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The Gift of Kabbalah - Discovering the Secrets of Heaven Renewing Your Life on Earth (Paperback, New Ed): Tamar Frankiel The Gift of Kabbalah - Discovering the Secrets of Heaven Renewing Your Life on Earth (Paperback, New Ed)
Tamar Frankiel
R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The first comprehensive, down-to-earth introduction to explain the primary message of Kabbalah that we are to become like God.

Unlike the faddish books that just discuss Kabbalah as a magical system, or those that treat it as if it were separable from Judaism, this inspiring book makes accessible the mysteries of Kabbalah with thorough scholarship and depth of spiritual insight. It traces the evolution of Kabbalah in Judaism and sets forth its most important gift: a way of revealing the connection that exists between our "everyday" life and the spiritual oneness of the universe. Including hands-on "personal Kabbalah" exercises that help bring the teachings into your life, "The Gift of Kabbalah"explores: Healing from the Source Holiness in the Ordinary Contemplating Your Place in History Building a Positive Structure for Life The Soul's Contract with God ... and much more.

The Qur'an and Sayings of Prophet Muhammed - Selections Annotated and Explained (Paperback): Sohaib Sultan The Qur'an and Sayings of Prophet Muhammed - Selections Annotated and Explained (Paperback)
Sohaib Sultan
R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The timeless insight of Islam s sacred writings can enrich
your own spiritual journey.

For many in the West, the teachings of the Qur an often are enshrouded in mystery and fear. Yet Islam s holy book gave birth to one of the most powerful and enlightened civilizations the world has ever seen. By the sixteenth century, Muslim culture stretched from India to Africa to Europe, preserving with it the ancient learning that helped spawn the Renaissance. With its interwoven ideas of faith and reason, justice and mercy, the path of Islam which literally means surrendering to God s will offers a uniquely focused and balanced approach to living life with a profound awareness of God.

With gentleness and insight, Sohaib N. Sultan leads you through the central themes of both the Qur an and the collected sayings of Prophet Muhammad, known as "hadith." These teachings dispel common misconceptions about Muslim beliefs and offer practical guidance for your own spiritual journey, from understanding the merciful nature of God; to cultivating peace and justice in the self, family, and society; to answering questions about the afterlife and how to attain it.

Now you can experience the wisdom of Qur anic teachings even if you have no previous knowledge of Islam or Muslim writings. Insightful yet unobtrusive facing-page commentary explains the texts for you, allowing you to enter into the path of surrender to God.

Manna - Bread from Heaven - Jn 6:22-59 in the Light of Ps 78:23-25 and Its Interpretation in Early Jewish Sources (Hardcover,... Manna - Bread from Heaven - Jn 6:22-59 in the Light of Ps 78:23-25 and Its Interpretation in Early Jewish Sources (Hardcover, New edition)
Pawel Rytel-Andrianik
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The author presents a new approach to the study of manna, which does not concentrate only on one particular representation of the bread from heaven (especially Ex 16). Additionally, he investigates the interconnections between Ps 78:23-25, Wis 16:20-13; 19:21 and Jn 6:22-59 and he explores the new ideas of each of these texts. He also strongly asserts that Hellenistic Judaism, represented by the Book of Wisdom, is not "a second-class Judaism". This fact is proved with the example of manna as the food of immortality, an idea not introduced by Christians in the Fourth Gospel, but already present in Wis 19:21.

The Qur'an - A Form-Critical History (Paperback): Karim Samji The Qur'an - A Form-Critical History (Paperback)
Karim Samji
R881 R770 Discovery Miles 7 700 Save R111 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The corpus coranicum eludes familiar categories and resists strict labels. No doubt the threads woven into the fabric are exceptionally textured, varied, and complex. Accordingly, the introductory chapter of this book demonstrates the application of form criticism to the text. Chapter two then presents a form-critical study of the prayer genre. It identifies three productive formulae and addresses distinct social settings and forms associated with them. The third chapter begins by defining the liturgy genre vis-a-vis prayer in the Qur'an. Drawing a line between the hymn and litany forms, this chapter treats each in turn. Chapter four considers the genre classified as wisdom literature. It identifies sapiential formulae and sheds light on wisdom contexts. The fifth chapter examines the narrative genre writ large. It also surveys narrative blocks of the long saga. The subsequent chapter on the proclamation genre inspects a set of vocative formulae, which occurs in the messenger situation. The concluding chapter looks at the corpus through synchronic and diachronic lenses. In the end, Qur'anic genres encapsulate the form-critical elements of formulae, forms, and settings, as well as an historical dimension.

