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      Not in the Heavens: The Tradition of Jewish Secular Thought

      David Biale

      Traces the rise of Jewish secularism through the visionary writers and thinkers who led its development. Presenting the history of Judaism from the Bible onwards, this book shows how the…

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      Jewish Culture between Canon and Heresy

      David Biale

      This career-spanning anthology from prominent Jewish historian David Biale brings over a dozen of his key essays together for the first time. These pieces, written between 1974 and 2016, are…

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      Cultures of the Jews, Volume 1: Mediterranean Origins

      In 23 provocative essays grounded by cultural texts/artefacts, leading scholars (archeologists, historians, literary critics, folklorists) from Israel and diaspora countries address issues of ever-evolving Jewish identity (or is it identities?)…

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      Not in the Heavens: The Tradition of Jewish Secular Thought

      David Biale

      Not in the Heavens traces the rise of Jewish secularism through the visionary writers and thinkers who led its development. Spanning the rich history of Judaism from the Bible to…

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      Cultures of the Jews

      David Biale

      In 23 provocative essays grounded by cultural texts/artefacts, leading scholars (archeologists, historians, literary critics, folklorists) from Israel and diaspora countries address issues of ever-evolving Jewish identity (or is it identities?)…

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      Jewish Culture between Canon and Heresy

      David Biale

      This career-spanning anthology from prominent Jewish historian David Biale brings over a dozen of his key essays together for the first time. These pieces, written between 1974 and 2016, are…

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      Gershom Scholem: Master of the Kabbalah

      David Biale

      A new biography of the seminal twentieth-century historian and thinker who pioneered the study of Jewish mysticism and profoundly influenced the Zionist movement

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      Eros and the Jews: From Biblical Israel to Contemporary America

      David Biale

      Does Judaism in fact liberate or repress sexual desire? This title answers this question as the author traces Judaism’s evolving position on sexuality, from the Bible and Talmud to Zionism…

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      Blood and Belief: The Circulation of a Symbol between Jews and Christians

      David Biale

      Traces the continuing, changing, and often clashing roles of blood as both symbol and substance through the entire sweep of Jewish and Christian history.

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      Gershom Scholem: Kabbalah and Counter-History, Second Edition

      David Biale

      Through a lifetime of passionate scholarship, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) uncovered the domains of tradition hidden under the debris of centuries and made the history of Jewish mysticism and messianism comprehensible…

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      Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History

      David Biale

      WINNER OF THE 1987 JWB NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR HISTORY
      In this radical reinterpretation of Jewish history, David Biale tackles the myth of Jewish political passivity between the fall…

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      Cultures of the Jews, Volume 3: Modern Encounters

      In 23 provocative essays grounded by cultural texts/artefacts, leading scholars (archeologists, historians, literary critics, folklorists) from Israel and diaspora countries address issues of ever-evolving Jewish identity (or is it identities?)…

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      Aerograms Across the Ocean

      David Biale,Rachel Biale

      Aerograms Across the Ocean: A Love Story in Letters, based on 258 letters, is a coming-of-age story in Israel after the Six Day War and in America in the shadow…

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      The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Judaism

      This groundbreaking new Norton Anthology enables the six major, living, international world religions to speak to students in their own words.

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      Thinking Impossibilities: The Intellectual Legacy of Amos Funkenstein

      Richly interdisciplinary and full of fresh insights, Thinking Impossibilities is a fitting tribute to an important twentieth-century scholar.

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      Hasidism and Modern Man

      Martin Buber

      Hasidism, a controversial, mystical-religious movement of Eastern European origin, has posed a serious challenge to mainstream Judaism from its earliest beginnings in the middle of the eighteenth century. Decimated by…

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      Insider/Outsider: American Jews and Multiculturalism

      Features essays that address the question of how the Jewish experience can challenge the conventional polar opposition between a majority ‘white monoculture’ and a marginalized ‘minorities of color multiculture.’ This…

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      Origins of the Kabbalah

      Gershom Gerhard Scholem

      The Kabbalah is a rich tradition of repeated attempts to achieve and portray direct experiences of God. This book examines its twelfth-and thirteenth-century beginnings in southern France and Spain. It…

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      Hasidism: A New History

      David Biale,David Assaf,Benjamin Brown,Uriel Gellman,Samuel Heilman

      A must-read book for understanding this vibrant and influential modern Jewish movement Hasidism originated in southeastern Poland, in mystical circles centered on the figure of Israel Ba'al Shem Tov, but…

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      Hasidism: A New History

      David Biale,David Assaf,Benjamin Brown,Uriel Gellman,Samuel Heilman

      A must-read book for understanding this vibrant and influential modern Jewish movement Hasidism originated in southeastern Poland, in mystical circles centered on the figure of Israel Ba'al Shem Tov, but…

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      Enlightenment and Secularism: Essays on the Mobilization of Reason

      Enlightenment and Secularism is a collection of twenty eight essays that seek to understand the connection between the European Enlightenment and the emergence of secular societies, as well as the…

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      Enlightenment and Secularism: Essays on the Mobilization of Reason

      Enlightenment and Secularism is a collection of twenty eight essays that seek to understand the connection between the European Enlightenment and the emergence of secular societies, as well as the…

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