The Reader's Guide to Religion (The Reader's Guide to by Sarah Imhoff

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

In the course of its 2,500-year existence, the e-book of Genesis has been the keystone to just about each vital declare approximately fact, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity. And it maintains to play a significant position in debates approximately technology, politics, and human rights. With readability and ability, acclaimed biblical pupil Ronald Hendel offers a wide ranging heritage of this iconic booklet, 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 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 modern discoveries—are no longer antagonists, and are, actually, in whole concord, supplementing and never except for one another.

Rabbinic Authority, Volume 1: The Vision and the Reality

Introducing English-speaking readers to the parameters and scope of rabbinic authority regularly, and the workings of the establishment of the beit din—the Jewish court docket of law—in specific, this e-book offers 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 subject matter within the Hebrew Bible that has mostly long gone disregarded by way of scholars-the transition of a male adolescent from boyhood to manhood. Wilson locates 5 examples of the male coming-of-age subject within the Hebrew Bible. The protagonists of those tales comprise the well known biblical heroes Moses, Samuel, David, and Solomon.