Jews and Latinos have been unlikely partners through tumultuous times. This groundbreaking, eclectic book of readings, edited by Ilan Stavans, whom "The Washington Post "described as "one of our forem...
The images of Zionist pioneers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--hard working, brawny, and living off the land--sprang from the ascendent socialist Zionist movement in Palestine kn...
The change in the "type of religion" in ancient Israel from the time of Exile to the post-exilic period, which was paralleled by and connected with the creation of a canon, has been the subject of var...
Ziony Zevit draws on textual readings, archaeological and historical data, and epigraphy to explore the Israelite religions during the Iron Age (1200-586 BCE). Synthesizing the evidence within the str...
A Portable God shows that both Judaism and Christianity emerge from the same religious tradition--that of ancient Israel--at the same time. By telling the common story of Jewish and Christian origins,...
From the Preface: " Those who undertake to write histories, do not, I perceive, take thattrouble on one and the same account, but for many reasons, and those such as are very different one from anot...
"The Israelites" is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the people of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah up to the razing and renaming of Jerusalem and the virtual destruction of Palestine by Ha...
"Zionism and the State of Israel" examines the use of the Bible as a legitimization for the implementation of the ideological and political program of Zionism and its consequences. It includes discuss...
Volume Four collects the legends of kings -- Saul, David, and Solomon -- and the legends of prophets -- Samuel, Elijah, Elisha, Jeremiah, and Daniel. Their lives encompassed the rise of Israel to the ...
Founded in Germany in 1912, Agudat Israel was the first comprehensive, international political movement among Orthodox Jews. This study examines the forces that led to its formation, setting its histo...
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