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The Female Face of God in Auschwitz - A Jewish Feminist Theology of the Holocaust (Hardcover, New): Melissa Raphael The Female Face of God in Auschwitz - A Jewish Feminist Theology of the Holocaust (Hardcover, New)
Melissa Raphael
R3,616 Discovery Miles 36 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The dominant theme of post-Holocaust Jewish theology has been that of the temporary hiddenness of God, interpreted either as a divine mystery or, more commonly, as God's deferral to human freedom. But traditional Judaic obligations of female presence, together with the traditional image of the Shekhinah as a figure of God's 'femaleness' accompanying Israel into exile, seem to contradict such theologies of absence. The Female Face of God in Auschwitz, the first full-length feminist theology of the Holocaust, argues that the patriarchal bias of post-Holocaust theology becomes fully apparent only when women's experiences and priorities are brought into historical light. Building upon the published testimonies of four women imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau - Olga Lengyel, Lucie Adelsberger, Bertha Ferderber-Salz and Sara Nomberg-Przytyk - it considers women's distinct experiences of the holy in relation to God's perceived presence and absence in the camps.
God's face, says Melissa Raphael, was not hidden in Auschwitz, but intimately revealed in the female face turned towards the other as a refractive image of God, especially in the moral protest made visible through material and spiritual care for the assaulted other.

The Talmud (Paperback): H. Polano, Paul Tice The Talmud (Paperback)
H. Polano, Paul Tice
R744 R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Save R124 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Talmud is one of the most important holy books of the Hebrew religion and of the world. No English translation of the book existed until the author presented this work. To this day, very little of the actual text seems available in English -- although we find many interpretive commentaries on what it is supposed to mean. The Talmud has a reputation for being long and difficult to digest, but Polano has taken what he believes to be the best material and put it into extremely readable form. As far as holy books of the world are concerned, it is on par with The Koran, The Bhagavad-Gita and, of course, The Bible, in importance. This clearly written edition will allow many to experience The Talmud who may have otherwise not had the chance.

Defender of the Faithful - The Life and Thought of Rabbi Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv (Hardcover): Arthur Green Defender of the Faithful - The Life and Thought of Rabbi Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv (Hardcover)
Arthur Green
R947 Discovery Miles 9 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first scholarly biography of Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv in English in over thirty-five years. Defender of the Faithful explores the life and thought of Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv (1740-1809), one of the most fascinating and colorful Hasidic leaders of his time. This is an intellectual and religious biography, a reading of the development of his thought and career. Featuring examples of Levi Yitshak's extraordinary texts alongside insightful analysis by scholar and theologian Arthur Green, Defender of the Faithful is a compelling study of both Levi Yitshak's theology and broader philosophy.

Revival: The Jews of Asia (1920) - Especially in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Hardcover): Sidney Mendelssohn Revival: The Jews of Asia (1920) - Especially in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Hardcover)
Sidney Mendelssohn
R5,386 Discovery Miles 53 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The present publication is the first that has attempted to portray the separate and progressive history of the Jews in the different countries which they have made their homes, since their expulsion from the land which they had been identified for something like thirty centuries. In these pages the author has endeavoured to compile a narrative of a great part of what has occurred to the Jews of Asia in the last eighteen and a half centuries.

The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World - The Jews of Palestine from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest... The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World - The Jews of Palestine from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Peter Schafer
R4,063 Discovery Miles 40 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World examines Judaism in Palestine throughout the Hellenistic period, from Alexander the Great's conquest in 334BC to its capture by the Arabs in AD 636. Under the Greek, Roman and finally Christian supremacy which Hellenism brought, Judaism developed far beyond its biblical origins into a form which was to influence European history from the Middle ages to the present day. The book focuses particularly on the social, economic and religious concerns of this period, and the political status of the Jews as both active agents and passive victims of history.
The author provides a straightforward chronological survey of this important period through analysis and interpretation of the existing sources. With its accessible style and explanation of technical terms, the book provides a useful introduction to students and anybody with an interest in post-biblical Judaism.

