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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
Two Models of Biblical Purity: The Science of...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-03-09
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This Handbook provides an examined and nuanced overview of the history and devlopment of Jewish philosophy, from antiquity up to current trends in the field. Editors Paul W. Franks and Yitzhak Y. Melamed have brought together an international team of philosophers and...
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Oxford University Press
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2026-03-03
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Know all about Judaism in one place Judaism All-In-One For Dummies is a comprehensive resource on Jewish beliefs, practices, traditions, and sacred texts. This helpful guide offers a deep understanding of the 4,000-year-old faith that continues to provide meaning to...
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For Dummies
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2026-03-03
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
Two Models of Biblical Purity: The Science of...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-03-02
ePub
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Going Off Script offers a novel explanation of what it means to act lifnim mi-shurat ha-din (within the line of the law). Tracing the development of this phrase within classical rabbinic literature, the book intervenes in longstanding debates over what this phrase...
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Oxford University Press
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2026-02-27
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Most people, when thinking about Jews, consider only two categories: the Ashkenazim of European origin, and the Sephardim (often being lumped together with a vaguely-defined group of Middle Eastern "Mizrahi" Jews). Noticeably few of us are even aware of the history of...
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Oxford University Press
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2026-02-13
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The Book of Jasher, traditionally attributed to Prophet Jasher, is a fascinating and controversial work that expands upon the narratives found in the Hebrew Bible. Often described as a lost or ancient text, it is mentioned in the Old Testament but survives today in...
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Fanela Publishing
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2026-04-16
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Fruit of Her Hands considers how specialized roles for women are reflected in the texts of the Hebrew Bible, with a focus on four--midwives, diviners, weavers, and sex workers. Virnelson investigates the practice of each role in the ancient world and its corresponding...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-11-26
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In this groundbreaking work, Cindy Dawson maps and investigates Woman Zion through texts and time as a premiere example of a body's agency. The personification of the city of Jerusalem in biblical and Early Jewish texts, Woman Zion appears in 30 texts over 800 years,...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-11-04
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An accessible and fascinating exploration of the Torah The Torah For Dummies, 2nd Edition is an easy-to-follow and insightful guide to the first five books of the Hebrew bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. This helpful resource walks you through...
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For Dummies
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2025-10-27
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Darwin in the Jewish Imagination provides an overview of Jewish responses to Darwinian evolution, one of the most transformative and challenging ideas of the industrial age. Spanning a century of intellectual and cultural history, it examines how Jewish...
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OUP Oxford
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2025-10-09
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Defending Judaism: Jewish Writing and Religious Toleration in Early Modern Europe explores the decisive contributions of Jewish writers to the expansion of religious toleration during the period 1600-1789. A key breakthrough for this development was the emergence of...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-09-23
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In his influential Anti-Semite and Jew, French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre observed "If the Jew did not exist, the anti-Semite would invent him."In doing so he articulated the figure of an Antisemite responsible for imagining the Jew in a formulation that has lasted...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-08-15
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What can early Jewish courtroom narratives tell us about the capacity and limits of human justice? By exploring how judges and the act of judging are depicted in these narratives, Trial Stories in Jewish Antiquity: Counternarratives of Justice challenges the prevailing...
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OUP Oxford
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2025-05-15
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In this work, Michael Marmur employs the structure of the Hebrew alphabet to set out elements of an emerging Jewish theology, presenting a case for the urgent relevance of Jewish life at a time of deepening rupture and accelerating change. He presents core...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2025-04-11
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Grounded Spirituality: Aspects of Rabbinic Culture in its Late Antique Context examines a series of themes engaged by rabbinic literature, including the primacy of learning, the fading of universalism, the place of love, a unique rhetoric of charity and good deeds, and...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-04-04
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A new interpretation of historical and contemporary Jewish texts that views diaspora as a positive outcome for Jews and for the world
Jewish people have always wandered. According to their origin story, they wandered from Ur of Chaldees to Canaan, then Egypt, and then...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-04-04
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Unlock the wisdom, guidance, and spiritual insight of the Talmud The Talmud For Dummies introduces you to the Jewish guidebook on life and overall cornerstone text of Judaism, the Talmud. This easy-to-understand book makes the Talmud's 63 volumes approachable, so you...
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For Dummies
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2025-04-01
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Die vorliegende Arbeit nimmt ihren Ausgangspunkt beim Erzählwerk des israelischen Schriftstellers Aharon Appelfeld (1932-2018), in dessen Zentrum die Figur des flüchtenden Überlebenden steht. Entgegen der bisherigen Tendenz, Appelfelds Romane autobiographisch und fast...
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J.B. Metzler
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2025-03-24
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Die Schriften Rahel Levin Varnhagens (1771–1833) sind ästhetisch und thematisch komplex. Sie umfassen kleine Formen, u.a. Aphorismen und Lektürereflexionen, ebenso wie lange Tagebucheinträge und umfangreiche Briefwechsel mit beinahe dreihundert Personen. Auszüge ihrer...
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J.B. Metzler
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2025-03-17
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