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Max Leopold Margolis: A Scholar’s Scholar

Leonard greenspoon

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Jewish Bible Translations: Personalities, Passions, Politics, Progress

Leonard Greenspoon

Jewish Bible Translations is the first book-length history and analysis of Jewish Bible translations from the third century BCE to our day. Leonard Greenspoon delves into the historical, cultural, linguistic…

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Who Is A Jew?: Reflections on History, Religion, and Culture

The nature of Jewish identity and the controversies surrounding who can and cannot be described as a Jew are the focus of this collected work. Contributions range widely across time…

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Jews and Gender

Features sixteen authors exploring the history and culture of the intersection of Judaism and gender from the biblical world to today. Topics include subversive readings of biblical texts; reappraisal of…

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Jews in the Gym: Judaism, Sports and Athletics

Proceedings of the twenty-third annual symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization - Harris Center for Judaic Studies, October 24-25, 2010 – P. [i].

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Fashioning Jews: Clothing, Culture and Commerce

Proceedings of the twenty-fourth annual symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization and the Harris Center for Judaic Studies, October 23-24, 2011 –p. [i].

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Jews and Urban Life

Recognises that throughout their history, Jews have often inhabited cities. The reality of this urban experience ranged from ghetto restrictions to robust participation in a range of civic and social…

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Wealth and Poverty in Jewish Tradition

Economic inequity is an issue of worldwide concern in the twenty-first century. Judaism has developed many perspectives, theoretical and practical, to explain and ameliorate the circumstances that produce serious economic…

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Mishpachah: The Jewish Family in Tradition and in Transition

Through the studies brought together in this volume, more than a dozen scholars look at the Jewish family in wide variety of social, historical, religious, and geographical contexts. In the…

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Is Judaism Democratic?: Reflections from Theory and Practice Throughout the Ages

Leonard J. Greenspoon

As government by the people, democracy has always had its proponents as well as opponents. What forms of government have Jewish leaders, both with and without actual political power, favoured…

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Next Year in Jerusalem: Exile and Return in Jewish History

Leonard J. Greenspoon

Recognises that Jews have often experienced or imaged periods of exile and return in their long tradition. The fourteen papers in this collection examine this phenomenon from different approaches, genres…

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Authority and Dissent in Jewish Life

Throughout the long history of Judaism, many individuals and groups have sought to wield authority on the basis of unique religious, social, familial, military, or political claims. Moving historically from…

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olam ha-zeh v'olam ha-ba: This World and the World to Come in Jewish Belief and Practice

Dining on Leviathan. Discoursing with Socrates. Debating the nature of existence in the afterlife. These are among the topics authors address in this wide-ranging account of how Jews have conceptualized…

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Jews and Urban Life

Recognises that throughout their history, Jews have often inhabited cities. The reality of this urban experience ranged from ghetto restrictions to robust participation in a range of civic and social…

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The Book of Esther in Modern Research

Leonard Greenspoon,Sidnie White Crawford

The proceedings of a symposium entitled Esther 2000 held in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska in April 2000, the book contains a collection of essays that engages all aspects of the…

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Near Christianity: How Journeys along Jewish-Christian Borders Saved My Faith in God

Anthony Le Donne

This is book is an exploration of Christianity alongside Jewish guides who are well-studied in and sympathetic to Christianity, but only ever near Christianity. Using his journey within historical Jesus…

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Found in Translation: Essays on Jewish Biblical Translation in Honor of Leonard J. Greenspoon

In this volume, an internationally renowned group of scholars presents a wide range of essays on Bible translation, the influence of culture on biblical translation, Bible translations’ reciprocal influence on…

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Beauty and the Beast

Laurence Boswell

A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, with music by Mick Sands drawn from traditional French folk melodies.

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The Learning of the Jews: What Latter-day Saints Can Learn from Jewish Religious Experience

This volume is about Latter-day Saints learning from Jews and the Jewish experience. A Jewish scholar first discusses atopic broadly vis-a-vis Judaism, followed by a response from a Latter-day Saint…

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The Historical Jesus Through Jewish and Catholic Eyes

A collection of essays that examines the Galilean peasant named Jesus the historical understanding of him and what difference that makes from the perspective of Catholic and Jewish scholars.

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Representations of Jews Through the Ages.

Leonard Jay Greenspoon,David Hilfiker,Bryan F. LeBeau

The papers in this collection examine the ways in which Jews have been presented in photography, music, film, television, drama, literature and cultural mythology. The papers were delivered at Creighton…

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Ezekiel 1: A Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel, Chapters 1-24

Ronald E. Clements,Walther Zimmerli

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Ezekiel 2: A Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel, Chapters 25-48

Walther Zimmerli

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