Guide to Derech Eretz
Author: Saul Wagschal
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781568710228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe delicate interactions involved in relationships are described, using classical sources.
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The collected writings
Author: Samson Raphael Hirsch
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9780873067867
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Jewish Book of Etiquette
Author: Ronald H. Isaacs
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780765759955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit www.rlpgbooks.com.
Divine Teaching and the Way of the World
Author: Samuel Fleischacker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011-04-21
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 0191617253
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSamuel Fleischacker defends what the Enlightenment called 'revealed religion': religions that regard a certain text or oral teaching as sacred, as wholly authoritative over one's life. At the same time, he maintains that revealed religions stand in danger of corruption or fanaticism unless they are combined with secular scientific practices and a secular morality. The first two parts of Divine Teaching and the Way of the World argue that the cognitive and moral practices of a society should prescind from religious commitments — they constitute a secular 'way of the world', to adapt a phrase from the Jewish tradition, allowing human beings to work together regardless of their religious differences. But the way of the world breaks down when it comes to the question of what we live for, and it is this that revealed religions can illumine. Fleischacker first suggests that secular conceptions of why life is worth living are often poorly grounded, before going on to explore what revelation is, how it can answer the question of worth better than secular worldviews do, and how the revealed and way-of-the-world elements of a religious tradition can be brought together.
The Explorer's Bible: From creation to the Exodus
Author: Scott Blumenthal
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780874417920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEngage your students in authentic, dynamic Bible study! Your students can now explore the Bible as Jews have done for centuries - by pondering, personalizing, and wrestling with the text. Combining faithful but accessible translations with thematic connections between the narratives and student's daily lives, critical-thinking exercises, and a sense of wonder, The Explorer's Bible will help you transform your classroom into a lively Bible study group. What's New About The Explorer's Bible? True-to-text translation retains the structure and tone of the Hebrew while providing students with comprehensible and age-appropriate language. Opportunities for students to participate in biblical dialogue by reviewing classic interpretations of text and creating midrashim of their own. Connections between text and core Jewish values help students to personalize the Bible's lessons. Analyses of key Hebrew words and phrases allow students to connect intimately with biblical text. Contemporary design conveys the dignity of biblical text while engaging students with lush illustrations and more than fifty full-color photographs. Explanatory notes and connections to biblical archaeology bringing the text to life for students. Contents: The Birth of the World Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden My Brother's Keeper (Cain and Abel) The Man Who Walked with God (Noah) The Impossible Tower (Tower of Babel) Abraham Finds His Way Abraham Speaks Up (Sodom and Gomorrah) The Sacrifice (The Akedah) Rebecca's Kindness Twins, Tricks, and Trouble (Jacob and Esau) Jacob's Discovery (Jacob, Rachel, and Leah) Jacob's Struggle (Jacob wrestles) The Dreamer (Joseph) Joseph's Gift Joseph's Forgiveness Baby Moses Moses Stands Before God Freedom and the Future (Plagues and the Exodus)
Exploring Jewish Ethics and Values
Author: Ronald H. Isaacs
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780881256529
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of rabbinic and biblical sayings and quotations on a variety of topics, dealing primarily with responsibilities to people and animals and care of the earth, to be used as discussion materials for exploration of personal values.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Talmud
Author: Aaron Parry
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781592572021
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introduction to the Talmud describes such topics as its contents, the relationship between science and medicine and Talmudic philosophy, the Talmudic lifestyle, and blessings found in the Talmud
Basic Judaism for Young People: Israel
Author: Naomi E. Pasachoff
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780874414233
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough enjoyable stories from the Torah, this book helps young people learn about Jewish tradition and what it means to be Jewish.
Dictionary of Jewish Usage
Author: Sol Steinmetz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780742543874
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms is a unique and much needed guide to the way many Hebrew, Yiddish, and Aramaic words and meanings are used by English speakers. Sol Steinmetz draws upon his years of dictionary editorial experience, as well as his lifelong study of Jewish history, traditions, and practices, to guide the reader through the essentially uncharted territory of Jewish usage. Dictionary of Jewish Usage clarifies the meanings of Jewish terms that have been absorbed into English, as well as the transliterated Hebrew terms from sacred texts that reflect differing pronunciations. The Dictionary also explains terms that are often misused, sheds light on the meaning of clusters of terminology, and delineates the etymology and pronunciation of many words, making this Dictionary an invaluable guide for anyone curious about Jewish usage.
Diasporic Philosophy and Counter-Education
Author: I. Gur-Ze'ev
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-08-05
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9460913644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiasporic Philosophy and Counter-Education addresses the challenges inflicted by the celebrated "new progressivism". It confronts the current omnipotent progressive anti-humanistic fire and its triumphant anti-Western redemptive crusade at all levels and dimensions of life under the post-metaphysical sky. In this book Diasporic counter-education does not surrender to the celebrated temptations of new-age nomadism as an alternative to the postmodern pleasure-machine's promise. It attempts to reach beyond the total war against the Jewish spirit and its manifestation in Western oppressive identity. It refuses any version of the continuum, "radical" or "conservative" self-indulgence, as well as current nihilist-pragmatic quests for self-forgetfulness. Diasporic awakening is a potentially universal and enduring erotic art of a never-to-be-concluded-self-constitution and re-positioning. The aim of this book is for it to become part of a new beginning in the face of the new global culture of mega-speeds, the exile of the humanist killer of God, the deconstruction of pre-conditions for transcendence and the growing probability of bringing to an End of all life on earth. This book seeks to become a waking call for improvisational co-poiesis; a counter-education that will groom us to become more courageous in responding to the invitation of hope, making humankind richer in the realization of our response-ability to Love of Life.
