This volume also explores the specific themes, concepts, and content that are most essential for interpreting these books.

In this arresting memoir about growing up in--and ultimately escaping from--a strict Hasidic community, Feldman reveals what life is like trapped within a religious sect that values silence and suffering over individual freedoms.

A special feature of this book is its many "Debating the Evidence" sections, where the reader becomes familiar with scholarly disputes concerning the interpretation of textual and archaeological evidence on a variety of topics and case ...

Written by the greatest Jewish thinker of the middle ages if not of all time, this title offers a profound and timeless statement of man's relation to himself, to God, and to society.

Amidst this gloom there appeared a brilliant luminary which sent forth rays of light and comfort: this was Moses Maimonides.

Neusner surveys how Judaism took shape as people responded to political and religious crises and describes how Judaism is practiced in American today.

Adapted their Judaism to the pragmatic and ideological demands of the time.

For three thousand years Jerusalem has held a special place in the hearts of Jews and Christians. More than any other site in the Bible, Jerusalem signifies God's judgment and hope.

This book considers the early history of Jewish-Christian relations focussing on the fallen angels.

Beinart's detailed magnum opus focuses on the practicalities of the expulsion and its consequences, both for those expelled and those remaining behind.