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  • 1
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    [Jerusalem] : Magnes Press
    Title: דרך החושקים
    ISBN: 9789657008119
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2019
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Bible Studies ; Jewish Studies
    Abstract: This extraordinary commentary by an anonymous late twelfth-century northern French exegete interprets the Song of Songs solely according to its plain meaning as a story of two young lovers and their developing relationship. The exegete pays attention to every detail of the text, offering many enlightening insights into its meaning, all the while expanding upon the 'way of lovers' - the ways that young people in love go about their lovemaking. The French background of the exegete is made clear by many references to knights, coats of arms, weapons, chivalry, and of course, wine drinking, as well as numerous glosses in Old French. The edition is accompanied by an extensive introduction which analyzes the various exegetical, literary, and linguistic features of the text
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  • 2
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    Title: התנ״ך מהפכת אלוהים
    ISBN: 9789657008621
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2019
    Series Statement: Library of Ideas
    Series Statement: ספרים משני עולם
    Keywords: Bible Studies ; Literature and Poetry ; Jewish Studies ; Religion
    Abstract: The Hebrew Bible is the cornerstone of Judaism and Jewish culture; as such, it also provides the foundation for the other two monotheistic religions, Christianity and Islam. It is a book that embodied numerous revolutions, the most prominent of which was the Monotheistic Revolution, the replacement of polytheism with the belief in one all-powerful God who both created the world and governs it. Among the other revolutionary ideas that are put forward by the Bible we find the establishment of the Sabbath, the granting of one city — Jerusalem — a monopoly over holiness, the opposition to human kingship, and the moral dimensions of prophecy, to name just a few. Over the centuries and millennia, these revolutionary ideas have continued to attract and inspire readers, believers, interpreters and artists
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  • 3
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    Title: קורות שנתון לתולדות הרפואה ומדעי הטבע
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2019
    Keywords: Jewish Studies ; Jewish History ; Korot -The Israel Journal of the History of Medicine and Science
    Abstract: In this issue we have art ...
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  • 4
    Title: מדינת ישראל לאן? אתגרים לזהותה היהודית והדמוקרטית של מדינת ישראל ומתווה להתמודדות עמם
    ISBN: 9789657008331
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2019
    Keywords: Political Science and International Studies ; Jewish Studies ; Sociology and Anthropology ; History of the Land and State of Israel
    Abstract: The book deals with challenges to the identity and stability of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. The first part of the book deals with the challenges that arise from all cultural groups in Israeli society: Arabs, migrant workers, religious Zionists, ultra-Orthodox, traditionalists, Olim from the former Soviet Union, Jews of Ethiopian origin, secular Jews. The second section deals with the ideological challenges that arise from the radical left and the religious and secular nationalist right. The third section deals with the significant issues in which there is a conflict between the Jewish and democratic identity of the State of Israel: the minority status of Arab Israeli citizens; Israeli control of Judea and Samaria; religious and state relations in Israel and the possibility of presenting an outline to strengthen Israel's Jewish and democratic identity at the same time
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    [Jerusalem] : Magnes Press
    ISSN: 0793-2839
    Language: French
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2019
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Philosophy ; Jewish Studies ; Perspectives: Revue de l'Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem ; Jewish History
