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Cambridge University Press Judaism and the Doctrine of Creation
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Cambridge University Press Judaism and Modernization on the Religious Kibbutz
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Cambridge University Press Religion and the Individual
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Cambridge University Press Structure and Form in the Babylonian Talmud
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Cambridge University Press Tolerance and Intolerance in Early Judaism and Christianity
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Cambridge University Press Natural Law in Judaism
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Cambridge University Press Seven Jewish Cultures
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Cambridge University Press The Midrashic Process
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Cambridge University Press Revelation and the God of Israel
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Cambridge University Press Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle Ages
Book SynopsisThis illustrated 2002 introduction to Hebrew manuscript culture encompasses all aspects of Hebrew manuscripts - textual, codicological and palaeographical - combining different disciplines to give an all-embracing view of the subject. A description of the history of texts in Hebrew reveals the range and variety of texts - many of which have never been printed.Trade Review'From the mundane to the sublime - there is something for everyone … in these well-illustrated pages … an elegantly produced and superb introduction to the study of Hebrew manuscripts, their scribes, and their contents that will enlighten students and scholars alike … a book written by a master of the material with a sensitive eye and a sharp reed … a tribute to the book making craft and Cambridge University Press should be praised for its aesthetic production.' The Jewish Studies Newsletter'Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle Ages covers all aspects of the subject.' Geoffrey Khan, The Times Literary Supplement'Any medievalist will find it well worth reading … If widely read in medieval studies circles, this book will contribute to a lessening of the marginality of Jews to the study of medieval culture as a whole.' Ira Robinson, Bryn Mawr Review'Sirat's work is clear and direct, combining a fresh, approachable body-text with full scholarly footnotes … an elegant, eloquent key text in this as yet under-explored field.' Jewish Culture and History'Thanks to Sirat's profound erudition and rich experience in dealing with Hebrew manuscripts, her new book offers a treasury of information … this comprehensive introduction and useful manual is highly recommended.' European Association for Jewish Studies'… an authoritative introduction … we are constantly reminded throughout this book of the many common characteristics shared by Hebrew book production and those of the surrounding culture, be this Muslim or Christian European. This book therefore has an application wider than an introduction to only Hebrew manuscripts. The book is beautifully produced … We congratulate Cambridge University Press on this handsome book. CUP has justly acquired a fine reputation for Hebrew bibliographical studies, being the publisher of the prestige series University of Cambridge Oriental Publications …'. Novum Testamentum'C. Sirat's Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle Ages is a long-awaited English introduction to the study of Medieval manuscripts in Hebrew script … a mature and thoroughly researched account of the unique cultural and intellectual enterprise of manuscript making, illustrated by highly relevant and striking examples of individual books and scribes from different periods and parts of the Medieval world … Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle Ages is an important, full and fascinating introduction to the study of Hebrew book-making in the Middle Ages, and it can be recommended to students, scholars and all those interested in Hebrew manuscripts, as well as in Jewish literature and intellectual history in general.' Journal of Jewish StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Texts: 1. Before the Middle Ages; 2. The Middle Ages; Part II. Books: 3. Codicology; 4. Writing: calligraphic and personal subjects; 5. The scribe; Appendix. Abbreviations, acrostics and the meaning of the Hebrew letters; Part III. The History of Books and Texts: 6. The life and death of manuscripts; 7. Libraries; 8. Questions of method: codicology and palaeography; 9. Texts, copies and text-editions; 10. Judgement on readings and the edition of texts; Part IV. Some Manuscripts: 11. Ten manuscripts: pictures and detailed descriptions.
