Mind, Body & Spirit
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Mind, Body & Spirit
Explores the religious thought of Moses Maimonides (1138-1204), one of the most influential Jews of the last thousand years. While covering many aspects of his religious philosophy, these essays focus on the way Maimonides elucidated and expressed the universalistic thrust of the Jewish tradition. Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843215
- ISBN
- 9781934843215
Condition: New
€ 150.78
€ 150.78
Contains sixteen essays covering fields as disparate as the history of the Jewish vote in the UK, the true story of the British Chief Rabbinate, and the uneasy tenure of Sir Jonathan Sacks in that office. This work also considers the role of the historian in Anglo-Jewish life, and the troubled careers of some of its leaders and scholars. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 375 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843222
- ISBN
- 9781934843222
Condition: New
€ 73.20
€ 73.20
Aims to address the concept of Jewish peoplehood since the initial attempts of early 20th century Jewish intellectuals, Mordechai Kaplan and Salo Baron. This work offers both intellectual and practical frameworks for grappling with the policy outcomes of different understandings of the peoplehood concept. Editor(s): Kopelowitz, Ezra; Revivi, Menachem. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843246
- ISBN
- 9781934843246
Condition: New
€ 83.64
€ 83.64
Paperback. Reviews the history of religious Zionism from both a historical and ideological-theological perspective. The author's basic assumption is that religious Zionism cannot be fully understood solely through a historical description, or even from social, political, and philosophical vantage points. Translator(s): Stein, Batya. Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843260
- ISBN
- 9781934843260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.51
€ 26.99
€ 26.51
Challenges the discrepancy between the way source texts relate to love and the way they are perceived to do so, introducing readers to the significant treatment of love in the Jewish canon. This book draws various manifestations of love, such as love of God, love of wisdom, and love of one's fellow. Translator(s): Sermoneta-Gertel, Shmuel. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJS; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843291
- ISBN
- 9781934843291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra, poet, philosopher, mathematician, was one of the outstanding personalities produced by medieval Jewry. His chief claim to fame, however, is his commentary on the Bible. This work is suitable for students of Scripture at all levels. Translator(s): Strickman, H. Norman. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843314
- ISBN
- 9781934843314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.32€ 101.59
€ 102.32
€ 101.59
The Penitentes are a lay Catholic brotherhood that practised bloody rites of self-flagellation and crucifixion. Marranos claim to be anousim. This book redefines the terms and creates contexts in which these groups are viewed with respect and sympathy without idealising or slandering them. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 520 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HRLP7; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843321
- ISBN
- 9781934843321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 174.02
€ 174.02
Offers creative interpretations of major Jewish texts and as well as original treatments of significant issues in Jewish theology and ethics. The collection also includes philosophical readings of biblical narratives, analyses of topics in the thought of Maimonides, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Rabbi Joseph B Soloveitchik. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843420
- ISBN
- 9781934843420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.53
€ 162.53
Over fifty years after the Holocaust, this title explores interfaith dialogue between the Jewish and Christian communities and attempts to evaluate what goals these communities have reached and where they now stand. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843475
- ISBN
- 9781934843475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.54
€ 138.54
Hardback. Delving into Israel's multifaceted society, this title explores the many ethnic and religious communities that comprise modern Israel and the ways in which they interact and often misunderstand each other. It covers subjects such as Holocaust education, language rights, military service, and the balancing of religious with secular systems of law. Editor(s): Sagi, Avi; Nachtomy, Ohad. Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History. Num Pages: 360 pages, map. BIC Classification: CFB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843499
- ISBN
- 9781934843499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.38
€ 150.38
Paperback. A modern interpretation of the Bible as narrative and law that can reopen the dialogue of contemporary Jews with the Bible, from which a dynamic Jewish culture can continue to draw its inspiration. It helps us to appreciate the broader message of the narrative of creation and settlement of the land in its ecumenical and planetary dimensions. Translator(s): Levin, Leonard. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843512
- ISBN
- 9781934843512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.86
€ 36.99
€ 35.86
Paperback. Helps us grasp the potential for seeing radically fresh messages in this oldest of books, the Bible. This book also helps us to appreciate the broader message of the narrative of creation and settlement of the land in its ecumenical and planetary dimensions. Translator(s): Levin, Leonard. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843529
- ISBN
- 9781934843529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.88
€ 36.99
€ 35.88
Paperback. Surveys the crucial phases of Jewish thought concerning correct conduct as codified in the commandments. This book covers Jewish thinkers from the Bible, rabbis and Hellenistic philosophers through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, including Saadiah, Halevi, Maimonides, Albo and others. Translator(s): Levin, Leonard. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843536
- ISBN
- 9781934843536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.78
€ 31.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Classical Judaism imagined the people Israel's situation in three aspects to be unique among the nations of the earth. This work shows that in its generative theology Rabbinic Judaism in its formative age invoked the perpetual presence of God overseeing all that Israelites said and did. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843543
- ISBN
- 9781934843543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.47
€ 34.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Intends to challenge the discrepancy between the way source texts relate to love and the way they are perceived to do so, introducing readers to the extensive, profound, and significant treatment of love in the Jewish canon. This book deals with love, not its repression. Translator(s): Sermoneta-Gertel, Shmuel. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843550
- ISBN
- 9781934843550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.69
€ 31.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Looks at one of the most intriguing shifts in modern Jewish thought: from a metaphysical and theological stand-point toward a new manner of philosophising based primarily on practice. This title includes an examination of Isaiah Leibowitz, whose thoughts encapsulate more than any other Jewish thinker this stance of religion without metaphysics. Translator(s): Stein, Batya. Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843567
- ISBN
- 9781934843567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.18
€ 36.99
€ 36.18
Presents an introduction and analysis of the situation of Jewish philosophy. This title charts Jewish philosophy's engagement with modernity and post-modernity along two overlapping axes; underlying issues and significant twentieth century Jewish philosophers. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843673
- ISBN
- 9781934843673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.19
€ 162.19
Reviewing British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' early writings and pronouncements on the theme of inclusivism, this title demonstrates how, repeatedly, the Chief Rabbi said 'irreconcilable things to different audiences' and how, in the process, he induced his kingmaker and foremost patron to declare of Anglo-Jewry. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 6 x 22. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843901
- ISBN
- 9781934843901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.32€ 101.92
€ 102.32
€ 101.92
Tackles the following questions - What is Halakhah, and what role has it played in the creative survival of the Jewish people for two millennia? And what sort of polity and religious culture can be recommended to replace the Halakhic tradition in an era of freedom, democracy, scientific research and religious pluralism? Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843925
- ISBN
- 9781934843925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.74
€ 103.74
Concealed for two centuries and known only to a select individual in each generation, the "Scroll of Secrets" is the hidden Messianic vision of R Nachman of Bratslav. This book initiates a discussion of an intriguing Hasidism that excites scholars and broad circles within the Jewish and Israeli publics. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 320 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843932
- ISBN
- 9781934843932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.08
€ 103.08