    Abstract: Un véritable courant de vie parcourt ces pages que Perspectives consacre au cinéaste Marcel Ophuls. La vie, le vivant dominent. Il n'est pas étonnant qu'une des contributions de ce numéro s'intitule “Liberté, vitalité, spectacle” (Sophie Brunet). Dès lors, la division du volume s'est faite d'elle-même: 1-Un homme vivant; 2-Une oeuvre vivante. Au départ, le portrait d'un homme se dessine. Dans une “interview imaginaire.” On savoure son franc-parler, non que l'on adhère à toutes ses idées - en particulier en ce qui concerne Israël - mais on admire l'aisance et la liberté totale qui anime ses propos. Le comportement professionnel du cinéaste, son comportement tout court, trouvent leur place dans cette première partie. Parfois même, l'homme est saisi dans le feu de l'action. Les grands problèmes qui occupent le coeur et la pensée d'un homme de notre temps se retrouvent dans la seconde partie du volume. Là encore, au plus près de la vie . Le cinéaste interpelle les spectateurs lorsqu'il traite de la Shoah, de l'Occuption, ou de la Résistance, de la place que ces sujets tiennent dans la mémoire d'un Français ou d'un Allemand. On s'interroge avec le cinéaste : se doit-il d'être objectif? Mais “dès le début de sa carrière, remarque Pierre Beylot, un style documentaire original fondé sur la parole de témoignage et le montage des sources dont il assume de plus en plus ostensiblement le caractère subjectif” marque son oeuvre. C'est dire aussi que souvent le regard s'attarde sur le traitement esthétique des sujets abordés. Ecoutons François Niney:“Cette remise en question de nos manières de voir et de nos dilemmes, à la fois politiques et personnels, par le jeu et le poids des mots, différencie radicalement le documentaire selon Marcel, du panel d'opinions tel que l'expose en permanence l'étal médiatique”. L'important est que son public réfléchisse. Il s'agit, selon Valérie Carré, de “mettre en mouvement la réflexion du spectateur”. Qu'attendre de l'avenir? Encore une oeuvre surprenante? Vincent Lowy, à l'écoute, note: “Boulimique de projets virtuels, l'infatigable MO junior annonce déjà les quatre titres d' […] improbables best-sellers…” [futurs romans policiers }. Il convient enfin de souligner le rôle déterminant qu'a joué Stéphane Kerber dans l'élaboration de ce numéro de Perspectives. Nos vifs remerciements vont à lui. Laissons-lui maintenant la parole
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    Title: מסעות הנפש גן עדן במחשבה ובדמיון בספרות הקבלה בימי הביניים
    ISBN: 9789657008089
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2019
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Jewish Studies ; Jewish Thought ; Jewish Mysticism ; Religion
    Abstract: Journeys of the Soul: Concepts and Imageries of Paradise in Medieval Kabbalah covers the most decisive period in the history of Jewish speculation about the Garden of Eden. At the heart of the book is a thorough analysis of the compositions written by medieval kabbalists and other esotericists dedicated to that ultimate locus of retribution. Alongside their concrete and abstract portraits of the Garden, these works discuss its relationship to the Godhead and the role it plays in personal eschatology, anthropology, and psychology. The book examines trends within the interpretive history of the biblical Paradise in medieval Jewish thought more generally, and in medieval kabbalistic literature in particular. The notion of gradations or distinct sites within the Garden of Eden is explored in light of its possible influences, and the appearance of the Garden of Eden within kabbalistic psychology is considered in light of thirteenth-century theosophical doctrines. A lengthy treatment is devoted to those works which delineate the architectonic structure of the supernal Garden and depict the visual appearance of the earthly temples (hekhalot) of the lower Garden, while mapping them onto the structurally complex interrelationships within the Godhead. Within this context, the book treats a number of textual conundrums concerning the very development of the kabbalistic canon, including the appearance of the Zohar. Throughout the book, the author also investigates scientific paradigms, legendary traditions, and theological polemics in the religious literature of the period concerning the appearance and structure of the Garden of Eden. Similar exegeses, shared traditions, and a common conceptual foundation of the eschatological Paradise are identified in the kabbalistic literature, alongside echos of the Jewish apocrypha, Rabbinic literature, and Hekhalot texts. Dr. Avishai Bar Asher has been awarded the Matanel Prize for the best book in Jewish Thought published during the years 2018-2019
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  • 7
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    [Jerusalem] : Magnes Press
    Title: הקוראן דבר הקול האלוהי אל מוחמד השליח
    ISBN: 9789657008706
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2019
    Series Statement: Library of Ideas
    Series Statement: ספרים משני עולם
    Keywords: Christianity ; Islam ; Bible Studies ; Religion