The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World - The Jews of Palestine from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest... The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World - The Jews of Palestine from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Peter Schafer
R1,207 Discovery Miles 12 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World examines Judaism in Palestine throughout the Hellenistic period, from Alexander the Great's conquest in 334BC to its capture by the Arabs in AD 636. Under the Greek, Roman and finally Christian supremacy which Hellenism brought, Judaism developed far beyond its biblical origins into a form which was to influence European history from the Middle ages to the present day. The book focuses particularly on the social, economic and religious concerns of this period, and the political status of the Jews as both active agents and passive victims of history.
The author provides a straightforward chronological survey of this important period through analysis and interpretation of the existing sources. With its accessible style and explanation of technical terms, the book provides a useful introduction to students and anybody with an interest in post-biblical Judaism.

Philosophy in a Time of Crisis - Don Isaac Abravanel: Defender of the Faith (Hardcover): Seymour Feldman Philosophy in a Time of Crisis - Don Isaac Abravanel: Defender of the Faith (Hardcover)
Seymour Feldman
R3,916 Discovery Miles 39 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The expulsion from Spain did not only result in the destruction and dispersion of Spanish Jewry but led to a crisis in Jewish faith. Don Isaac Abravanel provided a systematic treatment of the main philosophical and theological beliefs of Judaism in an attempt to resolve the inner doubts of his co-religionists. In their Italian exile his son Judah too recognized that Jews were now living in a new cultural world, but he forged a different road for Jews to pursue in their entry into the culture of the Renaissance. This book presents a picture of one family facing the challenges of a new era in Jewish history.

Deconstructing the Bible - Abraham ibn Ezra's Introduction to the Torah (Hardcover): Irene Lancaster Deconstructing the Bible - Abraham ibn Ezra's Introduction to the Torah (Hardcover)
Irene Lancaster
R3,921 Discovery Miles 39 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This book represents the first attempt by a single author to place the great Spanish Jewish Hebrew bible exegete, philosopher, poet, astronomer, astrologer and scientist Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164) in his complete contextual environment. It charts his unusual travels and discusses changes and contradictions in his hermeneutic approach, analysing his vision of the future for the Jewish people in the Christian north of Europe rather than in Muslim Spain. It also examines his influence on subsequent Jewish thought, as well as his place in the wider hermeneutic debate. The book contains a new translation of ibn Ezra's Introduction to the Torah, written in Lucca, northern Italy, together with a full commentary. It will be of interest to a wide variety of scholars, ranging from philosophers and theologians to linguists and students of hermeneutics.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203221176

Ethical Monotheism - A Philosophy of Judaism (Hardcover): Ehud Benor Ethical Monotheism - A Philosophy of Judaism (Hardcover)
Ehud Benor
R3,919 Discovery Miles 39 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The term Ethical Monotheism is an important marker in Judaism's tumultuous transition into the modern era. The term emerged in the context of culture-wars concerning the question of whether or not Jews could or should become emancipated citizens of modern European states. It appeared in arguments whether or not Judaism could be considered a Religion of Reason-a symbolic, motivational representation of a universal morality, and in debates about whether or not Judaism could or should reform itself into a Religion of Reason. This book is both a decisive departure from such discussions and an attempt to add a further, post-modern, statement to their ongoing development. As departure, it refuses to take for granted a philosophical conception of Religion of Reason as the standard for Ethical Monotheism according to which Judaism was to be evaluated or reformed. As continuation, the book undertakes a phenomenology of Jewish modes of ethical religiosity that allows it to inquire what kind of ethical monotheism Judaism might be. Through sophisticated analysis of select "snapshots," or "fragments of a hologram," guided by a robust theory of religion, the author discloses Judaic ethical monotheism as an ongoing wrestling with the meaning of justice. By closely examining five main "snapshots" of this long process-the Bible, rabbinic Judaism, Maimonides, The Zohar, and the modern philosophers, Buber and Levinas-the author offers his own constructive philosophy of Judaism and his own distinctive philosophy of religion. Ethical Monotheism offers a new way to think about Judaism as a religion and as a coherent philosophical debate, and demonstrates the need to integrate philosophy, history, cognitive psychology, anthropology, theology, and history of science in the study of "religion."

