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      Israel’s Day of Light and Joy

      Jon D. Levenson

      "Explores the origins and development of the Jewish Sabbath and the rich and diverse range of theological and ethical meanings and characteristic practices it acquired over the centuries"--

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      Israel’s Day of Light and Joy

      Jon D. Levenson

      "Explores the origins and development of the Jewish Sabbath and the rich and diverse range of theological and ethical meanings and characteristic practices it acquired over the centuries"--

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      The Call of Abraham: Essays on the Election of Israel in Honor of Jon D. Levenson

      Joel Kaminsky

      This collection of essays seeks to bring to a wide audience the ongoing rich theological dialogue on the election of Israel.

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      Esther: A Commentary

      Jon D. Levenson,Professor Jon D Levenson

      The book of Esther has been preserved in ancient texts that diverge greatly from each other; as a result, Jews and Protestants usually read a version which is shorter than…

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      Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

      Jon D. Levenson

      Jews, Christians, and Muslims supposedly share a common religious heritage in the patriarch Abraham, and the idea that he should serve only as a source of unity among the three…

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      Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence

      Jon D. Levenson

      Brings to a wide audience one of the most innovative and meaningful models of God for this post-Auschwitz era. In a return to the original Hebrew conception of God, which…

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      Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

      Jon D. Levenson

      Traces how each community has come to revere Abraham as an exemplar of its own spiritual teachings and practices. This book reveals how the increasingly conventional notion of equally Abrahamic…

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      The Love of God: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism

      Jon D. Levenson

      The love of God is perhaps the most essential element in Judaism–but also one of the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as…

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      The Love of God: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism

      Jon D. Levenson

      The love of God is perhaps the most essential element in Judaism–but also one of the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as…

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      The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and Historical Criticism: Jews and Christians in Biblical Studies

      Jon D. Levenson

      Writing from a Jewish perspective, Jon Levenson reviews many often neglected theoretical questions. He focuses on the relationship between two interpretive communities–the community of scholars who are committed to the…

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      The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son: The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity

      Jon D. Levenson

      The near sacrifice and miraculous restoration of a beloved son is a central but largely overlooked theme in both Judaism and Christianity. This book explores how this notion of child…

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      The Prophetic Faith

      Martin Buber

      The author brings to a focus his interpretation of biblical religion as an existential confrontation between God and man in which God calls man, individual and collectivee, to decision; man…

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      Traditions in Transformation: Turning Points in Biblical Faith. Festschrift honoring Frank Moore Cross

      Fourteen studies contributed in honor of Frank Moore Cross, Hancock Professor of Biblical and Other Oriental Language at Harvard University. Contributors include: J. A. Miles, Jr., C. L'Heureux, B. Halpern…

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      Resurrection: The Power of God for Christians and Jews

      Jon D. Levenson,Kevin Madigan

      Explores a teaching central to Jewish and Christian traditions: the teaching that at the end of time God will cause the dead to live again. This book offers the story…

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