Concise and popularly written, this narrative account covers three thousand years of Jewish history, introducing readers to all of the major political events and individuals who have contributed to the shaping of the Jewish diaspora. Illustrations. Maps.
Brand-new to the "501" Series comes "501 Arabic Verbs", printed in Arabic script with exemplary sentences in English for each verb. To reflect correct Arabic style, "501 Arabic Verbs" has been printed back cover to front and back page to front. 501 Verbs titles present the 501 most common verbs in their language. Verbs are arranged alphabetically ...
Rich with sensual imagery, the poems collected here have been chosen to emphasize the Arabic influence on the Hebrew rabbi-poets of medieval Spain. Work by Jehudah Halevi, Solomon AIbn Gabirol, and Samuel the Nagid is included.
The Jewish poets of medieval Spain combined elements of the dominant Arabic-Islamic culture with Jewish religious and literary traditions to create a rich new Hebrew literature that is as richly entertaining today as it was in the twelfth century. Scheindlin presents the original Hebrew poetry with his own melodic English translations, each ...
Arabic Verbs in alphabetical arrangement fully conjugated in all forms. All verb patterns in actual use represented. Index of verb patterns - provides key to the conjugation of nearly every verb in actual use today.
Originally published in German in 1913, this thorough academic study of the Jewish liturgy ever written is now available to the English speaking community. This analysis covers the entire range of Jewish liturgical development, beginning with the early cornerstones of the Siddur, through the evolution of the piyyutim to the traditional German ...
Judah Halevi (ca 1085-1141), the best-known and most beloved of premodern Hebrew poets, abandoned his home and family in Spain and spent the last year of his life traveling to the Land of Israel, where he hoped to die amid its sacred ruins. The events of his journey and its meaning to him are preserved in recently discovered letters of the age and ...
In 'The Chronicles of the Jewish People, ' Professor Raymond P. Scheindlin, of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, presents a comprehensive and panoramic view of the entire history of the Jews, from the earliest beginnings as immigrants to Canaan from Mesopotamia to the most recent political turmoil in the Middle East.
The Literature of Al-Andalus is an exploration of the culture of Iberia, present-day Spain and Portugal, during the period when it was an Islamic, mostly Arabic-speaking territory, from the eighth to the thirteenth century, and in the centuries following the Christian conquest when Arabic continued to be widely used. The volume embraces many other ...
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