Ten Rungs - Collected Hasidic Sayings (Paperback, 2nd edition): Olga Marx Ten Rungs - Collected Hasidic Sayings (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Olga Marx; Martin Buber
R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"For there is no rung of being on which we cannot find the holiness of God everywhere and at all times". The sacred tales and aphorisms collected here by Martin Buber have their origins in the traditional Hasidic metaphor of life as a ladder, reaching towards the divine via ascending rungs of perfection. Through Biblical riddles and interpretations, Jewish proverbs and spiritual meditations by turns profound, fanciful and tender, they seek to awaken in the reader a full awareness of the urgency of the human condition, and of the great need for self-recognition and spiritual renewal. Progressing from "The Rung of God and Man" through to the ultimate "Rung of Redemption", "Ten Rungs" provides a profound, exquisite insight into the mystical piety and joy that defines Hasidic lore. Yet, true to Martin Buber's own faith in the dialogic relation between men as a mirror of God's eternal presence with us, they also emphasize practical advancement and the central meaningfulness of earthly existence. "No one can really be devout in relation to God, if he is not devout toward His creation and so, dear reader, these pages are not concerned with the mysteries of heaven, but with your life and m

Judaism and Collective Life - Self and Community in the Religious Kibbutz (Hardcover): Aryei Fishman Judaism and Collective Life - Self and Community in the Religious Kibbutz (Hardcover)
Aryei Fishman
R3,900 Discovery Miles 39 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This book takes as its point of departure the historical fact that it was Orthodox pioneers of German origin, in contrast to their Eastern European counterparts, who successfully developed religious kibbutz life. Employing sociological concepts and methods, the author goes on to examine the correlations between two evolutionary phases in kibbutz development and two modes of Judaism: the rational Halkhic and the emotive Hassidic modes. In doing this, he exlores the relationship between two diverse dispositions towards divinity - the transcendent and the immanent - and two diverse modes of the self and their related communities.
This innovative and insightful work will be of essential interest to scholars of the sociology of religion, Jewish studies, modern Jewish history and Israel's national history, and will also interest those more broadly engaged with theology and religious studies.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203217373

The First Jewish Revolt - Archaeology, History and Ideology (Hardcover, New): Andrea M. Berlin, J. Andrew Overman The First Jewish Revolt - Archaeology, History and Ideology (Hardcover, New)
Andrea M. Berlin, J. Andrew Overman
R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The First Jewish Revolt against Rome is arguably the most decisive event in the history of Judaism and Christianity. The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE by the Roman General Titus forced a transformation in structure and form for both of these fraternal religions. Yet despite its importance, little has been written on the First Revolt, its causes, implications and the facts surrounding it.
In this volume, Andrea M. Berlin and J. Andrew Overman have gathered the foremost scholars on the period to discuss and debate this pivotal historical event. The contributions explore both Roman and Jewish perspectives on the Revolt, looking at its history and archaeology, and finally examining the ideology and interpretation of the revolt in subsequent history and myth.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203167449

Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities (Hardcover): John R. Bartlett Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities (Hardcover)
John R. Bartlett
R3,922 Discovery Miles 39 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Articles examine the city of Jerusalem and other Jewish communities of the Mediterranean diaspora, as reflected in the writings of Luke, Josephus and Philo. Topics covered include social identity, everyday life and religious practice.
This will be of interest to students of Roman history, biblical studies, ancient Judaism and Hellenistic history.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203446348

Judaising Movements - Studies in the Margins of Judaism in Modern Times (Hardcover): Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Semi Judaising Movements - Studies in the Margins of Judaism in Modern Times (Hardcover)
Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Semi
R3,910 Discovery Miles 39 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The history of Judaising movements has been largely ignored by historians of religion. This volume analyses the interplay between colonialism, a Judaism not traditionally viewed as proselytising' but which at certain points was struggling to heed the Prophets and become a light unto the Gentiles' and the attraction for many different peoples of the rooted historicity of Judaism and by the symbolic appropriation of Jewish suffering.
This book will look at the role of colonialism in the development of Judaising movements throughout the world, including New Zealand, Japan, India, Burma and Africa. Particular attention will be paid to the Lemba tribe of Southern Africa. A remarkable parallel movement in 1930s Southern Italy will also be dealt with. The history of the converts of San Nicandro is seen in the context of currents of Jewish universalism, messianism and Zionism. Gender issues are also discussed here as the converted women assumed powers they had not hitherto enjoyed.

