The Second Temple Period: The Sages Vol.1 (The Sages, by Binyamin Lau

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

In the course of its 2,500-year lifestyles, the publication of Genesis has been the keystone to nearly each vital declare approximately truth, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity. And it maintains to play a primary position in debates approximately technology, politics, and human rights. With readability and ability, acclaimed biblical pupil Ronald Hendel presents a wide ranging heritage of this iconic ebook, exploring its effect 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 awareness to powerful trust within the Jewish faith. Tsesis assigns a different position to the evidence of his end that faith and science—especially in gentle of modern discoveries—are now not antagonists, and are, actually, in entire 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 mostly, and the workings of the establishment of the beit din—the Jewish court docket of law—in specific, this ebook provides 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 topic within the Hebrew Bible that has principally long gone omitted through 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.