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Marcel Simon's classic study examines Jewish-Christian relations in
the Roman Empire from the second Jewish War (132-5 CE) to the end
of the Jewish Patriarchate in 425 CE. First published in French in
1948, the book overturns the then commonly held view that the
Jewish and Christian communities gradually ceased to interact and
that the Jews gave up proselytizing among the gentiles. On the
contrary, Simon maintains that Judaism continued to make its
influence felt on the world at large and to be influenced by it in
turn. He analyses both the antagonisms and the attractions between
the two faiths, and concludes with a discussion of the eventual
disappearance of Judaism as a missionary religion. The rival
community triumphed with the help of a Christian imperial authority
and a doctrine well adapted to the Graeco-Roman mentality.
This revised introduction to Jewish beliefs and practices
demonstrates that Judaism is a living religion which retains the
vitality apparent in the Biblical corpus, but which has gone on to
develop institutions, modes of behaviour and patterns of thought
which together constitute the singularity of Jewish expression.;The
study offers, for the non-Jew and the uninformed Jew, an insight
into the great legal, mystical, theological, ethical and ritual
traditions which have preserved the identity of the exiled and
often outcast Jew, and enabled him to carry the message of the
Hebrew Bible into the modern world. Alan Unterman is the author of
"The Wisdom of the Jewish Mystics" and "Dictionary of Jewish Lore
and Legend".
Despite the undeniable importance of anti-evolutionism in American
cultural history, and the plethora of publications since the 1980s,
few libraries have collected more than the occasional book or
pamphlet on creationism and early creationist periodicals are
almost impossible to find. This collection makes available works on
creationism by such stalwarts as Arthur I. Brown, William Bell
Riley, Harry Rimmer, Byron C. Nelson, George McCready Price, Harold
W. Clark and Frank Lewis Marsh. It also reprints three of the
earliest and rarest creationist journals in America: the
Creationist, the Bulletin of Deluge Geology and the Forum for the
Correlation of Science and the Bible. The collection as a whole
plays an important part in the continuing debate in America over
science and religion. There is a new preface to all volumes by the
series editor Ronald L. Numbers.
Turn Aside from Evil and Do Good was written by Zevi Hirsch
Eichenstein (1763-1831), a hasidic master and renowned adept in
Lurianic kabbalah. He wrote it with the intention of providing a
guide to would-be hasidic kabbalists on how to live a holy life.
Eichenstein was unusual in the hasidic world in that as well as
being a kabbalist he was a competent talmudist and was also
acquainted both with the science of his day and with medieval
Jewish philosophy. His views differ from those of other hasidic
masters, principally in the importance he attributes to studying
the kabbalah, which he considers an important antidote to unbelief,
and in his more positive attitude to the enjoyment of sexual
activity and to business activity; he is concerned to show how both
can be integrated in a holy life. This lively translation by Louis
Jacobs of the second edition (1850), which includes the notes of R.
Zevi Elimelekh of Dynow, gives the reader an insight into a highly
unconventional hasidic master and the basic ideas of Lurianic
kabbalah as he perceived them. Through hundreds of scholarly
annotations, printed at the foot of each page for ease of
reference, Louis Jacobs helps the reader to understand the
kabbalistic ideas and imagery and other opaque terms, and clarifies
the sources to which the author alludes. Turn Aside from Evil and
Do Good conveys the full flavour of an original hasidic approach to
kabbalism. Immensely readable, it will be of interest to anyone
interested in hasidism and Jewish mysticism or the religious way
and its social history. Louis Jacobs has added a very accessible
introduction to explain the Lurianic system of kabbalah; he also
provides biographical details of Eichenstein and his school, and a
full bibliography.
In this book Anthony O'Hear examines the reasons that are given for
religious faith. His approach is firmly within the classical
tradition of natural theology, but an underlying theme is the
differences between the personal Creator of the Bible or the Koran
and a God conceived of as the indeterminate ground of everything
determinate. Drawing on several religious traditions and on the
resources of contemporary philosophy, specific chapters analyse the
nature of religious faith and of religious experience. They examine
connections between religion and morality, and religion and human
knowledge - the cosmological, teleological and ontological
arguments, process thought, and the problem that evil presents for
religion. The final chapter returns to the inherently dogmatic
nature of religious faith and concludes that rational people should
look beyond religion for the fulfilment of their spiritual needs.