The Zohar in Moslem and Christian Spain (Paperback): Ariel Bension The Zohar in Moslem and Christian Spain (Paperback)
Ariel Bension
R1,151 Discovery Miles 11 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'The Zohar' was compiled and composed in Spain in the thirteenth century, and exerted a powerful influence on Jewish life in medieval ghettoes. In this book, first published in 1932, Dr Bension was the first scholar to deal with the influence on Jewish mysticism of certain characteristics which underlie so much of the literature produced in Spain both by Christians and Muslims.

Disability in Jewish Law (Hardcover): Tzvi C. Marx Disability in Jewish Law (Hardcover)
Tzvi C. Marx
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


In recent decades, record numbers of Jews are taking a newfound interest in their legal heritage - the Bible and the Talmud, the law codes and the rabbinical responsa literature. In the course of this encounter, they may be interested in how these sources relate to the issue of disability, and the degree to which halakhic attitudes to disability are in harmony with contemporary sensibilities. For example, can the blind or those in wheelchairs serve as prayer leaders? Need the mentally incompetent observe any ritual law? Is institutionalization in a special-education facility where Jewish dietary laws are not observed permitted if it will enhance a child's functioning? And how are we to interpret teachings that seem inconsonant with current sensibilities?
Disability in Jewish Law answers the pressing need for insight into the position of Jewish law with respect to the rights and status of those with physical and mental impairments, and the corresponding duties of the non-disabled.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203219511

Judaism, Philosophy, Culture - Selected Studies by E. I. J. Rosenthal (Hardcover, Reissue): Erwin Rosenthal Judaism, Philosophy, Culture - Selected Studies by E. I. J. Rosenthal (Hardcover, Reissue)
Erwin Rosenthal
R1,802 Discovery Miles 18 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


Series Information:
RoutledgeCurzon Jewish Studies Series

Muslim Anti-Semitism in Christian Europe - Elemental and Residual Anti-Semitism (Paperback): Raphael Israeli Muslim Anti-Semitism in Christian Europe - Elemental and Residual Anti-Semitism (Paperback)
Raphael Israeli
R1,357 Discovery Miles 13 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Modern Arab and Muslim hostility towards Jews and Israel is rooted not only in the Arab-Israeli conflict and traditional Islamic teaching but also in Christian anti-Semitic attitudes brought into the Islamic world by Western colonial powers. In this volume, Raphael Israeli examines how the worsening situation in the Middle East together with large waves of Muslim immigration to Europe, North America, and Australia has brought about a comingling of two anti-Semitic traditions.As the author explains, the unique interaction of Muslim immigrants in the West with the host societies brought them into contact with local, traditional anti- Semites of the xenophobic fascist and racist Right along with the avowedly anti-Zionist Left, to build a formidable wall of hatred against the Jewish state and its people. To complicate this picture further, the same Muslim immigrants share with them minority status in a Christian majority society. Often finding themselves at odds with the majority host society, they find themselves subject to criticism and censure on all sides. They are engaged simultaneously in battle with both their host society into which they cannot integrate, and their Jewish compatriots who are a model of good integration. Consequently, they feel exposed and lose ground in the struggle for social acceptance.Israeli lays out the nature and ideologies of the Muslim immigrant world and shows how in each European country they create their own ethnic sub-groups and religious communities, often in competition with each other. This remarkable and courageous book will be of interest to sociologists, Middle East specialists, and political scientists.