Bhakti Yoga - La Voie de la Devotion (French, Hardcover): Swami Vivekananda Bhakti Yoga - La Voie de la Devotion (French, Hardcover)
Swami Vivekananda; Translated by Mael Seigneur, Quentin Pacinella
R633 Discovery Miles 6 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Koren Talmud Bavli, Vol. 24 - Bava Kamma Part 2, English, Daf Yomi (Hardcover): Adin Steinsaltz Koren Talmud Bavli, Vol. 24 - Bava Kamma Part 2, English, Daf Yomi (Hardcover)
Adin Steinsaltz
R968 Discovery Miles 9 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Melchizedek, King of Sodom - How Scribes Invented the Biblical Priest-King (Hardcover): Robert R Cargill Melchizedek, King of Sodom - How Scribes Invented the Biblical Priest-King (Hardcover)
Robert R Cargill
R2,585 Discovery Miles 25 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The biblical figure Melchizedek appears just twice in the Hebrew Bible, and once more in the Christian New Testament. Cited as both the king of Shalem-understood by most scholars to be Jerusalem-and as an eternal priest without ancestry, Melchizedek's appearances become textual justification for tithing to the Levitical priests in Jerusalem and for the priesthood of Jesus Christ himself. But what if the text was manipulated? Robert R. Cargill explores the Hebrew and Greek texts concerning Melchizedek's encounter with Abraham in Genesis as a basis to unravel the biblical mystery of this character's origins. The textual evidence that Cargill presents shows that Melchizedek was originally known as the king of Sodom and that the later traditions about Sodom forced biblical scribes to invent a new location, Shalem, for Melchizedek's priesthood and reign. Cargill also identifies minor, strategic changes to the Hebrew Bible and the Samaritan Pentateuch that demonstrate an evolving, polemical, sectarian discourse between Jews and Samaritans competing for the superiority of their respective temples and holy mountains. The resulting literary evidence was used as the ideological motivation for identifying Shalem with Jerusalem in the Second Temple Jewish tradition. A brief study with far-reaching implications, Melchizedek, King of Sodom reopens discussion of not only this unusual character, but also the origins of both the priesthood of Christ and the role of early Israelite priest-kings.

First Mass Book - An Easy Way of Participating at Mass for Boys and Girls (Hardcover, My First Eucharist ed.): Catholic Book... First Mass Book - An Easy Way of Participating at Mass for Boys and Girls (Hardcover, My First Eucharist ed.)
Catholic Book Publishing & Icel
R208 R197 Discovery Miles 1 970 Save R11 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This attractive FIRST MASS BOOK for boys was carefully written to enable children to take a more active part in the Mass. It features beautiful, full-color illustrations of the Mass and the Life of Christ as well as a complete Prayer Section.

Offenbarung, Exegese und Ratio (German, Hardcover): Seyed Ali Sadr Offenbarung, Exegese und Ratio (German, Hardcover)
Seyed Ali Sadr
R3,310 Discovery Miles 33 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Believer and the Modern Study of the Bible (Hardcover): Tova Ganzel, Yehudah Brandes, Chayuta Deutsch The Believer and the Modern Study of the Bible (Hardcover)
Tova Ganzel, Yehudah Brandes, Chayuta Deutsch
R3,526 R2,889 Discovery Miles 28 890 Save R637 (18%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The essays in this volume address the conundrum of how Jewish believers in the divine character of the Sinaitic revelation confront the essential questions raised by academic biblical studies. The first part is an anthology of rabbinic sources, from the medieval period to the present, treating questions that reflect a critical awareness of the Bible. The second part is a series of twenty-one essays by contemporary rabbis and scholars on how they combine their religious beliefs with their critical approach to the Bible.

Bhakti Yoga - El Camino de la Devocion (Spanish, Hardcover): Swami Vivekananda Bhakti Yoga - El Camino de la Devocion (Spanish, Hardcover)
Swami Vivekananda; Translated by Florimar Aguilar, Begona Varea Kuhn
R627 Discovery Miles 6 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Koren Talmud Bavli, v. 18 - Nedarim, English, Daf Yomi (Hardcover): Adin Steinsaltz Koren Talmud Bavli, v. 18 - Nedarim, English, Daf Yomi (Hardcover)
Adin Steinsaltz
R983 Discovery Miles 9 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Violent Rituals of the Hebrew Bible (Hardcover): Saul M. Olyan Violent Rituals of the Hebrew Bible (Hardcover)
Saul M. Olyan
R2,305 R2,159 Discovery Miles 21 590 Save R146 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Although seldom studied by biblical scholars as a discrete phenomenon, ritual violence is mentioned frequently in biblical texts, and includes ritual actions such as disfigurement of corpses, destruction or scattering of bones removed from a tomb, stoning and other forms of public execution, cursing, forced depilation, the legally-sanctioned imposition of physical defects on living persons, coerced potion-drinking, sacrificial burning of animals and humans, forced stripping and exposure of the genitalia, and mass eradication of populations. This book, the first to focus on ritual violence in the Hebrew Bible, investigates these and other violent rites, the ritual settings in which they occur, their various literary contexts, and the identity and aims of their agents in order to speak in an informed way about the contours and social aspects of ritual violence as it is represented in the Hebrew Bible.

