Sapphire from the Land of Israel
Sapphire from the Land of Israel

Author: Chanan Morrison

Publisher: Chanan Morrison

Published: 2013-08-23

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1490909362

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Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook succeeded in combining many ideals - Torah Judaism, loyalty to the Jewish Nation, Zionism - into a unified philosophy that continues to influence the Jewish people. Sapphire from the Land of Israel brings texts from Rav Kook's writings that deepen our understanding of each Torah portion, while providing a window into Rav Kook's thought. Rabbi Morrison's explanations are clear and meaningful, offering lessons that impact our religious and practical lives. -- Rabbi Shmuel Jablon, Jewish Media Review Because of their poetic and mystical nature, Rav Kook's writings are difficult even for readers who are fluent in Hebrew and rabbinic texts. Sapphire from the Land of Israel uses a clear, succinct style to provide the reader with a window into Rav Kook's original and creative insights. A companion volume to Gold from the Land of Israel on the Torah, this book presents more of Rav Kook's thoughts on the weekly Torah reading (parasha). It elucidates his views on many topics, including: Why do we find different names for God in the Torah? Why are first-born donkeys holy? Why did the Torah need to give doctors permission to heal? If "eye for an eye" means monetary compensation, why does the Torah not say that explicitly? Why did God command that we bring korbanot (Temple offerings)? Why are only kohanim allowed to serve in the Temple? Why didn't the Torah explicitly state where to build the Temple?

From the River to the Sea
From the River to the Sea

Author: Mandy Turner

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-04-05

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1498582885

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From the River to the Sea: Palestine and Israel in the Shadow of ‘Peace’ provides original analyses of how different coping strategies were developed as well as new forms of political expression, interaction, and mobilization since the 1993 peace deal between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel. Its premise is that an historical realism is essential in order to develop a route out of the post-Oslo impasse that extended and solidified the power imbalance under the auspices of ‘peace’. The book includes chapters from experts across the disciplines of anthropology, economics, law, political science and sociology to map out and critically assess the impacts and responses to this ‘peace’ in different geographical and political settings. These innovative analyses also investigate processes that might enable a future to be built based on greater equality and an end to the oppression and violence that currently exists between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea (and beyond).

The Jewish Study Bible
The Jewish Study Bible

Author: Adele Berlin

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 2226

ISBN-13: 0195297512

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The Jewish Study Bible is a one-volume resource tailored especially for the needs of students of the Hebrew Bible. Nearly forty scholars worldwide contributed to the translation and interpretation of the Jewish Study Bible, representing the best of Jewish biblical scholarship available today. A committee of highly-respected biblical scholars and rabbis from the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Judaism movements produced this modern translation. No knowledge of Hebrew is required for one to make use of this unique volume. The Jewish Study Bible uses The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation. Since its publication, the Jewish Study Bible has become one of the most popular volumes in Oxford's celebrated line of bibles. The quality of scholarship, easy-to-navigate format, and vibrant supplementary features bring the ancient text to life. * Informative essays that address a wide variety of topics relating to Judaism's use and interpretation of the Bible through the ages. * In-text tables, maps, and charts. * Tables of weights and measures. * Verse and chapter differences. * Table of Scriptural Readings. * Glossary of technical terms. * An index to all the study materials. * Full color New Oxford Bible Maps, with index.

Jerusalem Ghosts
Jerusalem Ghosts

Author: Martin S. Cohen

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-07-22

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1725295237

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The book of Psalms, today taken by most to be a collection of pious poems and soothing hymns, came into existence against a background of extreme factional violence, competing schools of spiritual enterprise, and a struggle for political prominence that lasted for centuries. Jerusalem Ghosts tells the (fictional) story of a double murder inquiry undertaken by ancient Israel’s best-known and most successful sleuth, David ben Simon, an investigation that played itself out against the larger political and spiritual tensions of the day and which laid bare the lengths to which people on both sides of the struggle would go to defeat their enemies and bequeath their own version of ancient Judaism to the ages as the authentic faith of Israel.

The Spiritual Roots of the Holy Land
The Spiritual Roots of the Holy Land

Author: Michael Laitman

Publisher: Laitman Kabbalah Publishers

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 189744866X

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The Spiritual Roots of the Holy Land takes you on a wondrous journey through the land of Israel. As you take in the breathtaking pictures, another layer of the age-old country is revealed the ebb and flow of spiritual forces that have shaped the curvy landscape that is sacred to billions of people around the world. Also included are Israel roadmaps to help you locate each place you visit in mind or in body."

Abraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook

Author: Abraham Isaac Kook

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780809121595

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The chief Rabbi of Palestine prior to the establishment of the state of Israel, Kook (1865-1935) represents the renewal of the Jewish mystical tradition in modern times.

Strangers in Yemen
Strangers in Yemen

Author: David Malkiel

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-12-16

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 3110710617

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Strangers in Yemen is a study of travel to Yemen in the nineteenth century by Jews, Christians and Muslims. The travelers include a missionary, artist, scientist, rabbi, merchant, adventurer and soldier. The focus is on the encounter between people of different cultures, and the chapters analyze the travelers’ accounts to elucidate how strangers and locals perceived each other, and how the experiences shaped their perceptions of themselves. Cultural encounter is among the most important challenges of our time, a time of global migration and instant communication. Today, as in the past, history provides a valuable tool for illuminating the human experience, and this scholarly work stimulates us to contemplate the challenge of cultural encounter, for it affects us all.

We Visit Israel
We Visit Israel

Author: Laya Saul

Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 1612280986

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For thousands of years, great empires and armies fought to conquer a small portion of land. Stories and ruins, Roman glass and Byzantine stone are all that is left of them. Then there are the Jews—less than one percent of the world population. Expelled 2,000 years ago by the Romans, the Jews managed to survive persecution and threats of annihilation. With the vision of Jerusalem in their hearts, they rose from the ashes of the Holocaust. They returned to the land of their fathers. They made the desert bloom and changed the face of technology for the whole world. Meet the people of Israel and explore their vibrant country.