Israel and the Dead Sea Scrolls - With a Foreword by Leon Edel and A New Introduction by Raphael Israeli (Hardcover): Edmund... Israel and the Dead Sea Scrolls - With a Foreword by Leon Edel and A New Introduction by Raphael Israeli (Hardcover)
Edmund Wilson
R4,387 Discovery Miles 43 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of 972 documents discovered between 1946 and 1956, are of immeasurable religious and historical significance. They include the oldest known surviving copies of Biblical-era documents. The manuscripts shed considerable light on forms of Judaism never known before. These forms contain hints of Christianity, or as put elsewhere, it was the Judaism amid which Christ and his first followers lived, thought, and wrote. Edmund Wilson's book is a record of this great scholarly find.Wilson was a prolific literary critic and social commentator, not an academic, and therefore Israel and the Dead Sea Scrolls reads like a journalist's reportage. This unique personal account weaves together threads of folklore, history, and intrigue. As Leon Edel writes in his foreword, 'Reading him, it is not difficult to imagine the ardor with which Edmund Wilson pursued his complex subject; it was the kind of subject he had always liked best, involving as it did history, politics, ancient lore, and all his faculties for imaginative reconstruction and historical analysis. . . . No book quite like this has been written in our century.'The scrolls of the Essenes, and the history of this Jewish sect's possible antecedence to Christianity, led the author to Israel and to the revelations contained in the scrolls. This book contains his resulting account of the scrolls' history. Originally published in 1978, this edition of Wilson's classic is made contemporary with a new introduction by Raphael Israeli, which illustrates the ongoing academic controversy surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Assimilation Versus Separation - Joseph the Administrator and the Politics of Religion in Biblical Israel (Paperback, New... Assimilation Versus Separation - Joseph the Administrator and the Politics of Religion in Biblical Israel (Paperback, New edition)
Aaron Wildavsky
R1,357 Discovery Miles 13 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How to behave in the diaspora has been a central problem for Jews over the ages. They have debated whether to assimilate by adopting local customs or whether to remain a God-centered people loyal to their temporal rulers but maintaining the peculiar customs that separated them from their host nations. The question not only of survival, but of the basis for survival, is also a central problem in the Joseph stories of the Book of Genesis. The work shows its readers the grand alternatives of Judaism, instilled in two larger-than-life figures, so its readers can reassess for themselves the road Judaism did not take, and understand why Joseph though admirable in many respects, is left out of the rest of the Bible.

The question is answered through the stories about how Joseph, the son of Jacob, saved his people/family from famine by becoming a high-ranking administrator to Pharaoh. By analyzing his behavior to the people over whom he exercises power, Joseph lords it over his brothers, grieves his father, takes lands from Egyptian farmers, and engages in forced deportation. Wildavsky explains why Joseph-the-assimilator is replaced in the Book of Exodus by Moses-the-lawgiver. The book ends by demonstrating that Joseph and Moses are, and are undoubtedly meant to be exact opposites.

As in his earlier book on "The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political Leader," Wildavsky combines analysis of political and administrative leadership with both traditional and modern study of texts: thematic linkages via plot, grammar, dreams, poetry, and religious doctrine. Thus the chapter on "Joseph the Administrator" is preceded by a chapter on Joseph as The Dream Lord" and followed by an analysis and explanation of why Jacob's obscure blessings to his sons are more like curses. Always the emphasis is on the reciprocal influence of religion and politics, on rival answers to questions about how Hebrews should relate to each other and to outsiders. New, in paperback, the book will be of interest to biblical scholars and readers as well as those concerned with the interaction of religion and political life.

The Cambridge Companion to Genesis (Hardcover): Bill T Arnold The Cambridge Companion to Genesis (Hardcover)
Bill T Arnold
R2,788 Discovery Miles 27 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Cambridge Companion to Genesis explores the first book of the Bible, the book that serves as the foundation for the rest of the Hebrew Scriptures. Recognizing its unique position in world history, the history of religions, as well as biblical and theological studies, the volume summarizes key developments in Biblical scholarship since the Enlightenment, while offering an overview of the diverse methods and reading strategies that are currently applied to the reading of Genesis. It also explores questions that, in some cases, have been explored for centuries. Written by an international team of scholars whose essays were specially commissioned, the Companion provides a multi-disciplinary update of all relevant issues related to the interpretation of Genesis. Whether the reader is taking the first step on the path or continuing a research journey, this volume will illuminate the role of Genesis in world religions, theology, philosophy, and critical biblical scholarship.