    Abstract: The Quran is the holy scripture of a religion that has changed the world. It contains the speech of God unto Muhammad the prophet, and through him unto his entire generation -- Idolatrous Arabs, Jews and Christians. This book delineates the major issues which are discovered as one reads through the Quran: How God was revealed to the prophet; in what manner he speaks to him; how he guides the prophet to enlarge the community of believers and face his opponents; how he defines the community of believers; what are the moral and ethical codes which he lays down for them; what is the image of God; what is the religion of Islam which God calls the people to follow; what are the practical ways for expressing the belief in the unity of God; the Abrahamic faith to which one must adhere so as to become a true Muslim. The present book also reviews God's polemics with Jews, Christians and idolaters; the status of the scriptures of the Jews and the Christians; the conditions of war and peace with the unbelievers at large; the descriptions of the resurrection and the day of judgment, as well the colorful descriptions of paradise and hell
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  • 8
    Title: תהילת הכסילים או: צוואת בעור בן חמור
    ISBN: 9789657763339
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2018
    Series Statement: Classics
    Series Statement: קלאסיקה
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Literature and Poetry ; Jewish Studies ; Jewish History
    Abstract: The book Praise of Fools, which was printed twice - in 1880 and 1910 - is an unusual satire/parody in Hebrew satiric literature. It is intended not only for certain circles or people in the Jewish context, but also has a universal character: it makes fun of and derides a long list of philosophers, writers, intellectuals and scholars and others, presenting them as useless, plagiarists and fools. All this is done in order to supposedly praise ignorance and stupidity and to propose finding within them security and peace. The book accorded to Rubin the title "the Jewish Erasmus," however, the introduction places the book within the extensive European "fool literature"
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  • 9
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    Title: סבא וינוקא האל, הבן והמשיח בסיפורי הזוהר
    ISBN: 9789657763711
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2018
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Literature and Poetry ; Jewish Studies ; Religion
    Abstract: The characters of the Yanuka (the Zoharic Wunderkind) and the Sava (the wise old man), appear in various Zoharic stories, revealing themselves to the sages of the Zohar (Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai and his disciples). These two figures are among the most meaningful and complex mythical figures in Zoharic literature. The main argument in this work is that the Sava and Yanuka characters are portrayed as the embodiment of God and his Son (and the Messiah). This book is the first attempt to grasp the full extent and depth of these mythical figures and the close ties that exist between them. At the same time, the book reveals an important chapter in the history of Jewish myth and contributes to the understanding of the messianic consciousness that characterizes the stories of the Sava and Yanuka in the Zohar and exposes their hidden and polemical ties with Christianity. The book is currently available as an ebook. A print edition will be available soon
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    Title: ספר טעם הטעמים
    ISBN: 9789657763131
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2018
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Christianity ; Jewish Studies ; Jewish Mysticism
    Abstract: Ta'am HaTe'amim is a messianic treatise in the Hebrew language composed by the Catholic French orientalist and mystic Guillaume Postel (1510-1581). Ta'am HaTe'amim is a relatively unknown Renaissance document, which sheds light on unique intellectual and political stands prevalent among sixteenth-century Catholic reformators. Throughout the treatise, Postel refers to several famous historical issues, depicting them through his own particular perspective, which was based upon a blend of Joachite millenarism, French patriotism and Jewish Kabbalah. In addition, Ta'am HaTe'amim is a rare example of Hebrew writing by an Early Modern Christian Scholar, and it is characterized by remarkable linguistic traits expressing Postel's theological concepts regarding languages in general and Hebrew in particular
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  • 11
    Title: קירקגור בין אמונה אותנטית להונאה עצמית
    ISBN: 9789657763476
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2018