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Cambridge University Press The Targums and Rabbinic Literature
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the Bible
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Cambridge University Press After Tragedy and Triumph
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Cambridge University Press Elements of Ancient Jewish Nationalism
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Cambridge University Press The Legend of the Septuagint
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Cambridge University Press Yiddish
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Cambridge University Press Heavenly Realms and Earthly Realities in Late Antique Religions
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Cambridge University Press A Genealogy of Evil
Book SynopsisBased on extensive scrutiny of primary sources from Nazi and Jihadist ideologues, David Patterson argues that Jihadist anti-Semitism stems from Nazi ideology. This book challenges the idea that Jihadist anti-Semitism has medieval roots, identifying its distinctively modern characteristics and tracing interconnections that link the Nazis to the Muslim Brotherhood to the PLO, Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, the Sudan, the Iranian Islamic Republic, and other groups with an anti-Semitic worldview. Based on his close reading of numerous Jihadist texts, Patterson critiques their antisemitic teachings and affirms the importance of Jewish teaching, concluding that humanity needs the very Jewish teaching and testimony that the Jihadists advocate destroying.Trade Review'In A Genealogy of Evil, David Patterson examines the texts of key contributors to the twentieth-century Islamist tradition, including Abdul Al'a Maududi, Haj Amin al-Husseini, Hassan al-Banna, and Sayyid Qutb, as well their successors in recent decades, and probes the influence, confluence, and parallels between their views and National Socialism. He offers readers an effective synthesis of the growing historical and social science writing about Islamism while adding a distinctive interpretation rooted in his understanding of theology. His discussions of martyrdom and attitudes toward death provide important conceptual clarification about similarities as well as differences between Nazism and Islamic Jihadism. Much research remains to be done on these issues. Patterson's work should serve as an important source in present and future debates and discussions.' Jeffrey Herf, University of Maryland, College Park'Patterson's extensive inquiry into the origins and spread of Islamic jihad ought to be wide[ly] read … [He] ought to be congratulated for his thorough research and well-written narrative.' The Jerusalem PostTable of ContentsIntroduction: the essence of the Jihadist evil; 1. Nazi ideology and Jihadist echoes; 2. Modern Jihadist ideological foundations; 3. The Nazi seed in Islamic soil; 4. The evil spreads: the Muslim Brotherhood; 5. Jihadist brothers: the Sudanese National Islamic Front, Islamic Jihad, and Hamas; 6. 'Religious' offshoots: the Islamic revolution, Hezbollah, and Al-Qaeda; 7. 'Secular' offshoots: the Baath Party and the PLO; 8. Concluding thoughts: humanity's need for Israel.
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Cambridge University Press The Jew in the Medieval Book English Antisemitisms 1350 1500 60 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 60
Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary study explores images of Jews and Judaism in late medieval English literature and culture. Using four main categories - history, miracle, cult and Passion - Anthony Bale demonstrates how varied and changing ideas of Judaism coexisted within well-known anti-semitic literary and visual models, depending on context, authorship and audience. He examines the ways in which English writers, artists and readers used and abused the Jewish image in the period following the Jews' expulsion from England in 1290. The texts are analysed in their manuscript and print contexts in order to show local responses and changing meanings. This important work opens up fresh texts, sources and approaches for understanding medieval anti-semitism and shows how anti-semitic stereotypes came to be such potent images which would endure far beyond the Middle Ages.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: '… a tremendous book … meticulously researched and lucidly composed …' Studies in the Age of ChaucerReview of the hardback: '… outstanding … nuanced and historically grounded … [offering] a contextualized and scholarly approach to the subject.' The Times Literary SupplementReview of the hardback: '… an important contribution …' Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryReview of the hardback: '… wide-ranging … subtle … valuable.' The Year's Work in English StudiesReview of the hardback: 'Bale ably combines capacious palaeographical study, insightful multidisciplinary readings, and fully documented and beautifully written prose. … This book is an important critical resource and will find a place on bookshelves now and for years to come. Even more, Bale's The Jew in the Medieval Book is a pleasure to read.' Medium AevumReview of the hardback: 'The Jew in the Medieval Book is an outstanding contribution … Bale is fluent in the latest theoretical innovations and very much engaged with confronting the ugly role that antisemitism continues to play on the world stage. What is so impressive about this volume is the way that Bale manages to weave this theoretical sophistication together with his smart and learned understandings of these medieval objects … This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in medieval representations of Jews, but its deep engagement with history and with manuscript culture should make this book important to many other scholars as well … I strongly recommend it to anyone with interests in medieval spirituality, manuscript studies, and questions of gender and sexuality.' SpeculumReview of the hardback: 'Bale's research, detailing the representation of the Jew in the words and images of medieval manuscripts, simultaneously marks a particularly necessary intervention into, and departure from the established conversation about the Jew in medieval England. … This book is an important critical resource and will find a place