Contemporary American Judaism : transformation and renewal by Kaplan, Dana Evan

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Odysseys of Plates and Palates by S. Magliveras, Simeon

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The turn of the soul : representations of religious conversion in Early Modern art and literature

Table of Contents: “…La confession catholique du Sieur de Sancy: the swan song of the zealous protestants -- The conversion of Christian II of Denmark in Roman Catholic diplomatic literature, 1530-1532 -- 'Thy very essence is mutability': religious conversion in Early Modern English drama, 1558-1642 -- Turning Persia: the prospect of conversion in Safavid Iran -- Narrating conversion and subjecthood in the Venetian-Ottoman borderlands -- 'Most necessarily to be knowne': the conversion narratives of Samuel Smith -- Converting England: mysticism, nationalism, and symbolism in the poetry of John Donne -- Conversion in James Shirley's St Patrick for Ireland (1640) -- Salutary reading: conversion and Calvinist humanism in Constantijn Huygens' Ooghentroost -- Between conversion and apostasy: Moriens's struggle and the fate of the soul -- The sermons of a rabbi converted to Christianity: between synagogue and church -- Parabolic analogy and spiritual discernment in Jéronimo Nadal's Adnotationes et meditationes in Evangelia of 1595 -- Sight and insight: Paul as a model of conversion in rhetoricians drama -- Rhetorics of the pulpit.…”
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Community, identity and the state : comparing Africa, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East

Table of Contents: “…Oil and Tribal Politics : Changing the Guard in Abu Dhabi / Uzi Rabbi -- 12. The Iraqi Kurds : Hour of Power? / Ofra Bengio.…”
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Eugene B. Borowitz : rethinking God and ethics

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Digital Judaism : Jewish negotiations with digital media and culture

Table of Contents: “…7 Communicating Identity through Religious Internet Memes on the "Tweeting Orthodoxies" Facebook Page8 Legitimation of New Media and Community Building among Jewish Denominations in the US; 9 On Pomegranates and Etrogs: Internet Filters as Practices of Media Ambivalence among National Religious Jews in Israel; 10 Pashkevilim in Campaigns against New Media: What Can Pashkevilim Accomplish That Newspapers Cannot?; 11 The Israeli Rabbi and the Internet; Contributors; Index.…”
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Judaism's Great Debates : Timeless Controversies from Abraham to Herzl. by Schwartz, Barry L.

Table of Contents: “…Spinoza and the Amsterdam Rabbis:The Debate over Boundaries; 9. Geiger and Hirsch and Frankel: TheDebate over Evolution in Religion; 10. …”
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Hermann Cohen's Ethics

Table of Contents: “…Ethics of Maimondides: Residues of Jewish Philosophy -- Traumatized13; -- The Ties Between Walter Benjamin and Hermann Cohen: A Generally Neglected Chapter in the History of the Impact of Cohen's Philosophy13; -- In the Name of a Narrative Education: Hermann Cohen and Historicism Reconsidered13; -- Hermann Cohen and Leo Strauss13; -- Hermann Cohen and Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik on Repentance13.…”
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Journeying by Magris, Claudio

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; In Don Quixote's Footsteps; Marionettes in Madrid; The Bibliophage; At the ""Mentitoio; A Father, a Son; Spoon River in Cantabria; Don Serafin's First Flight; In London, at School; The Fortunate Isles; The Prussian Road to Peace; The Old Prussia Puts On a Show; The Wall; On Lotte's Tomb; In Freiburg the Day of German Unity Is Remote; The Dying Forest; Ludwig's Castles in the Air; Among the Sorbs of Lusatia; The Anonymous Viennese; Schoenberg's Table; The Rabbi's Dance; Musical Automatons in Zagreb; Istrian Spring.…”
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Family matters = Girsa deyankuta

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Law and religion in public life : the contemporary debate

Table of Contents: “…: private property, climate change and christian sacrifice / Paul Babie -- Jewish law in a modern Australian context / Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence -- Does Australia need a mufti? …”
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Transforming Identity : the Ritual Transition from Gentile to Jew - Structure and Meaning. by Sagi, Avi