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Philosophy ; Jewish Studies ; Religion
    Abstract: Kierkegaard: Between Authentic Faith and Self-Deception approaches Kierkegaard through a refreshing combination of Jewish and non-Jewish philosophies. It deals with Kierkegaard/Hegel's debate and offers valuable insights into questions of self-deception, grace, and Kierkegaard's relation to Judaism and to Jews
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    Title: מאבק הפרדיגמות בין תאולוגיה לפילוסופיה בהגות היהודית בימי הביניים
    ISBN: 9789657763018
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2018
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Philosophy ; Jewish Studies ; Jewish Thought ; Jewish History ; Religion
    Abstract: The struggle between philosophy and theology in the middle ages has been a central topic for historians of ideas. The Clash of Paradigms claims that this struggle can be fully explained by scientific paradigms. Aristotelian and Neoplatonic paradigms in the Jewish world confronted the kalam paradigm at their early stage, and magic and experimental science in the following stage
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    Title: בכור שורו הדר לו ר' יוסף בכור שור בין המשכיות לחידוש
    ISBN: 9789657755822
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2017
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Bible Studies ; Jewish Studies ; Talmud ; Jewish History
    Abstract: Given the availability of literal commentaries to the Bible, including those of Rashi, R. Joseph Kara, Samuel Ben Meir (Rashbam), R. Abraham Ibn Ezra and others, one of the key questions that vexed R. Joseph Bekhor Shor and his contemporaries was whether there was a need for yet another additional Bible commentary. The argument put forward here suggests that R. Joseph Bekhor Shor chose a path that combined continuity and innovation. The fluid movement between the familiar and the novel is the main contribution of R. Joseph Bekhor Shor's exegesis. While remaining committed to the traditional approach to interpretation, R. Joseph Bekhor Shor succeeded in paving new pathways and introducing original methods that had not previously been developed by his predecessors. This book serves as a vital tool for researchers of the Bible commentaries of Northern France, for those who study the teachings of R. Joseph Bekhor Shor and for all who enjoy studying the Bible and its commentaries
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  • 14
    Title: הגדולים אישים שעיצבו את פני היהדות החרדית בישראל
    ISBN: 9789654939164
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2017
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Jewish Studies ; Talmud ; Hassidism ; Jewish History
    Abstract: One of the most visible aspects of Orthodox Judaism in present-day Israel is the ubiquity of the "Gdoilim" - "the great ones" - the luminary spiritual leaders whose presence dominates orthodox politics, media and the public space. However, these individuals, whose lives are constantly canonized in hagiographies, have largely remained unknown outside the Orthodox Jewish communities, and have generally been overlooked by the academic research. The 'Gdoilim': Individuals who shaped Haredi Judaism in Israel is a pioneering attempt to fill this gap by offering a comprehensive collection of articles by Israeli and American leading scholars of Orthodox Judaism striving to elucidate the lives and theologies of these extraordinary individuals and explain the secret of their lasting power
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    [Jerusalem] : Magnes Press
    ISSN: 0793-2839
    Language: French
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2017
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Philosophy ; Jewish Studies ; Perspectives: Revue de l'Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem ; Jewish History
    Abstract: Un véritable courant de vie parcourt ces pages que Perspectives consacre au cinéaste Marcel Ophuls. La vie, le vivant dominent. Il n'est pas étonnant qu'une des contributions de ce numéro s'intitule “Liberté, vitalité, spectacle” (Sophie Brunet). Dès lors, la division du volume s'est faite d'elle-même: 1-Un homme vivant; 2-Une oeuvre vivante. Au départ, le portrait d'un homme se dessine. Dans une “interview imaginaire.” On savoure son franc-parler, non que l'on adhère à toutes ses idées - en particulier en ce qui concerne Israël - mais on admire l'aisance et la liberté totale qui anime ses propos. Le comportement professionnel du cinéaste, son comportement tout court, trouvent leur place dans cette première partie. Parfois même, l'homme est saisi dans le feu de l'action. Les grands problèmes qui occupent