politics, and human rights. With readability and ability, acclaimed biblical student Ronald Hendel offers a breathtaking background of this iconic ebook, exploring its impression 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 expertise to robust trust within the Jewish faith. Tsesis assigns a distinct position to the evidence of his end that faith and science—especially in gentle of contemporary discoveries—are now not antagonists, and are, actually, in entire 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 publication 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 overlooked 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.