Ancient tradition says that much of the Bible's deepest wisdom lies hidden beneath the surface text. "Mending the Heart, Tending the Soul," Gail Albert provides a detailed and practical guide to such deep wisdom, providing interpretations, contemplative meditations, and personal experiences to act as guides for the spiritual journey. Exploring texts from Genesis through Deuteronomy, Albert traces a path of psychological growth and spiritual transformation that addresses the big questions: Who am I? What is life about? How should I live each day? Where is G-d? How can I find peace?

"Mending the Heart, Tending the Soul" seeks to speak to your heart at each step of the way on the path toward enlightenment.

The Festschrift Darkhei Noam: The Jews of Arab Lands presented to Norman (Noam) Stillman offers a coherent and thought-provoking discussion by eminent scholars in the field of both the history and culture of the Jews in the Islamic World from pre-modern to modern times. Based on primary sources the book speaks to the resilience, flexibility, and creativity of Jewish culture in Arab lands. The volume clearly addresses the areas of research Norman Stillman himself has considerably contributed to. Research foci of the book are on the flexibility of Jewish law in real life, Jewish cultural life particularly on material and musical culture, the role of women in these different societies, antisemitism and Jewish responses to hatred against the Jews, and antisemitism from ancient martyrdom to modern political Zionism.

'This book really, really will stay with me forever. It's not only laced with the most incredible wisdom, but it's also gentle and beautiful and eloquent. It brought me so much joy and so much comfort' FEARNE COTTON The Sunday Times bestselling book of comfort and timeless wisdom from former forest monk, Bjoern Natthiko Lindeblad We like to think we can determine the path our life takes, but events rarely unfold the way we plan for or expect. In this international bestseller, former forest monk Bjoern Natthiko Lindeblad draws on his humbling journey towards navigating uncertainty - helping you, with kindness and good humour, to: - Let go of the small stuff - Accept the things you cannot control - Manage difficult emotions - Find stillness at busy times - Face yourself - and others - without judgment Infusing the everyday with heart and grace, this is a wise and soothing handbook for dealing with life's challenges.

In The Magnificent Defeat, Frederick Buechner examines what it means to follow Christ, the lessons of Christmas and Easter, the miracles of grace, and "the magnificent defeat" of the human soul of God.

This book is a must read Don't let the word poetry fool you This book is inspiring, encouraging, empowering, life-changing, powerful, profound, prophetic poetry that points to Christ. This is not your average book of poems. These words are God-inspired You must be careful how you speak over your life and who you allow to speak into your life Words live Words have the ability to create, produce, form and construct. The words in this book does that and more They give life to lifeless situations Words can also destroy, demolish, tear down, remove and eliminate......ultimately death can occur because of spoken words How many of you need some things to die out of your life like sickness, disease, pain, and turmoil? There is absolutely no way you can read this book and the Words not come alive in your spirit To read this book is to be healed, to be restored, to be revived, to be delivered, to be set free from strongholds and addictions This book will create fresh vision for your life, birth new revelation in your spirit, and produce fruit in your life that will remain This book was written to create new spiritual levels in your life. It will inspire you to transform your mind to think like Christ, remove your stony heart and refashion you a heart of flesh The words in this book are anointed by God and will destroy, completely demolish the works and ploys of satan, pull down strongholds and generations curses in your life will be removed as well as barriers that try to hinder your progress in God To read this book you will experience God's supernatural power in your life These words bring about a change, a spiritual birthing; they will transform your life even as you read them This book is full of the Word of God It will challenge you to re-evaluate your life and make positive, life-long changes that will cause you to rise to new spiritual heights This book prepares you for your next radical move, your next shift, your next supernatural blessing The words in this book are anointed to bring about conviction that provokes a God-fearing change, awaken the spirit in you, deposit faith and build your confidence in God It is time for the body of Christ to rule, subdue, have dominion, take over territory and walk in total VICTORY

Baghdadi Jewish Networks in the Age of Nationalism traces the participation of Baghdadi Jews in Jewish transnational networks from the mid-nineteenth century until the mass exodus of Jews from Iraq between 1948 and 1951. Each chapter explores different components of how Jews in Iraq participated in global Jewish civil society through the modernization of communal leadership, Baghdadi satellite communities, transnational Jewish philanthropy and secular Jewish education. The final chapter presents three case studies that demonstrate the interconnectivity between different iterations of transnational Jewish networks. This work significantly expands our understanding of modern Iraqi Jewish society by going beyond its engagement with Arab/Iraqi nationalism or Zionism/anti-Zionism to explore Baghdadi participation within Jewish transnational networks.

The Babylonian Talmud remains the richest source of information regarding the material culture and lifestyle of the Babylonian Jewish community, with additional data now supplied by Babylonian incantation bowls. Although archaeology has yet to excavate any Jewish sites from Babylonia, information from Parthian and Sassanian Babylonia provides relevant background information, which differs substantially from archaeological finds from the Land of Israel. One of the key questions addresses the amount of traffic and general communications between Jewish Babylonia and Israel, considering the great distances and hardships of travel involved.