le coeur et la pensée d'un homme de notre temps se retrouvent dans la seconde partie du volume. Là encore, au plus près de la vie . Le cinéaste interpelle les spectateurs lorsqu'il traite de la Shoah, de l'Occuption, ou de la Résistance, de la place que ces sujets tiennent dans la mémoire d'un Français ou d'un Allemand. On s'interroge avec le cinéaste : se doit-il d'être objectif? Mais “dès le début de sa carrière, remarque Pierre Beylot, un style documentaire original fondé sur la parole de témoignage et le montage des sources dont il assume de plus en plus ostensiblement le caractère subjectif” marque son oeuvre. C'est dire aussi que souvent le regard s'attarde sur le traitement esthétique des sujets abordés. Ecoutons François Niney:“Cette remise en question de nos manières de voir et de nos dilemmes, à la fois politiques et personnels, par le jeu et le poids des mots, différencie radicalement le documentaire selon Marcel, du panel d'opinions tel que l'expose en permanence l'étal médiatique”. L'important est que son public réfléchisse. Il s'agit, selon Valérie Carré, de “mettre en mouvement la réflexion du spectateur”. Qu'attendre de l'avenir? Encore une oeuvre surprenante? Vincent Lowy, à l'écoute, note: “Boulimique de projets virtuels, l'infatigable MO junior annonce déjà les quatre titres d' […] improbables best-sellers…” [futurs romans policiers }. Il convient enfin de souligner le rôle déterminant qu'a joué Stéphane Kerber dans l'élaboration de ce numéro de Perspectives. Nos vifs remerciements vont à lui. Laissons-lui maintenant la parole
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    [Jerusalem] : Magnes Press | Jérusalem : Ed. Magnès
    ISBN: 9789657759073
    ISSN: 0793-2839
    Language: French
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2017
    Series Statement: Perspectives : revue de l'Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem : littérature, arts, histoire, sciences du langage 23
    Series Statement: Perspectives
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Philosophy ; Jewish Studies ; Perspectives: Revue de l'Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem ; Jewish History ; Jüdische Philosophie ; Frankreich ; Geschichte 1945-
    Abstract: Le renouveau dont il est question dans ce 23e numéro de Perspectives porte sur la pensée juive française au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et au cours des années qui suivirent. Trois villes : Strasbourg, Paris, Jérusalem furent les foyers actifs de ce renouveau et s’illustrèrent avec des penseurs comme Jacob Gordin, Levinas, André Neher ou Manitou-Léon Askénazi. Hommage leur est rendu dans la première partie de ce volume tandis que la seconde présente quelques-uns de leurs héritiers.
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    Title: מעמדה המשפטי של האם במזרח הקדום ובמקרא
    ISBN: 9789657755242
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2017
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Law ; Bible Studies ; Gender
    Abstract: Mesopotamian and biblical societies in antiquity were characterized by their patriarchal structure. The father was head of the family unit, and his rule extended over many areas of life. He had broad legal authority over the members of his household, including his offspring. It is therefore expected that in the ancient sources a dominant father figure would be mentioned alone or almost alone. And yet, in Mesopotamian and biblical texts, particularly legal writings, the exclusivity of the father is not always explicit. In many of the Mesopotamian and biblical writings, especially legal texts, the mother is mentioned in various contexts and in a range of realms, mainly those pertaining to her offspring. This intriguing phenomenon raised the question whether the mother in the ancient Near East and ancient Israel had legal authority in the household. The book The Legal Status of the Mother in the Ancient Near East and the Bible sheds light on the world of the ancient mothers and their status within the households and the societies in which they lived. This study demonstrates that the mother acted by virtue of the legal status she possessed in matters related to her sons and daughters' marriages and their behavior towards her. This book is for those walking in the fields of Mesopotamian and biblical research, and for readers interested in the universal subject in question - the relations between the mother and her offspring
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    [Jerusalem] : Magnes Press
    Title: מיכה מקרא לישראל
    ISBN: 9789657763070
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2017
    Series Statement: Mikra Leyisrael: A Bible Commentary for Israel
    Series Statement: מקרא לישראל פירוש מדעי למקרא
