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Kabbalah and the Founding of America - The Early Influence of Jewish Thought in the New World (Hardcover): Brian Ogren Kabbalah and the Founding of America - The Early Influence of Jewish Thought in the New World (Hardcover)
Brian Ogren
R1,448 Discovery Miles 14 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Explores the influence of Kabbalah in shaping America's religious identity In 1688, a leading Quaker thinker and activist in what is now New Jersey penned a letter to one of his closest disciples concerning Kabbalah, or what he called the mystical theology of the Jews. Around that same time, one of the leading Puritan ministers developed a messianic theology based in part on the mystical conversion of the Jews. This led to the actual conversion of a Jew in Boston a few decades later, an event that directly produced the first kabbalistic book conceived of and published in America. That book was read by an eventual president of Yale College, who went on to engage in a deep study of Kabbalah that would prod him to involve the likes of Benjamin Franklin, and to give a public oration at Yale in 1781 calling for an infusion of Kabbalah and Jewish thought into the Protestant colleges of America. Kabbalah and the Founding of America traces the influence of Kabbalah on early Christian Americans. It offers a new picture of Jewish-Christian intellectual exchange in pre-Revolutionary America, and illuminates how Kabbalah helped to shape early American religious sensibilities. The volume demonstrates that key figures, including the well-known Puritan ministers Cotton Mather and Increase Mather and Yale University President Ezra Stiles, developed theological ideas that were deeply influenced by Kabbalah. Some of them set out to create a more universal Kabbalah, developing their ideas during a crucial time of national myth building, laying down precedents for developing notions of American exceptionalism. This book illustrates how, through fascinating and often surprising events, this unlikely inter-religious influence helped shape the United States and American identity.

The History of the Jews - From the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Time (Hardcover): Hannah Adams The History of the Jews - From the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Time (Hardcover)
Hannah Adams
R1,147 Discovery Miles 11 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Book of Enoch - Tr. From the Ethiopic, With Intr. and Notes, by G. H. Schodde (Hardcover): Enoch The Book of Enoch - Tr. From the Ethiopic, With Intr. and Notes, by G. H. Schodde (Hardcover)
Enoch
R1,213 R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Save R277 (23%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Torah Song (Hardcover): Geula Twersky Torah Song (Hardcover)
Geula Twersky
R841 Discovery Miles 8 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Exodus You Almost Passed Over (Hardcover): David Fohrman The Exodus You Almost Passed Over (Hardcover)
David Fohrman
R613 Discovery Miles 6 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Lived Wisdom in Jewish Antiquity - Studies in Exercise and Exemplarity (Hardcover): Elisa Uusimaki Lived Wisdom in Jewish Antiquity - Studies in Exercise and Exemplarity (Hardcover)
Elisa Uusimaki
R3,379 Discovery Miles 33 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Moving away from focusing on wisdom as a literary genre, this book delves into the lived, embodied and formative dimensions of wisdom as they are delineated in Jewish sources from the Persian, Hellenistic and early Roman eras. Considering a diverse body of texts beyond later canonical boundaries, the book demonstrates that wisdom features not as an abstract quality, but as something to be performed and exercised at both the individual and community level. The analysis specifically concentrates on notions of a 'wise' person, including the rise of the sage as an exemplary figure. It also looks at how ancestral figures and contemporary teachers are imagined to manifest and practice wisdom, and considers communal portraits of a wise and virtuous life. In so doing, the author demonstrates that the previous focus on wisdom as a category of literature has overshadowed significant questions related to wisdom, behaviour and social life. Jewish wisdom is also contextualized in relation to its wider ancient Mediterranean milieu, making the book valuable for biblical scholars, classicists, scholars of religion and the ancient Near East and theologians.

Be Mature in Understanding - A Handbook of Theology for Jewish Believers in Messiah (Hardcover): Ben Midgley, Martin Pakula,... Be Mature in Understanding - A Handbook of Theology for Jewish Believers in Messiah (Hardcover)
Ben Midgley, Martin Pakula, Paul F Morris
R1,387 R1,156 Discovery Miles 11 560 Save R231 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Going West - Migrating Personae and Construction of the Self in Rabbinic Culture (Hardcover): Reuven Kiperwasser Going West - Migrating Personae and Construction of the Self in Rabbinic Culture (Hardcover)
Reuven Kiperwasser
R1,978 Discovery Miles 19 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Legends of the Jews; Vol. 5 (Hardcover): Louis 1873-1953 N 50033429 Ginzberg, Henrietta 1860-1945 N 50012675 Szold, Paul... The Legends of the Jews; Vol. 5 (Hardcover)
Louis 1873-1953 N 50033429 Ginzberg, Henrietta 1860-1945 N 50012675 Szold, Paul 1883-1959 N 50052440 Radin
R1,074 Discovery Miles 10 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Pagan World - Deception And Falsehood In Religion (Hardcover): Ziri Dafranchi Pagan World - Deception And Falsehood In Religion (Hardcover)
Ziri Dafranchi
R903 Discovery Miles 9 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Pharisees (Hardcover): Kent L. Yinger The Pharisees (Hardcover)
Kent L. Yinger; Foreword by Craig A Evans
R1,110 R939 Discovery Miles 9 390 Save R171 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Stories of Survival - The People of Ferramonti: Then and Now (Hardcover): Yolanda Ropschitz-Bentham Stories of Survival - The People of Ferramonti: Then and Now (Hardcover)
Yolanda Ropschitz-Bentham
R724 R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Our Bible Too (Hardcover): Jeffrey W Dandoy Our Bible Too (Hardcover)
Jeffrey W Dandoy
R1,026 R871 Discovery Miles 8 710 Save R155 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Talmud (Hardcover): Arsene Darmesteter The Talmud (Hardcover)
Arsene Darmesteter
R472 Discovery Miles 4 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wisdom and Law in the Old Testament - The Ordering of Life in Israel and Early Judaism (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Joseph... Wisdom and Law in the Old Testament - The Ordering of Life in Israel and Early Judaism (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Joseph Blenkinsopp
R1,070 Discovery Miles 10 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A completely new, expanded edition of this classic college text book about two key kinds of writing in the Old Testament: wisdom and law. Completely revised and updated, the book also includes much more on literary interpretation. This book is intended for primarily aimed at college students studying the Old Testament, on religious studies courses.

