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1	When Bad Things Happen to Good People more books like this by Harold S Kushner add to wishlist Written when confronted with the death of his own son, Rabbi Kushner's book looks to solace those people who have been "hurt by life" and who want to achieve and understanding of why they were hurt and how to proceed with living and with loving God. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam more books like this by K Armstrong add to wishlist This erudite and thought-provoking book is an excellent introduction to three major religious faiths--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--and their differing views of God, as well as the way these views have shaped the world. Karen Armstrong's personal history includes time spent as a nun in her homeland of England; this fact makes her comparative ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| first editions \| SVS
3	My grandfather's blessings : stories of strength, refuge and belonging more books like this by Rachel Naomi Remen add to wishlist Dr. Rachel Remen, author of KITCHEN TABLE WISDOM, remembers her grandfather, a Kabbalah scholar, and the bits of wisdom that he would impart to her as a child in the guise of blessings. His touching words reaffirm that there is goodness in the world, if only people have the faith and patience to perceive it and to serve it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know about the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History more books like this by Joseph Telushkin, Rabbi add to wishlist With 348 short chapters covering every essential aspect of Jewish history and life--from the Torah to modern American Jewish culture--this invaluable reference is a comprehensive yet thoroughly accessible resource on the fundamentals of Judaism. see all copies from $6.31! new only from $17.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels more books like this by Thomas Cahill add to wishlist A narrative history of the Jewish people, written by the best-selling author of "How the Irish Saved Civilization". Cahill understands the real significance of the Jews in world history to be not merely as the originators of monotheism, but as the first people to understand the notion of history itself--the first to view time as a linear narrative ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Prophets more books like this by Abraham J Heschel add to wishlist The Prophets is widely recognized as a masterpiece of biblical scholarship. Heschel attempts to understand the thoughts, feelings, and impressions of each of the progphets, presenting the reader with a sense of their very being. He effectively achieves a balance between the objective supernatural and the subjective human situation, and presents a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews: A History more books like this by James Carroll add to wishlist Novelist James Carroll has compiled a sweeping history of anti-semitism in the Christian tradition. Carroll, himself once a priest, describes incidents of both active and passive aggression against the Jewish faithful from the Crusades to the Inquisition to the Holocaust. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001 and Beliefnet.com's Best Book of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Breaking the Jewish Code: Twelve Secrets That Will Transform Your Life, Family, Health, and Finances more books like this by Perry Stone add to wishlist Stone unlocks the amazing secrets to the success of the Jewish people. Their time-honored principles help create wealth, maintain health, raise successful children, and pass on generational blessings. see all copies from $15.83! new only from $15.83! \| SVS
9	The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism more books like this by Karen Armstrong add to wishlist Armstrong gives a tempered analysis of the fundamentalist movements of the major monotheistic religions. Her book not only explores the historical genesis of these movements, but also examines the role that fundamentalism plays in societal transformations. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Sabbath more books like this by Abraham Joshua Heschel, Ilya Schor (Photographer) add to wishlist This reprint of the 1951 classic includes Ilya Schor's original woodcut illustrations. In his brief essay Heschel introduced his idea of an "architecture of holiness" that appears in time, not in space. He states that Judaism is a religion of time, finding meaning not in space and the material things that fill it, but in time and the eternity that ... see all copies from $2.66! new only from $6.46! \| SVS
11 view cover	The works of Josephus more books like this by Flavius Josephus add to wishlist Complete and unabridged, this is the best one-volume edition of the classic translation of Josephus works. Important improvements include: the entire text has been reset in modern, easy-to-read type; numbering corresponding to that used in the Loeb edition has been added to the text; citations and cross-references have been updated from roman ... see all copies from $5.59! new only from $12.09! \| SVS
12 view cover	Overcoming Life's Disappointments more books like this by Harold S Kushner add to wishlist Harold Kushner ("When Bad Things Happen to Good People") offers a new book that shows how to overcome the common difficulties of life by turning usefully to the life of Moses. Rabbi Kushner explains how to weather the disillusionment of dreams unfulfilled, the pain of being fired, and other disappointments in life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	To Be a Jew: A Guide to Jewish Observance in Contemporary Life more books like this by Hayim Halevy Donin, Rabbi add to wishlist This indispensable volume has long been acknowledged as the classic guide to the traditional Jewish laws and customs as they apply to daily life in the contemporary world. The unique treasury of practical information and daily inspiration has long been acknowledged as the classic guide to the ageless heritage of JudaismJewish attitudes, Jewish ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.87! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	God Was in This Place & I, I Did Not Know: Finding Self, Spirituality, and Ultimate Meaning more books like this by Lawrence Kushner, Rabbi add to wishlist This illuminating journey into the nature of God's "self" and one's self opens a window into Jewish spirituality for people of all faiths and backgrounds. God Was in This Place joins Kushner's great classics, The Book of Letters, Honey from the Rock, and The River of Light as the product of a new and dynamic spiritual and literary genius. see all copies from $5.01! new only from $5.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture more books like this by Darrel W Ray add to wishlist Dr Darrel Ray, psychologist and lifelong student of religion, discusses religious infection from the inside out. How does guilt play into religious infection? Why is sexual control so important to so many religions? What causes the anxiety and neuroticism around death and dying? How does religion inject itself into so many areas of life, culture, ... see all copies from $12.28! new only from $12.28!