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Bible Studies
    Abstract: The Book of Micah is composed of prophecies by Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah. Micah flourished ca. 733-712 BCE, or even a little later, but before the invasion of the mighty Assyrian army of Sennacherib to Judah. Not all the prophecies of Micah have been preserved, and not all the prophecies included in the Book of Micah had been penned, or delivered by Micah. In his detailed introduction and the commentary to the Book of Micah, the author deals with the complicated problems pertaining to the book, its literary units, and their oral and written history. The author of the commentary is Professor (emeritus) Yair Hoffman, from the department of Bible in Tel Aviv University, who authored also the commentary on the Book of Jeremiah (2001; 2 volumes), in the Mikra Leyisra'el series. He is the author and editor of numerous volumes and papers in Hebrew and English. He served as the head of the School of Jewish Studies of Tel Aviv University. Professor Hoffman's commentary on the Book of Micah is a must for any Bible student. This commentary on the Book of Micah is part of Mikra Leyisra'el, an ongoing series of scientific Hebrew commentaries to the Bible composed by renowned scholars from universities in Israel and abroad. The commentaries are written according to the most recent achievements of biblical scholarship, and relevant studies in Semitic linguistics, Ancient Near Eastern studies, and archaeology, with special attention to the contribution of the medieval Jewish commentators and grammarians. The Mikra Leyisra'el series boasts the commentaries on the books of Deuteronomy (2 volumes); Joshua; Judges; Samuel (2 volumes); Isaiah 40-66 (2 volumes); Jeremiah (2 volumes); Ezekiel (2 volumes); Joel and Amos; Obadiah and Jonah; Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah; Proverbs (2 volumes); Song of Songs; Ruth; and Esther. The commentary on Lamentations is now in its final production stage and the books of Kings (2 volumes); Ezra-Nehemiah; Haggai; Malachi; and Daniel are now in advanced stages of editing. More volumes are in various stages of preparation
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    Title: מהות הבחירה בהגות היהודית בימי הביניים
    ISBN: 9789654938853
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2017
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Philosophy ; Jewish Studies ; Jewish Thought
    Abstract: Free choice has been one of the main philosophical issues throughout the ages. The Essence of Choice in Medieval Jewish Philosophy offers a comprehensive analysis of the views of medieval Jewish philosophers on this topic. It presents various perspectives on the problem of free choice in philosophy in general and in Jewish philosophy in particular: Does free choice really exist, or is it an illusion? What is the attitude of the medieval philosophers toward what the Bible and the Sages have to say about free choice? Does Judaism have a substantive position on philosophical questions? What power can free a person from causal determinism? The book discusses at length the opinions of twenty-one philosophers, from Al- Muqammis in the ninth century to Rabbi Joseph Albo in the fifteenth. This engagement with many philosophers demonstrates the richness of Jewish philosophy and the multiplicity of opinions in it, as well as how historical changes, such as the transition from Arabic to Hebrew, affect philosophical thought. On the basis of his historical analysis, the author argues that there is no fundamental Jewish position on the question of free choice and that one can find support in the religious texts for every philosophical view
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    Title: על איחוד הטבע והחסד תרגום ופירוש לטיניים לספר הזוהר מאת גיום פוסטל (1581-1510)
    ISBN: 9789657759295
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2017
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    Keywords: Christianity ; Jewish Studies ; Jewish Mysticism
