Author : William John Ferrar
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 42,68 MB
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1666734799
The object of this Introduction is to provide a short account not only of the books in the Church Apocrypha, but of the other Jewish writings from 200 B.C. to A.D. 100, which should be now occupying the attention of those interested in the New Testament. For without some knowledge of the contemporary literature of the period, we lose the chief key to the understanding of the world to which Christ came, and the atmosphere in which the Church was born. - From the Preface
Author : Alfred J. Kolatch
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 23,1 MB
Release : 2003-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0142196193
Why do Jews eat gefilte fish? Why is a glass broken at the end of a Jewish wedding ceremony? Why must the chapter of curses in the Torah be read quickly in a low voice? Why are shrimp and lobster not kosher? Why do Jews fast on Yom Kippur? Why are some Matzot square while others are round? If you've ever asked or been asked any of these questions, The Jewish Book of Why has all the answers. In this complete, concise, fascinating, and thoroughly informative guide to Jewish life and tradition, Rabbi Alfred J. Kolatch clearly explains both the significance and the origin of nearly every symbol, custom, and practice known to Jewish culture-from Afikomon to Yarmulkes, and from Passover to Purim. Kolatch also dispels many of the prevalent misconceptions and misunderstandings that surround Jewish observance and provides a full and unfettered look at the biblical, historical, and sometimes superstitious reasons and rituals that helped develop Jewish law and custom and make Judaism not just a religion, but a way of life. L'chaim!
Author : Scott Mandelbrote
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 26,46 MB
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004318151
Jewish Books and their Readers discusses the transformative effect of the circulation and readership of sacred and secular texts written by Jews on Christian as well as Jewish readers in early modern Europe. Its twelve essays challenge traditional paradigms of Christian Hebraism and undermine simplistic visions of the unchanging nature of Jewish cultural life.They ask what constituted a ‘Jewish’ book: how it was presented, disseminated, and understood within both Jewish and Christian environments (and how its meanings were contested), and what effect such understanding had on contemporary views of Jews and their intellectual heritage. They demonstrate how the involvement of Christians in the production and dissemination of Jewish books played a role in the shaping of the intellectual life of Jews and Christians. Contributors are: Michela Andreatta, Andrew Berns, Theodor Dunkelgrün, Federica Francesconi, Anthony Grafton Alessandro Guetta, William Horbury, Yosef Kaplan, Scott Mandelbrote, Piet van Boxel, Joanna Weinberg Benjamin Williams.
Author : Ruth S. Frank
Publisher : Harpercollins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 19,43 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Jews
ISBN : 9780060630096
Provides an annotated list of children's books, prayer books, Jewish literature, and books about Israel, zionism, the arts, and Jewish history, life, and traditions
Author : Avner Shamir
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 24,34 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 8763507722
Explores how Christians understood the meaning and significance of Jewish books at the beginning of the sixteenth century. This book tells the story of the so-called Pfefferkorn affair, the attempt to confiscate and burn all Jewish post-biblical literature in the Holy Roman Empire in the years 1509-10.
Author : Christopher D. Stanley
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 19,2 MB
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451405197
In this work, Christopher D. Stanley provides a Hebrew Bible textbook which approaches the Bible through the categories of comparative religion. It carefully distinguishes the religion of ancient Israel from the religion represented in the Bible.
Author : Barbara E. Mann
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 17,62 MB
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0300234112
A history of modern Jewish literature that explores our enduring attachment to the book as an object With the rise of digital media, the "death of the book” has been widely discussed. But the physical object of the book persists. Here, through the lens of materiality and objects, Barbara E. Mann tells a history of modern Jewish literature, from novels and poetry to graphic novels and artists’ books. Bringing contemporary work on secularism and design in conversation with literary history, she offers a new and distinctive frame for understanding how literary genres emerge. The long twentieth century, a period of tremendous physical upheaval and geographic movement, witnessed the production of a multilingual canon of writing by Jewish authors. Literature’s objecthood is felt not only in the physical qualities of books—bindings, covers, typography, illustrations—but also through the ways in which materiality itself became a practical foundation for literary expression.
Author : Isidore Singer
Publisher :
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 48,35 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Jews
ISBN :
Author : Nicholas de Lange
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,5 MB
Release : 2000-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780521466240
This book is intended for students of religion and others who seek an introduction to Judaism.
Author : Silver
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0827611218
Linda Silver selected the titles that "represent the best in writing, illustration, reader appeal, and authentically Jewish content--in picture books, fiction and non-fiction, for readers ranging from early childhood through the high school years."--P. [4] of cover.