16 view cover	The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English more books like this by Geza Vermes (Translator) add to wishlist A transcription and commentary on the famous Qumran scrolls, discovered in 1947 and carefully edited and reconstructed over the succeeding 50 years by many of the most distinguished scholars in the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism more books like this by Daniel Chanan Matt add to wishlist Discusses Kabbalah - Judaism's spiritual and mystical tradition including "Ein Sof" (the radical transcendence of God), the "Sefirot" (the ten divine attributes) and the "Shedhinah" (the feminine aspect of God). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family more books like this by Stephen J Dubner add to wishlist A personal account of the author's discovery that his devoutly Catholic parents were in fact Jews, along with the details of his spiritual journey and identity transformation. The result of an overwhelmingly well-received "New York Times Magazine" cover story (1996). A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Guide for the Perplexed more books like this by Moses Maimonides add to wishlist The great medieval sage Moses Maimonides draws on the revelations in Jewish scripture and the rationality of Aristotle's writings as he addresses one of his former students, whose initial forays into philosophy had left him "perplexed" and who needs further guidance. Originally written in Arabic in three books, this treatise consists of a large ... see all copies from $3.88! new only from $7.02! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Jewtopia: The Chosen Book for the Chosen People more books like this by Sam Wolfson, Bryan Fogel add to wishlist You'll kvell. You'll plotz. You'll laugh your head off. Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson, two nice Jewish boys who speak to their mothers an average of 12.6 times a day, deliver the ultimate book of Jewish humour. Filled with full kosher colour photos, quizzes and illustrations, Jewtopia includes: The Official Jewish babysitter Application, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.71! \| first editions
21 view cover	To Life: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking more books like this by Harold S Kushner add to wishlist An exploration into how the Sabbath and holidays are not days of obligation but of opportunity see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Lest innocent blood be shed more books like this by Philip P. Hallie add to wishlist During the terrible years of World War II, when inhumanity and political insanity held most of the world in their grip and the Nazi domination of Europe seemed irrevocable, a miraculous event took place in Le Chambon, a small Protestant town in southern France. There, quietly, peacefully, and in full view of the Vichy government and a nearby ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.53! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Complete Jewish Bible-OE more books like this by David H Stern (Translator) add to wishlist Translated by David H. Stern Focuses on "Jewishness" Names and key terms presented in easy-to-understand transliterated Hebrew enabling readers to pronounce them the way Yeshua (Jesus) did 1,697 pp. see all copies from $14.28! new only from $25.29! \| SVS
24 view cover	Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation more books like this by Aryeh Kaplan, Rabbi add to wishlist The "Sefer Yetzirah" explores the point of infinity, kabbalistic astrology, Ezekiel's vision and the mystery of the 231 gates. The short, long and Saadia versions are included, and there is a digest on the major commentaries. see all copies from $9.99! new only from $14.50! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Power of Kabbalah more books like this by Yehuda Berg add to wishlist Nothing less than a user's manual for the universe in which one lives, this uniquely practical, easily accessible, and insightful book reveals not only what life is about, but also the actions that must be taken right now to create the life one wants and deserves. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.47! \| first editions

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