This book presents a new, contemporary introduction to medieval
philosophy as it was practiced in all its variety in Western Europe
and the Near East. It assumes only a minimal familiarity with
philosophy, the sort that an undergraduate introduction to
philosophy might provide, and it is arranged topically around
questions and themes that will appeal to a contemporary audience.
In addition to some of the perennial questions posed by
philosophers, such as "Can we know anything, and if so, what?",
"What is the fundamental nature of reality?", and "What does human
flourishing consist in?", this volume looks at what medieval
thinkers had to say, for instance, about our obligations towards
animals and the environment, freedom of speech, and how best to
organize ourselves politically. The book examines certain aspects
of the thought of several well-known medieval figures, but it also
introduces students to many important, yet underappreciated figures
and traditions. It includes guidance for how to read medieval
texts, provokes reflection through a series of study questions at
the end of each chapter, and gives pointers for where interested
readers can continue their exploration of medieval philosophy and
medieval thought more generally. Key Features Covers the
contributions of women to medieval philosophy, providing students
with a fuller understanding of who did philosophy during the Middle
Ages Includes a focus on certain topics that are usually ignored,
such as animal rights, love, and political philosophy, providing
students with a fuller range of interests that medieval
philosophers had Gives space to non-Aristotelian forms of medieval
thought Includes useful features for student readers like study
questions and suggestions for further reading in each chapter
This carefully researched study on the tabernacle of the Old
Testament draws from both Christian and Jewish sources. The author
not only probes the nature of the construction of the tabernacle,
but also explores its theological meaning in the Old and New
Testaments.The unavoidable conclusion the author draws is that the
divinely instructed building of the tabernacle was evidence of
God's desire to dwell with his people and to lead them. 216 Pages.
We are living through a period of cultural climate change. We have
outsourced morality to the markets on the one hand, and the state
on the other. The markets have brought wealth to many, and the
state has done much to contain the worst excesses of inequality,
but neither is capable of bearing the moral weight of showing us
how to live. This has had a profound impact on society and the way
in which we interact with each other. Traditional values no longer
hold, yet recent political swings show that modern ideals of
tolerance have left many feeling rudderless and adrift. In this
environment we see things fall apart in unexpected ways - toxic
public discourse makes true societal progress almost unattainable,
a more divisive society is fuelled by identity politics and
extremism, and the rise of a victimhood mentality calls for 'safe
spaces' but stifles debate. The influence of social media seems
all-pervading and the breakdown of the family is only one result of
the loss of social capital. Many fear what the future may hold.
Delivering a devastatingly insightful critique of our modern
condition, and assessing its roots and causes from the ancient
Greeks through the Reformation and Enlightenment to the present
day, Sacks argues that there is no liberty without morality, and no
freedom without responsibility. If we care about the future of
western civilisation, all of us must play our part in rebuilding
our common moral foundation. Then we will discover afresh the
life-transforming and counterintuitive truths that a nation is
strong when it cares for the weak, and rich when it cares for the
poor. Here is an inspiring vision of a world in which we can all
find our place, and face the future without fear.
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Karaite Judaism emerged in the ninth century in the Islamic Middle
East as an alternative to the rabbinic Judaism of the Jewish
majority. Karaites reject the underlying assumption of rabbinic
Judaism, namely, that Jewish practice is to be based on two
divinely revealed Torahs, a written one, embodied in the Five Books
of Moses, and an oral one, eventually written down in rabbinic
literature. Karaites accept as authoritative only the Written
Torah, as they understand it, and their form of Judaism therefore
differs greatly from that of most Jews. Despite its permanent
minority status, Karaism has been an integral part of the Jewish
people continuously for twelve centuries. It has contributed
greatly to Jewish cultural achievements, while providing a powerful
intellectual challenge to the majority form of Judaism. This book
is the first to present a comprehensive overview of the entire
story of Karaite Judaism: its unclear origins; a Golden Age of
Karaism in the Land of Israel; migrations through the centuries;
Karaites in the Holocaust; unique Jewish religious practices,
beliefs, and philosophy; biblical exegesis and literary
accomplishments; polemics and historiography; and the present-day
revival of the Karaite community in the State of Israel.