Intertextuality and Prophetic Exegesis in the War Scroll of Qumran (Hardcover): Cesar Melgar Intertextuality and Prophetic Exegesis in the War Scroll of Qumran (Hardcover)
Cesar Melgar
R1,540 Discovery Miles 15 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Bible in the Bowls - A Catalogue of Biblical Quotations in Published Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Magic Bowls (Hardcover,... The Bible in the Bowls - A Catalogue of Biblical Quotations in Published Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Magic Bowls (Hardcover, Hardback ed.)
Daniel James Waller; Contributions by Dorota Molin
R1,135 Discovery Miles 11 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sacks Passover Mahzor (Hardcover): Jonathan Sacks Sacks Passover Mahzor (Hardcover)
Jonathan Sacks
R930 Discovery Miles 9 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
ParshaNut - 54 Journeys into the World of Torah Commentary (Hardcover): David Kasher ParshaNut - 54 Journeys into the World of Torah Commentary (Hardcover)
David Kasher
R962 Discovery Miles 9 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Kabbalah Unveiled - Containing the following Books of the Zohar: The Book of Concealed Mystery; The Greater Holy Assembly;... The Kabbalah Unveiled - Containing the following Books of the Zohar: The Book of Concealed Mystery; The Greater Holy Assembly; The Lesser Holy Assembly (Hardcover)
S. L. MacGregor Mathers
R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Listening to the Heart of Genesis (Hardcover): Leila Gal Berner Listening to the Heart of Genesis (Hardcover)
Leila Gal Berner
R1,206 R1,013 Discovery Miles 10 130 Save R193 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ezekiel And The Book Of His Prophecy - An Exposition (Hardcover): Patrick Fairbairn Ezekiel And The Book Of His Prophecy - An Exposition (Hardcover)
Patrick Fairbairn
R1,169 R1,053 Discovery Miles 10 530 Save R116 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Genius & Anxiety - How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 (Paperback): Norman Lebrecht Genius & Anxiety - How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 (Paperback)
Norman Lebrecht
R508 R472 Discovery Miles 4 720 Save R36 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jerusalem - The Biography (Paperback): Simon Sebag Montefiore Jerusalem - The Biography (Paperback)
Simon Sebag Montefiore
R415 R370 Discovery Miles 3 700 Save R45 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Thoroughly updated and revised for 2024, JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY is the history of the Middle East through the lens of the Holy City and the Holy Land, from King David to the wars and chaos of today.

The history of Jerusalem is the story of the world: Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths. The Holy City and Holy Land are the battlefields for today's multifaceted conflicts and, for believers, the setting for Judgement Day and the Apocalypse.

How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the 'centre of the world' and now the key to peace in the Middle East? Why is the Holy Land so important not just to the region and its many new players, but to the wider world too? Drawing on new archives and a lifetime's study, Montefiore reveals this ever-changing city and turbulent region through the wars, love affairs and revelations of the kings, empresses, amirs, sultans, caliphs, presidents, autocrats, imperialists and warlords, poets, prophets, saints and rabbis, conquerors and whores who created, destroyed, chronicled, and believed in Jerusalem and the Holy Land.

A classic of modern literature, this is not only the epic story of 3,000 years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism, co-existence, power and myth, but also a freshly updated, carefully balanced history of the Middle East, from King David to the new players and powers of the twenty-first century, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict and the mayhem of today.

This is how today's Middle East was forged, how the Holy Land became sacred and how Jerusalem became Jerusalem - the only city that exists twice - in heaven and on earth.

Seeing Jesus in Unexpected Places - A Fascinating Look at the Old Testament Tabernacle (Hardcover): Adrian Rogers Seeing Jesus in Unexpected Places - A Fascinating Look at the Old Testament Tabernacle (Hardcover)
Adrian Rogers
R779 Discovery Miles 7 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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