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Bible study in the spirit of modern and open Orthodox Judaism.
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Publisher : Ben Yehuda Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 12,16 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0976986248
Bible study in the spirit of modern and open Orthodox Judaism.
Author : Stephen B Chapman
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 44,94 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Religion
ISBN : 080283745X
In this theological commentary on 1 Samuel, Stephen Chapman probes the tension between religious conviction and political power through the characters of Saul and David. Saul, Chapman argues, embodies civil religion, a form of belief that is ultimately captive to the needs of the state. David, on the other hand, stands for a vital religious faith that can support the state while still maintaining a theocentric freedom. Chapman offers a robustly theological and explicitly Christian reading of 1 Samuel, carefully studying the received Hebrew text to reveal its internal logic. He shows how the book's artful narrative explores the theological challenge presented by the emergence of the monarchy in ancient Israel. Chapman also illuminates the reception of the David tradition, both in the Bible and in later history: even while David as king becomes a potent symbol for state power, his biblical portrait continues to destabilize civil religion.
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Page : 110 pages
File Size : 24,67 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Jewish religious education
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Page : 778 pages
File Size : 41,93 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Authors, American
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Author : Tuly Weisz
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,24 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781957109336
Author : Norman Solomon
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 15,89 MB
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1800857292
An intriguing consideration of the validity of traditional notions of divine revelation and authoritative interpretation in today's world.
Author : Louis Rieser
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Page : 184 pages
File Size : 19,71 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
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The story of Hillel, frozen near-to-death on the snowy roof of the Study Hall, is well-known. In its details, however, the story is impossible. No one could lay under three cubits of snow overnight and live. And Jerusalem never receives three cubits of snow-certainly not on the night of the winter solstice, as recounted in the Babylonian Talmud five centuries after Hillel's birth. Louis Rieser set out to find the real meaning of the legends of Hillel. What is the Talmud trying to teach us about rabbis, about leadership, about important values? This provocative book argues that while the famous legends of Hillel may have nothing to teach about Hillel's actual biography, they have a great deal to teach us about Judaism. "A fresh and engaging reading of the Rabbinic biography. Louis Rieser has reopened the Rabbinic stories and made them interesting again." -Jacob Neusner
Author : Moshe Sokolow
Publisher : Urim Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,97 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789655241761
"Tanakh, An Owner's Manual offers a modern Orthodox approach to the historical and literary frameworks within which the Hebrew Bible should be learned and appreciated. It reflects the author's insights developed over forty years of studying and teaching, and will be of interest to teachers, students, and anyone who wants a deeper understanding of Tanakh"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Joyce Antler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 22,3 MB
Release : 2007-04-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0195147871
Continually revised and reinvented, the Jewish Mother archetype becomes in Antler's expert hands a unique lens with which to examine vital concerns of American Jews and the culture at large.
Author : Peter Machinist
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 38,89 MB
Release : 2020-12-04
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ISBN : 9780884144830
Sixty-six colleagues, friends, and former students of Edward L. Greenstein present essays honoring him upon his retirement. Throughout Greenstein's half-century career he demonstrated expertise in a host of areas astonishing in its breadth and depth, and each of the essays in these two volumes focuses on an area of particular interest to him. Volume 1 includes essays on ancient Near Eastern studies, Biblical Hebrew and Northwest Semitic languages, and biblical law and narrative. Volume 2 includes essays on biblical wisdom and poetry, biblical reception and exegesis, and postmodern readings of the Bible.