The Jewish Wedding Now (Paperback): Anita Diamant The Jewish Wedding Now (Paperback)
Anita Diamant
R465 R383 Discovery Miles 3 830 Save R82 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Newly revised and updated, the definitive guide to planning a Jewish wedding, written by bestselling novelist Anita Diamant-author of The Red Tent and The Boston Girl-and one of the most respected writers of guides to contemporary Jewish life. This complete, easy-to-use guide explains everything you need to know to plan your own Jewish wedding in today's ever-changing world where the very definition of what constitutes a Jewish wedding is up for discussion. With enthusiasm and flair, Anita Diamant provides choices for every stage of a wedding-including celebrations before and after the ceremony itself-providing both traditional and contemporary options. She explains the Jewish tradition of love and marriage with references drawn from Biblical, Talmudic, and mystical texts and stories. She guides you step by step through planning the ceremony and the party that follows-from finding a rabbi and wording the invitation to organizing a processional and hiring a caterer. Samples of wedding invitations and ketubot (marriage contracts) are provided for inspiration and guidance, as well as poems that can be incorporated into the wedding ceremony or party and a variety of translations of traditional texts. "There is no such thing as a generic Jewish wedding," writes Anita Diamant, "no matter what the rabbi tells you, no matter what the caterer tells you, no matter what your mother tells you." Complete, authoritative, and indispensable, The Jewish Wedding Now provides personalized options-some new, some old-to create a wedding that combines spiritual meaning and joyous celebration and reflects your individual values and beliefs.

Magic in the Roman World - Pagans, Jews and Christians (Hardcover): Naomi Janowitz Magic in the Roman World - Pagans, Jews and Christians (Hardcover)
Naomi Janowitz
R3,908 Discovery Miles 39 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Using in-depth examples of 'magical' practice such as exorcisms, love rites, alchemy and the transformation of humans into divine beings, this lively volume demonstrates that the word 'magic' was used widely in late antique texts as part of polemics against enemies and sometimes merely as a term for other people's rituals. Professor Janowitz shows that 'magical' activities were integral to late antique religious practice, and that they must be understood from the perspective of those who employed them.

Religion and Peace - Historical Aspects (Hardcover): Yvonne Friedman Religion and Peace - Historical Aspects (Hardcover)
Yvonne Friedman
R4,209 Discovery Miles 42 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume represents a departure from the prevailing emphasis on religion and war in the medieval and early modern periods. Instead, the book explores the relationship between religion and peace in the context of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, both as an ideal and on the practical level. The Introduction, which proposes a holistic model for analysis of violence/nonviolence-peace, provides a framework for understanding the various aspects of peacemaking during the period in question. The topics covered range from religion and diplomacy, peace movements grounded in religious ideals, the Muslim ideal of peace and actual peacemaking, Muslim-Christian treaties in the Latin East, papal policy in the Middle Ages and the twentieth century, the unique role of holy women who were spokeswomen for peace, the internal pursuit of peace in medieval Jewish society, and what fuelled religious tolerance in sixteenth-century Poland. As a whole, these chapters reflect how different societies reacted to and treated the "Other" in the context of peacemaking and overcame the conceptual gap with their ideology that promoted the belief that they possessed the one and only truth. They demonstrate that religion and religious institutions can serve as a positive influence and agents of peace.

Holiness - Rabbinic Judaism in the Graeco-Roman World (Paperback): Hannah K. Harrington Holiness - Rabbinic Judaism in the Graeco-Roman World (Paperback)
Hannah K. Harrington
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


In this in-depth exploration of holiness in the context of rabbinic Judaism, Dr Harrington places the rabbinic concept of holiness alongside other notions of the sacred in the Graeco-Roman world. Holistic and yet detailed, this volume provides a much-needed comparative view of this subject during a key period in the development of the Jewish religion.

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