Volume 15 of The Jewish Law Annual adds to the growing list of
articles on Jewish law that have been published in volumes 1-14 of
this series, providing English-speaking readers with scholarly
material meeting the highest academic standards. The volume
contains six articles diverse in their scope and focus,
encompassing legal, historical, textual, comparative and conceptual
analysis, as well as a survey of recent literature and a chronicle
of cases of interest. Among the topics covered are: lying in
rabbinical court proceedings; unjust enrichment; can a witness
serve as judge in the same case?; Caro's Shulham Arukh v.
Maimonides' Mishne Torah in the Yemenite community, the New Jersey
eruv wards.
International contributors provide insight into Freud's last book.
Discusses themes including tradition, anti-Semitism, historical
truth and memory. Each author elaborates a contemporary perspective
of elements in Freud's volume.
Series Information: Routledge Who's Who
Employs the social-psychological study of social rejection, social
identity theory, and social memory theory, shedding new light on
the topic.
Twentieth century continental thinkers such as Bergson, Levinas and
Jonas have brought fresh and renewed attentions to Jewish ethics,
yet it still remains fairly low profile in the Anglophone academic
world. This collection of critical essays brings together the work
of established and up-and-coming scholars from Israel, the United
States, and around the world on the topic of Jewish religious and
philosophical ethics. The chapters are broken into three main
sections - Rabbinics, Philosophy, and Contemporary Challenges. The
authors address, using a variety of research strategies, the work
of both major and lesser-known figures in historical Jewish
religious and philosophical traditions. The book discusses a wide
variety of topics related to Jewish ethics, including "ethics and
the Mishnah," "Afro Jewish ethics," "Jewish historiographical
ethics," as well as the conceptual/philosophical foundations of the
law and virtues in the work of Martin Buber, Hermann Cohen, and
Baruch Spinoza.The volume closes with four contributions on
present-day frontiers in Jewish ethics. As the first book to focus
on the nature, scope and ramifications of the Jewish ethics at work
in religious and philosophical contexts, this book will be of great
interest to anyone studying Jewish Studies, Philosophy and
Religion.
Unorthodox is the bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman’s escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Infidel and Carolyn Jessop’s Escape, featuring a new epilogue by the author.
As a member of the strictly religious Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism, Deborah Feldman grew up under a code of relentlessly enforced customs governing everything from what she could wear and to whom she could speak to what she was allowed to read. Yet in spite of her repressive upbringing, Deborah grew into an independent-minded young woman whose stolen moments reading about the empowered literary characters of Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott helped her to imagine an alternative way of life among the skyscrapers of Manhattan. Trapped as a teenager in a sexually and emotionally dysfunctional marriage to a man she barely knew, the tension between Deborah’s desires and her responsibilities as a good Satmar girl grew more explosive until she gave birth at nineteen and realized that, regardless of the obstacles, she would have to forge a path—for herself and her son—to happiness and freedom.
Remarkable and fascinating, this “sensitive and memorable coming-of-age story” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) is one you won’t be able to put down.
* This book has two main goals: to contextualize the phenomena of
Holocaust artwork for the field of art therapy, and use that cannon
of artwork to support the inclusion of logotherapy into art therapy
theory and practice * Built on three sections of the author's
doctoral work: theory, research, and practice * Themes are
presented in practice in the third section can be used to guide
clients in art therapy practice within the existential philosophy
of logotherapy, which emphasizes meaning making to facilitate
healing and personal growth
This book focuses on the expressions used to describe Job's body in
pain and on the reactions of his friends to explore the moral and
social world reflected in the language and the values that their
speeches betray. A key contribution of this monograph is to
highlight how the perspective of illness as retribution is
powerfully refuted in Job's speeches and, in particular, to show
how this is achieved through comedy. Comedy in Job is a powerful
weapon used to expose and ridicule the idea of retribution.
Rejecting the approach of retrospective diagnosis, this monograph
carefully analyses the expression of pain in Job focusing
specifically on somatic language used in the deity attack
metaphors, in the deity surveillance metaphors and in the language
connected to the body and social status. These metaphors are
analysed in a comparative way using research from medical
anthropology and sociology which focuses on illness narratives and
expressions of pain. Job's Body and the Dramatised Comedy of
Moralising will be of interest to anyone working on the Book of
Job, as well as those with an interest in suffering and pain in the
Hebrew Bible more broadly.
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