Literature of the Synagogue is a three-part introduction to the textual heritage of Jewish devotion in the formative stages of its development. Part...
A collection of seven groundbreaking essays on Rabbinic midrash and related texts by a new generation of erudite scholars combining the themes of the...
Steinschneider’s first section is a dictionary of Jewish Arabic authors. This includes a careful study of Jewish names. The Second section is a study...
Blood, among the Jews, possibly because it was held to be symbolic of the soul, was an object of sacred awe. The ancient practice of covenanting by...
The author describes the Chaldee Targums, recommending them to readers such that they can use the Targums to convert Jews who use them as evidence for...
Contained in this volume are the Proceedings of the Midrash session of the SBL's annual conferences in 2008 and 2009. This volume contains eight...
A book about the cultural heritage of the Sephardic Jewish population of Turkey written in the Ladino language. Historical accounts detail the Jewish...
Der Band behandelt in einem transdisziplinären Ansatz verschiedene Aspekte der Zerstörung der Grabeskirche zu Jerusalem am 28. September 1009 auf...
Die Studie untersucht, welche Funktion der Rückgriff auf die messianische Tradition des Judentums bei deutsch-jüdischen Intellektuellen im ersten...
Präsentiert werden die Berliner „jüdischen Salons“ um 1800 anhand neuer Quellen als ebenso lebendiges wie fragiles...