Ancient Judaism
Free Press, 1967. Trade Paperback. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper; spine sunned; small scar on front cover. More
Free Press, 1967. Trade Paperback. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper; spine sunned; small scar on front cover. More
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, September 2008. Hardcover. In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics and gifted storytellers and humble peddlers..... More
Beacon Press, January 1971. Reprint. Paper Back. Octavo. with ink & pencil underlining. [246 pages]. More
Harper Paperbacks, August 2003. Trade Paperback. Funny, raw, dark, sometimes outrageous, the twenty-five contributors to Lost Tribe explore themes such as conflicted identities, sexual fetishes, religious intolerance, and even the troubled legacy of the Holocaust to create a stirring picture of contemporary Jewish life. Lost Tribe features stories and commentary..... More
Harmony, February 2000. Hardcover. Rabbi Joseph Telushkin combed the Bible, the Talmud, and the whole spectrum of Judaism's sacred writings to give us a manual on how to lead a decent, kind, and honest life in a morally complicated world. An absolutely superb book: the most practical, most comprehensive guide..... More
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press, September 1992. Hardcover. Published in the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, this volume has a special section with memoirs and other material dealing with aspects of Jewish life in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Topics covered..... More
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press, January 1991. Hardcover. Now in its sixth year of publication, Polin is rapidly emerging as a leading forum for authoritative historical and cultural material on Polish and east European Jewry. Each volume contains articles representing original research, often..... More
Blackwell Pub, March 1987. Hardcover. More
Blackwell Publishers, March 1991. Hardcover. More
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press, September 1989. Hardcover. Polin' is a leading forum for authoritative historical and cultural material on Polish and East European Jewry. Each volume contains articles representing original research, often including previously unpublished documents. Each issue also features an extensive..... More
Basil Blackwell, January 1987. Hardcover. More
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press, September 1990. Hardcover. Polin' is a leading forum for authoritative historical and cultural material on Polish and East European Jewry. Each volume contains articles representing original research, often including previously unpublished documents. Each issue also features an extensive..... More
Princeton University Press, May 2022. Hardcover. The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual life Scion of a distinguished line of Talmudic scholars, Jacob Taubes (1923-1987) was an intellectual impresario whose inner restlessness led him from prewar Vienna to Zurich, Israel, and Cold..... More
Oxford Univ Pr, April 2000. Trade Paperback. Norman Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. In addition to surveying the nature and development of Judaism, this Very Short Introduction outlines the basics of practical Judaism -- its festivals, prayers, customs, and..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons, June 1970. Trade Paperback. Martin Buber's I and Thou has long been acclaimed as a classic. Many prominent writers have acknowledged its influence on their work; students of intellectual history consider it a landmark; and the generation born since World War II considers Buber as one of..... More
Goldberg Press / Rabbi Kalman Pinski, January 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. {7 & 3/4' x 9 & 1/2'} In heavily edgeworn (chipped/torn) dustjacket with rubbing.& marginal sunning. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering. Tanned end pages. Slightly darkened textblock top edge and fore-edge. Sound binding. Darkening of margins throughout..... More
Touchstone Books, October 1990. Trade Paperback. As is. Remainder mark and light staining on the edges of the print block. More
Anchor, November 2009. Trade Paperback. In this lively debut work of history, Edward Kritzler tells the tale of an unlikely group of swashbuckling Jews who ransacked the high seas in the aftermath of the Spanish Inquisition. At the end of the fifteenth century, many Jews had to flee Spain and..... More
Schocken, 1978. Trade Paperback. More
Tyndale House Publishers, March 2010. Trade Paperback. Nonna Bannister carried a secret almost to her Tennessee grave: the diaries she had kept as a young girl experiencing the horrors of the Holocaust. This book reveals that story. Nonna's childhood writings, revisited in her late adulthood, tell the remarkable tale of..... More
Jason Aronson, Inc., June 1993. First Edition. Cloth. Very minor shelf wear on the jacket. More
Jason Aronson, Inc., January 1995. Trade Paperback. Organized by subject, this is a collection of teachings and quotations from the Talmud, the Bible, rabbinical commentaries, and ancient and modern religious and secular writings. Writers include Elie Wiesel, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Hebrew poet Hayim Bialik, Cynthia Ozick, Emile Zola, Albert Einstein..... More
Jonathan David Publishers, November 2000. Trade Paperback. This is a very detailed guide to the traditional aspects of Jewish observances of Death and Mouring. It is a must for every Jew -- Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, or un-affiliated! More
Touchstone Books, September 1985. Paper Back. How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household is a modern, comprehensive guide covering virtually every aspect of Jewish home life. It provides practical advice on how to manage a Jewish home in the traditional way and offers fascinating accounts of the history behind the..... More
Oneworld Publications, January 2017. Hardcover. In May 1978 Harold Pinter and Antonia Fraser visited Israel at the time of the 30th Anniversary of Independence. It was three years after they first lived together; neither had set foot in Israel before. Based in Jerusalem, they toured many of the country's historic..... More