Table of Contents: “…7 The canonical formulation of the ritual of giyyur8 The Yevamot paradigm in mediaeval halakhah; 9 The ritual of giyyur: aspects of the Demai Paradigm in mediaeval halakhah; 10 The two paradigms of giyyur -- from the Arba''ah Turim to the Shulhan Arukh; 11 The hermeneutical controversy regarding Rabbi Caro''s position -- and its significance; Part III: The polyphonic meaning of acceptance of the commandments in halakhic literature; Introduction; 12 Acceptance of the commandments as an objective act; 13 Acceptance of the commandments as subjective intent; 14 Ex post facto annulment of giyyur.…”
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Digging through history : archaeology and religion from Atlantis to the Holocaust by Freund, Richard A.

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The logic of incest : a structuralist analysis of Hebrew mythology by Kunin, Seth D. (Seth Daniel), 1961-

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Emil L. Fackenheim : philosopher, theologian, Jew

Table of Contents: “…Yaffe -- Leo Strauss's challenge to Emil Fackenheim : Heidegger, radical historicism, and diabolical evil / Kenneth Hart Green -- Fackenheim's Hegelian return to contingency / Sharon Portnoff -- Judaism and the tragic vision : Emil Fackenheim and the problem of dirty hands / Sam Ajzenstat -- A time for Emil Fackenheim, a time for Baruch Spinoza / Heidi Morrison Ravven -- Rabbi Fackenheim and philosophical encounter with Elijah's wager / James A. …”
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Three early modern Hebrew scholars on the mysteries of song by Harrán, Don

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Fashioning Jews : clothing, culture an commerce

Table of Contents: “…Reflections on Jewish Costume in the Roman World -- From Iconic O to Yellow Hat: Anti-Jewish Distinctive Signs in Renaissance Italy -- How Should a Rabbi Be Dressed? The Question of Rabbinical Attire in Italy from Renaissance to Emancipation (Sixteenthâ€?…”
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The Sabbatean prophets by Goldish, Matt

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Fashioning Jews : clothing, culture an commerce

Table of Contents: “…Reflections on Jewish Costume in the Roman World -- From Iconic O to Yellow Hat: Anti-Jewish Distinctive Signs in Renaissance Italy -- How Should a Rabbi Be Dressed? The Question of Rabbinical Attire in Italy from Renaissance to Emancipation (Sixteenthâ€?…”
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Without any doubt : studies in Gersonides' methods of inquiry by Klein-Braslavy, Sara

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The pursuit of the ideal : Jewish writings of Steven Schwarzschild by Schwarzschild, Steven S.

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The Jewish Jesus : revelation, reflection, reclamation

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The Jewish Jesus : revelation, reflection, reclamation

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Torah through time : understanding Bible commentary from the rabbinic period to modern times by Cherry, Shai

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Statesmen, scoundrels, and eccentrics : a gallery of amazing Arkansans by Dillard, Tom W.

Table of Contents: “…Cephas Washburn -- Bishop Edward Fitzgerald -- Rev. Hay Watson Smith -- Rabbi Ira E. Sanders -- Caroline Dye -- Lessie Stringfellow -- Bernie Babcock -- Harold M. …”
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Sisters at Sinai : new tales of biblical women by Hammer, Jill

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Social housing in the Middle East : architecture, urban development, and transnational modernity

Table of Contents: “…Constructed Marginality: Women, Public Housing, and National Identity in Kuwait; Part III: Design and Construction: Transnational Systems and Localized Practices; 9. Rabbis, Architects, and the Design of Ultra-Orthodox City-Settlements; 10. …”
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Studies in modern religions and religious movements and the Babi-Baha'i faiths

Table of Contents: “…New religions and religious movements--the common heritage / Moshe Sharon -- On prophecy and early Hasidism / Moshe idel -- Rabbi Kook and his sources : from Kabbalistic historiosophy to national mysticism / Yoni Garb -- Millennialist dreams and apocalyptic nightmares / Moojan Momen -- Millenarianism and nineteenth-century new religions : the Mormon example / Grant Underwood -- Critique of pure gematry / Meir Buzaglo -- The eschatology of globalization : the multiple-messiahship of Bahāʼuʼllāh revisited / Christopher Buck -- The Bābī-state conflict in Māzandarān : background, analysis and review of sources / Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam -- The Azālī-Bahāʼī Faith crisis of September 1867 / Juan R.I. …”
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Faith and fertility : attitudes towards reproductive practices in different religions from ancient to modern times