Comedy and Feminist Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible - A Subversive Collaboration (Hardcover, New): Melissa Jackson Comedy and Feminist Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible - A Subversive Collaboration (Hardcover, New)
Melissa Jackson
R3,826 Discovery Miles 38 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Comedy is both relative, linked to a time and culture, and universal, found pervasively across time and culture. The Hebrew Bible contains comedy of this relative, yet universal nature. Melissa A. Jackson engages the Hebrew Bible via a comic reading and brings that reading into conversation with feminist-critical interpretation, in resistance to any lingering stereotype that comedy is fundamentally non-serious or that feminist critique is fundamentally unsmiling.
Dividing comic elements into categories of literary devices, psychological/social features, and psychological/social function, Jackson examines the narratives of a number of biblical characters for evidence of these comic elements. The characters include the trickster matriarchs, the women involved in the infancy of Moses, Rahab, Deborah and Jael, Delilah, three of David's wives (Michal, Abigail, Bathsheba), Jezebel, Ruth, and Esther. Nine particularly instructive points of contact between comedy and feminist interpretation emerge: both (1) resist definition, (2) exist amidst a self/other, subject/object dichotomy, (3) emphasise and utilise context, (4) promote creativity, (5) acknowledge the concept of distancing, (6) work towards revelation, (7) are subversive, (8) are concerned with containment and control, and (9) enable survival. The use of comedy as an interpretive lens for the Hebrew Bible is not without difficulties for feminist interpretation. While maintaining an uncomfortable, even painful, awareness of the hold patriarchy retains on the Hebrew Bible, feminist critics can still choose to allow comedy's revelatory, subversive, survivalist nature to do its work revealing, subverting, and surviving.

Koren Talmud Bavli V3a - Eiruvin, Daf 2a-26b, Noe Color Pb, H/E (Paperback): Adin Steinsaltz Koren Talmud Bavli V3a - Eiruvin, Daf 2a-26b, Noe Color Pb, H/E (Paperback)
Adin Steinsaltz
R285 Discovery Miles 2 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Jnana Yoga - La Voie de la Connaissance (French, Hardcover): Swami Vivekananda Jnana Yoga - La Voie de la Connaissance (French, Hardcover)
Swami Vivekananda; Translated by Estelle Lasnet, Aurelie Luis
R727 Discovery Miles 7 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
????? ???? ??? (Multiple languages, Hardcover): Noam Kaplan סידור נועם השם (Multiple languages, Hardcover)
Noam Kaplan
R950 Discovery Miles 9 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Jeremiah in History and Tradition (Hardcover): Jim West, Niels Peter Lemche Jeremiah in History and Tradition (Hardcover)
Jim West, Niels Peter Lemche
R4,467 Discovery Miles 44 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Jeremiah in History and Tradition examines aspects of the Book of Jeremiah from a variety of perspectives including historical, textual, redaction, and feminist criticism, as well as the history of its reception. The book looks afresh at the Book of Jeremiah through the lens of intertextuality and reception history in the broadest sense, exploring Jeremiah in its historical context as well as the later history and interpretation of the text, and also reconsidering aspects of the Book of Jeremiah's traditions. This volume features essays from a unique assembly of scholars, both seasoned and new. It is divided into two parts: "Jeremiah in History", which explores a variety of readings of Jeremiah from the point of view of classical historical criticism; and "Jeremiah in Tradition", which discusses the portraits and use of both the book and the figure of Jeremiah in extra-biblical traditions. Offering challenging new theories, Jeremiah in History and Tradition is invaluable to scholars and students in the field of Biblical Studies. It is a useful resource for anyone working on the interpretation of the biblical text and the readings of the text of Jeremiah throughout history.