    Abstract: Ever since its emergence in the thirteenth-century, Jewish Kabbalah, and most prominently - the Book of Zohar, has captured the hearts of Jewish as well as non-Jewish readers. Significant interest in Kabbalah is evident in the Renaissance, when various Christian Scholars accepted the traditional Jewish narrative, according to which the corpus of medieval Jewish Kabbalah is the Oral Law given to Moses on Mount Sinai. The sixteenth century is rightfully considered the golden age of this kind of Christian interest in Jewish Kabbalah. During this period a group of scholars, high-rank priests, and secular rulers were familiar with Kabbalistic notions, some of these Christians read the Kabbalistic treatises, whether in their original versions or in translation, some even composed commentaries or translated them into Latin, and most important - they incorporated Kabbalistic notions into their own theological and messianic conceptions. Among Kabbalistic writings, most of these thinkers' attention was drawn to the Zohar, and some of them attempted to translate parts of it into Latin. The first comprehensive, though not complete Latin translation of the Zohar was composed by the French orientalist and mystic Guillaume Postel in the middle of the 16th century. Postel was a prolific and original thinker, who developed an elaborate messianic theological schema, which he based upon Kabbalistic notions. Convinced, as he was, that the Zohar is the perfect and ultimate expression of his own messianic concepts, he embarked on his life project - producing a Latin translation and commentary on the Zohar. This fascinating commentary on the Zohar never appeared in print nor was it ever translated into any language. In Judith Weiss's On the Conciliation of Nature and Grace substantial parts of Postel's Commentaries on the Zohar are presented in the original Latin vis a vis her Hebrew translation, accompanied by introductions and notes, elucidating Postel's unique perception of the Zohar and the Kabbalah
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    Title: מה נשתנה? ליל הפסח בתלמודם של חכמים
    ISBN: 9789654938716
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2016
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    Keywords: Jewish Studies ; History ; Religion ; Law
    Abstract: The book Mah Nishtannah: The Passover Night in the Sages' Discourse seeks to provide novel answers, based upon up-to-date methods of scholarly Talmud analysis, to ancient questions raised by the Seder Night, a night at the focus of Jewish culture from time immemorial. The book analyzes the focal points of this night - the Passover meal and its commandments on one hand, and the foundation of the Haggadah and the development of its design and history of its structure on the other
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    Title: רַחַק וְקֵרוב הגות יהודית בביזנטיון בשלהי ימי הביניים דב שוורץ
    Author, Corporation: !598142665!שוורץ, דב *1961-* ; ID: gnd/123454026
    ISBN: 9789654938990
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2016
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    Keywords: Jewish Studies ; Jewish Thought ; Jewish History
    Abstract: Various aspects of Medieval Jewish Philosophy still await exploration.One of them is late medieval thought in Byzantium. This book analyzes traditional topics like divine attributes, prophecy and psychology as well as unique phenomenon of the Byzantine area like the hesychastic polemics . The book covers also topics like Jewish Byzantine preaching, debates with Karaite theology and the thought of important figures such as Shemaria from Crete and Juda Mosconi
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    Title: הגוף הגברי החרדי-ליטאי בספרות המוסר ובסיפורי הצדיקים
    ISBN: 9789654938693
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2016
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    Keywords: Jewish Studies
    Abstract: How does the Ultra-Orthodox literature describe the male body? What does the body represent? What is the ideal male body? This book is a philosophical-theological journey about the different images of the male body in the Ultra-Orthodox literature after the holocaust. The choice in the body as the center of the research comes from the fact that the body is the axis by which this community tries to understand its meaning and its role in life. In the first part of the book, the writer explains the “problem of the body” and the different ways the Ultra-Orthodox theology deals with it. These different and even contradictory voices can teach the reader about the shifting of ideas inside the Ultra-Orthodox thought in the last decades. The second part of the book focuses on the image of the ideal body and describes how the rabbis train their bodies to reach ultimate form
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    Title: הדמיון הפרשני דת ואמנות בתרבות היהודית בהקשריה
    ISBN: 9789654938532
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2016
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    Keywords: Arts ; Jewish Studies