Table of Contents: “…Aderibigbe -- Give me children or else I am dead : Orthodox Jewish perspectives on fertility / Rabbi Gideon Weitzman -- Faith and fertility in reform Jewish thought / Mark Washofsky.…”
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Jerusalem journal : finding hope by Traer, Robert

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Annual of Rabbinic Judaism, The, Volume 3 : Ancient, Medieval, and Modern.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- THE STATE OF THE FIELD -- The Relevance of Myth for Understanding Ritual in Ancient Judaism -- ANCIENT JUDAISM -- The Babylonian Talmud's Treatment of Levirate Marriage -- The Religious Meaning of Bodily Excretions in Rabbinic Judaism: The Halakhah on Leviticus Chapter Fifteen: Zabim and Niddah -- MEDIEVAL AND MODERN JUDAISM -- Jews, Converses, and Native Americans: The Iberian Experience -- "Secular Studies are the Supplement of Torah Studies:" Kol Ben Levi -- The Homilies of Rabbi Yehiel Mechel Halevi Epstein -- The First Sermon -- JUDAISM AND ZIONISM -- Zionism and Religion: The Transformation of an Idea -- The Revolutionary Consciousness of the Religious Zionist Movement since 1902 -- REVIEWS -- DONALD HARMAN AKENSON, Surpassing Wonder. …”
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Creating choice : a community responds to the need for abortion and birth control, 1961-1973 by Cline, David P., 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Johnson -- Reverend Franklin A. Dorman -- Rabbi Yechaiel Lander -- Elaine Fraser -- Ruth Fessenden -- Part IV: The Feminists: Feminist Lay Abortion Counselors -- Amherst Women's Liberation's Abortion and Birth Control Group -- Springfield Women's Heath Counseling -- Part V: The Connectors: Uniting Medical Care, Activism and Feminism -- Merry Boone -- Ellen Story -- Leslie Tarr Laurie.…”
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A Companion to late ancient Jews and Judaism : third century BCE to 7th century CE

Table of Contents: “…. / Jonathan Klawans -- Rabbis and the Poor in Palestinian Amoraic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud / Alyssa M. …”
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Living Jewishly : a snapshot of a generation

Table of Contents: “…A FAITHFUL DECISION -- FOOD FIGHTS -- TO BE A JEW IN THE WORLD -- WHY THE HECK I BECAME A RABBI -- VOLITION -- SURVIVING MIKVAH 101 -- INGESTING JUDAISM -- MY GRANDFATHERâ€?…”
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The cross and other Jewish stories by Shapiro, Lamed, 1878-1948

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New horizons in Sephardic studies

Table of Contents: “…Literature as a Source for the History of Libyan Jewry During the Ottoman Period -- A ""Maskil"" in Aleppo: ""The Torah of Israel and the People of Israel"" by Rabbi Yitzhak Dayyan (Aleppo, 5683/1923) -- The Periodization of the History of the New Christians and Crypto, Jews in Spanish America -- Cryptojews in Rio de la Plata in the Seventeenth Century -- PART TWO: Language and Literature -- Introduction -- Camilo Castelo Branco and the Portuguese Inquisition -- The Inquisition and the Jewin Lat in American Drama -- The Inquisition and the Jew in Latin American Drama.…”
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Jews and other foreigners : Manchester and the rescue of the victims of European Fascism, 1933?40. by Williams, Bill

Table of Contents: “…Not because they are Jews': the Catholic Church in Salford and refugees; 11. 'Inspired idealism': Rabbi Dr Solomon Schonfeld and Manchester; 12. The Harris House girls: girls from the Kinder transport in Southport,1938-1940; 13. …”
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To make the earth whole : the art of citizen diplomacy in an age of religious militancy by Gopin, Marc

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To Carl Schmitt : letters and reflections by Taubes, Jacob

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Modern Jewish Scholarship in Hungary The 'Science of Judaism' between East and West

Table of Contents: “…An Interview with Chief Rabbi József Schweitzer.…”
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