Rethinking Scripture - Essays from a Comparative Perspective (Paperback): Miriam Levering Rethinking Scripture - Essays from a Comparative Perspective (Paperback)
Miriam Levering
R767 Discovery Miles 7 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Heresy, Forgery, Novelty - Condemning, Denying, and Asserting Innovation in Ancient Judaism (Hardcover): Jonathan Klawans Heresy, Forgery, Novelty - Condemning, Denying, and Asserting Innovation in Ancient Judaism (Hardcover)
Jonathan Klawans
R2,860 Discovery Miles 28 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

It is commonly asserted that heresy is a Christian invention that emerged in late antiquity as Christianity distinguished itself from Judaism. Heresy, Forgery, Novelty probes ancient Jewish disputes regarding religious innovation and argues that Christianity's heresiological impulse is in fact indebted to Jewish precedents. In this book, Jonathan Klawans demonstrates that ancient Jewish literature displays a profound unease regarding religious innovation. The historian Josephus condemned religious innovation outright, and later rabbis valorize the antiquity of their traditions. The Dead Sea sectarians spoke occasionally-and perhaps secretly-of a "new covenant," but more frequently masked newer ideas in rhetorics of renewal or recovery. Other ancient Jews engaged in pseudepigraphy-the false attribution of recent works to prophets of old. The flourishing of such religious forgeries further underscores the dangers associated with religious innovation. As Christianity emerged, the discourse surrounding religious novelty shifted dramatically. On the one hand, Christians came to believe that Jesus had inaugurated a "new covenant," replacing what came prior. On the other hand, Christian writers followed their Jewish predecessors in condemning heretics as dangerous innovators, and concealing new works in pseudepigraphic garb. In its open, unabashed embrace of new things, Christianity parts from Judaism. Christianity's heresiological condemnation of novelty, however, displays continuity with prior Jewish traditions. Heresy, Forgery, Novelty reconsiders and offers a new interpretation of the dynamics of the split between Judaism and Christianity.

Jnana Yoga - El Camino del Conocimiento (Spanish, Hardcover): Swami Vivekananda Jnana Yoga - El Camino del Conocimiento (Spanish, Hardcover)
Swami Vivekananda; Translated by Mariana Garcia Naranjo, Helena Martin Gallego
R720 Discovery Miles 7 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Qur'an The - A Translation (Paperback, UK ed.): Kader Abdolah Qur'an The - A Translation (Paperback, UK ed.)
Kader Abdolah 1
R411 R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Save R31 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Reading Hebrew Bible Narratives (Hardcover): J. Andrew Dearman Reading Hebrew Bible Narratives (Hardcover)
J. Andrew Dearman
R2,854 Discovery Miles 28 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Reading Hebrew Bible Narratives introduces readers to narrative traditions of the Old Testament and to methods of interpreting them. Part of the Essentials of Biblical Studies series, this volume presents readers with an overview of exegesis by mainly focusing on a self-contained narrative to be read alongside the text. Through sustained interaction with the book of Ruth, readers have opportunities to engage a biblical book from multiple perspectives, while taking note of the wider implications of such perspectives for other biblical narratives. Other select texts from Hebrew Bible narratives, related by theme or content to matters in Ruth, are also examined, not only to assist in illustrating this method of approach, but also to offer reinforcement of reading skills and connections among different narrative traditions. Considering literary analysis, words and texts in context, and reception history, this brief introduction gives students an overview of how exegesis illuminates stories in the Bible.

My Rebbe (Hardcover): Adin Steinsaltz My Rebbe (Hardcover)
Adin Steinsaltz
R606 Discovery Miles 6 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For legendary Talmud scholar and prolific author Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, the Lubavitcher Rebbe embodied a lifelong mission to better the world. Far surpassing the role of teacher, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was at once a scientific mind and faithful believer; educational innovator and social activist; spiritual guide and master network builder.

My Rebbe is Rabbi Steinsaltz's long-awaited personal testament to the man whose passion and vision transformed Chabad-Lubavitch from a tiny group of Chassidim into an educational and spiritual movement that spans the globe. With the admiration of a close disciple, the astute observation of a scholar and the spiritual depth of a mystic, Steinsaltz crafts an intimate portrait of a revolutionary religious leader whose dedication to intellectual, religious, and spiritual principles impacted generations of followers.

Studies in Tractate Eruvin of the Talmud Bavli - Structure, Language, Redaction, and Halakha (Hardcover): Uri Zur Studies in Tractate Eruvin of the Talmud Bavli - Structure, Language, Redaction, and Halakha (Hardcover)
Uri Zur
R3,286 R2,694 Discovery Miles 26 940 Save R592 (18%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume collects several articles by scholar Uri Zur on various areas in the field of Jewish studies. Topics discussed include different types of structure in Talmudic texts from a literary point of view, the study of the Aramaic language utilized in the Bible and the Talmud from a linguistic and interpretive perspective, the redaction of sugyot in the Talmud Bavli analyzed from a textual point of view, and matters of halakha and halakhic rules. The author also examines contemporary topics such as modern Judaism in Israel and peacemaking efforts grounded in the Pentateuch and Jewish tradition.

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