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.
Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the most revered religious leaders of the 20th century, and "God in Search of Man "and its companion volume," Man Is Not Alone," two of his most important books, are classics of modern Jewish theology. "God in Search of Man" combines scholarship with lucidity, reverence, and compassion as Dr. Heschel discusses not ...
Country Western singer Kinky Friedman often performs a song entitled "They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore," and New Testament professor Amy-Jill Levine would agree. In fact, her career is dedicated to helping Christians and Jews understand the Jewishness of Jesus, thereby deepening the understanding of him, and facilitating greater ...
In addition to being a novelist (he was awarded the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for his novel THE CAINE MUTINY), Herman Wouk was an observant Jew who attended synagogue and kept a kosher home where Hebrew was spoken. In THIS IS MY GOD, at the suggestion of a rabbi friend, Wouk, the son of Russian immigrants, wrote about his Jewish heritage and its ...
A modern classic of Jewish theology, "Man Is Not Alone "is a profound, beautifully written examination of the ingredients of piety: how man senses God's presence, explores it, accepts it, and builds life upon it. It is a major theological work, which led Reinhold Niebuhr accurately to predict that Heschel would "become a commanding and ...
The Star of Redemption is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding religion and philosophy. Fusing philosophy and theology, the book assigns both Judaism and Christianity distinct but equally important roles in the spiritual structure of the world and finds in both biblical religions approaches to a comprehension of reality. The ...
Kamenetz, a poet and a Jew, was invited to attend and write about a historical meeting between a delegation of American Jews and a group of Tibetan Buddhists that included the Dalai Lama. This interfaith get-together was inspired, in part, by the increasing number of Jews who have become Buddhists as well as the Dalai Lama's perception of Jews as ...
The erudite and bold Harold Bloom once again applies his prodigious learning to religion and texts in this close reading of the biblical writings on two central figures: Yahweh and Jesus. Bloom examines what is known of the historical Jesus of Nazareth, and he analyzes and compares the many representations of Christ in the Gospels. His inventive ...
Thousands of years of Jewish teachings--the Bible and its commentaries, as well as stories, lore, songs, and even jokes--have provided ethical guidance, support, and an identity for "the people of the book." JEWISH WISDOM is an anthology of quotations drawn from the vast scope of Jewish texts, selected by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, who has a knack ...
This first book in a three-volume set by Rabbi Telushkin addresses the vital topic of personal character and integrity. Breathtaking in its scope, this comprehensive presentation of Jewish ethical teaching is a primer on fair speech, gratitude, repentance, humility, and other traits.
One of America's most beloved spiritual teachers discusses how to find strength from loss by sharing the stories of his own personal tragedies as well as the wisdom of ancient stories, great rabbis, poets, and philosophers.
This is an expanded edition of the classic text of Jewish mysticism (Kabala) by the world famous Talmudic scholar that seeks to answer the major questions asked by modern Jews. In this classic text of Jewish mysticism, the world-renowned scholar, Adin Steinsaltz, seeks to answer the major questions asked by modern Jews about the nature of their ...
Jesus the Jewish Theologian establishes Jesus firmly within the context of first-century Judaism and shows how understanding Jesus' Jewishness is crucial for interpreting the New Testament and for understanding the nature of Christian faith.
A classic since its initial publication in 1959, The Zionist Idea is an anthology of writings by the leading thinkers of the Zionist movement, including Theodor Herzl, Ahad Ha-Am, Martin Buber, Louis Brandeis, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Judah Magnes, Max Nordau, Mordecai Kaplan, Vladimir Jabotinsky, Chaim Weizmann, and David Ben-Gurion.
This book, written for religious and nonreligious people alike in clear and accessible language, explores a teaching central to both Jewish and Christian traditions: the teaching that at the end of time God will cause the dead to live again. Although this expectation, known as the resurrection of the dead, is widely understood to have been a part ...
Examines four views of the church's role in the tribulation: partial rapturism, pre-tribulationism, mid-tribulationism, and post-tribulationism, with special emphasis on the debate between pre-tribulationism and post-tribulationism. Bibliography and index included.
Heschel was one of the outstanding Judaic philosophers and theologians of our time, and this is more than just a comprehensive introduction to contemporary Judaism as he attempts to bridge the gap between traditions of Eastern European Jewry and the scholarship of Western civilisation.
For 2,000 years, there has been a large separation between Judaism and Christianity. This has resulted in a lack of miracle power and intimacy with God. The Incomplete Church explores what is missing in both religions and what will happen when the truth c
Exploring the historical and spiritual significance of the Jewish race, this treatment presents the Bible as a unified document in which God has progressively unfolded the plan of salvation.
Religious conformists believe that obeying the established moral order will lead to the salvation of our souls. On the contrary, claims Nilton Bonder, the human spirit is nourished by what society labels immoral. Even the Bible legitimizes the notion that we have a God-given urge to rebel against the status quo in order to evolve, grow and ascend. ...
One of the most noted differences between the Old and New Testaments is God, or at least, what God is. While the Gospels and subsequent text painted God as the Father, the Old Testament's depiction was far more moody. THE GOD OF OLD, from Harvard professor Kugel, here walks readers through the God of the Israelites, breaking down "personality ...
Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue, the first study in any language to provide a complete overview of Buber's thought, remains the definitive guide to the full range of his work and the starting point for all modern Buber scholarship. As well as summarizing Buber's early intellectual development and attitudes - his mysticism, his youthful ...
Hagee guides readers through the Scriptures that explain why Christians need to stand with Israel and the Jews today. In this biblically supported argument, readers encounter a deeply passionate treatise about loving this historic people of God.
Here are the most significant ethical writings of the 12th-century philosopher, physician, and master of rabbinical literature -- translated from the original sources by noted Maimonides scholars.
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