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The Concise Jewish Bible
Author | : Philip Birnbaum |
Publisher | : Walker Large Print |
Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 1991-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780802726445 |
Brief background information accompanies a modern translation of the Old Testament
The Jewish Bible
Author | : Julie Pelc |
Publisher | : Jewish Publication Society |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0827610327 |
This guide to the Jewish Bible explains what the Jewish Bible is, how it developed, its structure and differences between it and Christian Bibles. It also includes short histories of Bible translations and commentaries, a guide to characters and places, plus an introduction to Biblical poetry, storytelling, law and Bible study.
Torah Queeries
Author | : Gregg Drinkwater |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2012-08-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0814769772 |
In the Jewish tradition, reading of the Torah follows a calendar cycle, with a specific portion assigned each week. Following on this ancient tradition, Torah Queeries brings together some of the world's leading rabbis, scholars, and writers to interpret the Torah through a "bent lens." This incredibly rich collection unites the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight-allied writers, including some of the most central figures in contemporary American Judaism. All bring to the table unique methods of reading and interpreting that allow the Torah to speak to modern concerns of sexuality, identity, gender, and LGBT life. Torah Queeries offers cultural critique, social commentary, and a vision of community transformation, all done through biblical interpretation. Written to engage readers, draw them in, and at times provoke them, Torah Queeries charts a future of inclusion and social justice deeply rooted in the Jewish textual tradition. A labor of intellectual rigor, social justice, and personal passions, Torah Queeries is an exciting and important contribution to the project of democratizing Jewish communities, and an essential guide to understanding the intersection of queerness and Jewishness.
A Concise Guide to Torah
Author | : Adin Steinsaltz |
Publisher | : Maggid |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2021-04-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781592645664 |
The foundational text of Judaism, the Five Books of Moses, has been read, studied, and interpreted in every generation. In this unique edition, the world-renowned scholar Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz highlights the bird's-eye perspective on the Torah and how its parts fit together. With a faithful, accessible translation of the entire Torah, A Concise Guide to the Torah: A Study Edition of the Torah enables every person to understand our holiest book and develop original insights. Features: - Topical subdivisions with explanations and summaries - Introductions to the Torah portions (parashot) - Detailed table of contents by story and topic - Images and maps that aid comprehension - Full integration with other Concise Guide volumes The Erez Series is comprised of the Concise Guides to the full gamut of Jewish thought, from the Torah to modern halakha (Jewish law) and Mahshava (Jewish philosophy). The late Rabbi Adin Even Israel Steinsaltz zt"l was one of the leading thinkers of the modern age and the most prolific author of Jewish thought and commentary since the middle ages. The Erez Series distills the essence of 4 of the principal schools of the Jewish tradition Torah, the Sages (Hazal), Halakha, and Mahshava as a tool for review or introduction to the world of Jewish thought.
Jesus' Bible: A Concise History of the Hebrew Scriptures: 2nd Printing, with Minor Revisions
Author | : Christopher Dost |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2019-01-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781793849236 |
Jesus' Bible explores the development of the Hebrew Scriptures from their prehistory all the way to the period of their crystallization in the Middle Ages. Drawing upon Christian, Jewish, and non-confessional scholarship, Christopher Dost demonstrates that the Hebrew Bible underwent radical growth and development over a period of approximately two thousand years, and that the "Bible" of Jesus' day was strikingly different from what believers often assume it to have been.
How to Read the Jewish Bible
Author | : Marc Zvi Brettler |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : |
In his new book, Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler argues that today's contemporary readers can only understand the ancient Hebrew Scripture by knowing more about the culture that produced it. And so Brettler unpacks the literary conventions, ideological assumptions, and historical conditions that inform the biblical text and demonstrates how modern critical scholarship and archaeological discoveries shed light on this fascinating and complex literature. Although the emphasis of How to Read the Jewish Bible is on showing contemporary Jews, as well as Christians, how they can relate to the Bible in a more meaningful way, readers at any level of religious faith can benefit greatly from this comprehensive but remarkably clear guide to interpreting the Jewish Bible.
A Concise History of Ancient Israel
Author | : Bernd U. Schipper |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2020-04-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1646020278 |
The history of biblical Israel, as it is told in the Hebrew Bible, differs substantially from the history of ancient Israel as it can be reconstructed using ancient Near Eastern texts and archaeological evidence. In A Concise History of Ancient Israel, Bernd U. Schipper uses this evidence to present a critical revision of the history of Israel and Judah from the late second millennium BCE to the beginning of the Roman period. Considering archaeological material as well as biblical and extrabiblical texts, Schipper argues that the history of “Israel” in the preexilic period took place mostly in the hinterland of the Levant and should be understood in the context of the Neo-Assyrian expansion. He demonstrates that events in the exilic and postexilic periods also played out differently than they are recounted in the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah. In contrast to previous scholarship, which focused heavily on Israel’s origins and the monarchic period, Schipper’s history gives equal attention to the Persian and early Hellenistic periods, providing confirmation that a wide variety of forms of YHWH religion existed in the Persian period and persisted into the Hellenistic age. Original and innovative, this brief history provides a new outline of the historical development of ancient Israel that will appeal to students, scholars, and lay readers who desire a concise overview.
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
Author | : John J. Collins |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 1076 |
Release | : 2014-08-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1451484364 |
John J. Collins’ Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most reliable and widely adopted critical textbooks at undergraduate and graduate levels alike, and for good reason. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is aimed explicitly at motivated students regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible or faith commitments. Collins proceeds through the canon of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, judiciously presenting the current state of historical, archaeological, and literary understanding of the biblical text, and engaging the student in questions of significance and interpretation for the contemporary world. The second edition has been revised where more recent scholarship indicates it, and is now presented in a refreshing new format.
The Hebrew Bible
Author | : John Barton |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 626 |
Release | : 2021-08-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0691228434 |
This is a general-interest introduction to the Old Testament from many disciplines. There are 23 essays with 23 individual reference lists.