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Judaism Without God? Judaism as Culture and Bible as Literature

The Library of Secular Judaism. 2007. 343 p. Written through Yaakov Malkin, foreign Co-Provost of the overseas Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, this quantity describes Judaism because the tradition of the Jewish humans and explores key ideas within the discourse of Judaism as tradition. it is also a heritage of pluralism in Jewish tradition and versions for Humanistic Jewish schooling.

Rabbi Akiba's Messiah: The Origins of Rabbinic Authority

It isn't effortless to overestimate the importance of the Bar Kokhba rebel. as a result of its long term outcomes, it might be thought of the best tragedy in Jewish heritage. The catastrophe used to be additional compounded by means of the truth that Rabbi Akiba, the daddy of rabbinic Judaism, proclaimed Bar Kokhba, the chief of the uprising, to be God's Anointed, the Messiah.

The Kingly Sanctuary: An Exploration of Some Underlying Principles of Judaism, for a Jewish Student who has Become Disillusioned

After studying the fundamentals of Judaism, Judd Lewis, a graduate pupil in literature, felt he needed to research extra. He dropped out of graduate tuition and enrolled full-time in an Israeli yeshiva. Now 4 years have handed and Judd is disappointed. He confronts his former instructor and mentor, a Syrian Jew an expert in Judaism, with a barrage of questions: Why achieve this many stuff within the Talmud appear to be simply smart arguments?

Une étrange rencontre : Juifs, Grecs et Romains (French Edition)

Remark Jérusalem, Athènes et Rome se sont-elles rencontrées dans cette Antiquité qui a décidé de l. a. tradition européenne ? Pourquoi une fille de juifs tunisiens immigrés en France se met-elle en quête de ses racines en devenant helléniste ? Ces deux questions n'en font qu'une pour Nathalie Cohen qui tisse ici son histoire personnelle dans l'histoire des idées.