on bookshelves now and for years to come. Even more, Bale's The Jew in the Medieval Book is a pleasure to read …' Miriamne Ara Krummel, University of DaytonReview of the hardback: '… offers new and insightful analyses of the Jew in the medieval book …' Anglia Newspaper for English PhilologyTable of ContentsList of illustrations; Acknowledgement; Conventions; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. History: time, nationhood and the Jew of Tewkesbury; 3. Miracle: shifting definitions in 'The miracle of the boy singer'; 4. Cult: the resurrections of Robert of Bury; 5. Passion: the Arma Christi in medieval culture; Appendix 1: Versions of 'The miracle of the boy singer'; Appendix 2: John Lydgate, 'Praier to St Robert'; Appendix 3: Vernacular English Arma Christi image-text rolls and codices; Appendix 4: Verses on the Arma Christi; Notes; Bibliographies; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Genizah Collections Their Contents and Significance 1 Cambridge University Library Genizah Series Series Number 1
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Cambridge University Press The Polemics of Exile in Jeremiah 2645
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Cambridge University Press The Visual Culture of Chabad
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Cambridge University Press Plato and the Talmud
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Cambridge University Press Scripture and Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Cambridge University Press American Jewry
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of Judaism
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of Judaism
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Cambridge University Press The Talmudic Argument
Book SynopsisThis book, the only one in English that can serve as a textbook for beginners and more advanced students of the Babylonian Talmud, examines in detail a number of typical lengthy passages with a view to showing how Talmudic reasoning operates and how the Talmud was compiled by its final editors.Table of Contents1. The Talmudic argument; 2. The literary form of the Babylonian Talmud; 3. Berērah: retrospective specification; 4. Yeush she-lo mi-da`at: unconscious abandonment of property; 5. Rubba: probability; 6. Davar she-lo ba le-'olam: conveyance of a thing not yet in existence; 7. Kol she-eyno be-zeh ahar zeh afilu be-vat ahat eyno: whatever cannot be established in a consecutive sequence cannot be established even in a simultaneous sequence; 8. Yesh horesh telem ehad: a single act of ploughing can result in a number of penalties; 9. Simanin de-oraita o de-rabbanan: whether reliance on distinguishing marks for the purpose of identification is Biblical or Rabbinic; 10. Devarim she-be-lev e nam devarim: mental reservations in contracts are disregarded; 11. Hazakah: presumptive state; 12. Gadol kevod ha-beriot: the law and regard for human dignity; 13. Hazmanah milts: whether the designation of an object for a particular use is effective; 14. Mitzvat laseh she-ha-zeman geramah: positive precepts dependent on time from which women are exempt; 15. Heyzek she-eyno nikar: indiscernible damage to property; 16. Kinyan hatzer: acquisition by means of a domain; 17. Palginan be-dibbura: admission of part of a testimony even though another part of the same testimony is rejected; 18. Tadir u-mekuddash: which takes precedence: the more constant or the more sacred?; 19. Palga nizka: the nature of the payment of half-damages to which the owner of a goring ox is liable; 20. Patur mi-diney adam ve-hayyav be-diney shamayim: cases where there is liability in the eyes of God even though the human courts cannot enforce payment; 21. Mahal 'al kevodo kevodo mahul: renunciation of honour by one to whom it is due; 22. Conclusions.
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Cambridge University Press Early Rabbinic Writings 3 Cambridge Commentaries on Writings of the Jewish and Christian World Series Number 3
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the Bible
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Cambridge University Press Vanquished Nation Broken Spirit
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Cambridge University Press Judaisms and their Messiahs
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Cambridge University Press Judaism and its Social Metaphors
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Cambridge University Press The Three Crowns
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Cambridge University Press Seven Jewish Cultures
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Cambridge University Press After Tragedy and Triumph Essays in Modern Jewish Thought and the American Experience
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Cambridge University Press Uniting the Dual Torah
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Cambridge University Press Ethnicity Religion and Class in Israeli Society
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Cambridge University Press Structure and Form in the Babylonian Talmud
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Cambridge University Press Judaism and Modernization on the Religious Kibbutz
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Cambridge University Press The Election of Israel
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Cambridge University Press Jewish Inscriptions of GraecoRoman Egypt
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Cambridge University Press Evil Suffering Jewish Philosophy 6 Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions Series Number 6
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Cambridge University Press Judaism and the Doctrine of Creation
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Cambridge University Press The Midrashic Process
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Cambridge University Press Judaism and Hebrew Prayer New Perspectives on Jewish Liturgical History
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Cambridge University Press Organ Donation and the Divine Lien in Talmudic Law
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Cambridge University Press Holocaust Drama The Theater of Atrocity Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre
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