    Abstract: The papers collected in this volume represent the proceedings of a May 2011 conference organized by the 2008-2011 research group on 'The Interpretive Imagination: Connections between Religion and Art in Jewish Culture in Its Contexts' at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Scholion Interdisciplinary Research Center for Jewish Studies—a center that owes its existence to the vision and the generosity of the Mandel Foundation. The four undersigned editors of this volume, all professors at the Hebrew University, were the senior members of the group, which also included five younger scholars: Dr.Yonatan Benarroch, Dr. Irina Chernetsky, Anat Danziger, Dr. Vered Madar, and Tehila Mishor. In its research and activities, the group attempted an integrated examination of the religious and the artistic, and of their aesthetic, experiential, and interpretive aspects—and the present volume exemplifies the work which was carried out during the years at Scholion. The subjects in this title: Singing with the Sirens: Probing the Boundaries of Interpretation Sabba-Yanuka and Enoch-Metatron as James Hillman's Senex-Puer Archetype: a Post-Jungian Inquiry into a Zoharic Myth The Vision of Florence as a New Rome: Some Rhetorical and Visual Aspects Authority and Its Discontent in 17th Century Amsterdam Jewry: Fin-de-Siècle Visual Interpretations Communities of Voice at Times of Twilight: Real and Imagined Spaces of Sound among Central European Jews at the Opening and Closing of the Gates Religion on the Opera Stage: Source of Conflict, Possibility for Reconciliation Allegory, Excess, Stuttering: On the Reading of Kafka's Writing Machine A Permanent Shadow: Ilse Aichinger and Franz Kafka 'Deus ex Machina' in the Modern Theatre: From Brecht's Threepenny Opera to the 'plumpes Denken' of Walter Benjamin Listening and Exegesis in a Women's Vocal Community Agnon's Biblical Ethnographies: “Edo and Enam” and the Quest for the Ultimate Song
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    Title: הלכה כהתרחשות
    ISBN: 9789654938792
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2016
    Series Statement: Philosophy of Halakhah
    Series Statement: פילוסופיה של ההלכה
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    Keywords: Jewish Studies ; Jewish Thought
    Abstract: The Halakha is not just a body of literature; it is also a cultural event. It follows then that the philosophy of Halakha must address the happening of the Halakha. Surprisingly, till now philosophers of Halakha have not addressed this dimension of the event or the happening of the Halakha. The articles in this book are an attempt at facing this challenge. But this is not simple because herein lies a paradox. If the event or the happening is something that lies outside the confines of what is captured in the written word, the effort to write about it is one that must take us on a fascinating journey between what is possible and what perhaps is not. What is the nature of the Halakha as an event? What is the knowledge contained in this dimension of the Halakha that defies conceptualization in the written word? How does the insight that the Halakha is principally an event dramatically affect the philosophy of the Halakha? As we have said, philosophers of the Halakha have not addressed this question before and the authors in this collection - scholars and researchers from a wide range of fields - are all facing it for the first time bringing to it a wide range of tools from fields as varied as philosophy, Jewish thought, performance, cinema, group dynamics, cognition, gender studies and more. Together they offer us a new discourse and framework for conceptualizing the philosophy of the Halakha
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    Title: מיזוג אופקים
    ISBN: 9789654939034
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2016
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    Keywords: Philosophy ; Political Science and International Studies ; Jewish Studies ; Jewish Thought ; Sociology and Anthropology
    Abstract: Jewish thought and rhetoric may have dominated the Jewish people's way of life for years, but what happens when a Jewish state is established, whose laws and authorities are not necessarily based on that same Jewish tradition? Jewish-Israeli Political Thought is a collection of studies exploring the tension between Israeli and Jewish political philosophy, the relationship between the Jewish people's collective and personal past and present, individual identity and its place in the traditional Jewish collectiveness, and the intermediary role of the ancient Hebrew language in the dialogue between the past and the present. The chapters in this book were written by young scholars of different religious, and sometimes cultural and lingual backgrounds; however, they all live in modern-day Israel, and they all question the relation between traditional-Jewish and modern-Israeli political thought. The diversity of the writers enables a broad and unique perspective on the status of Jewish tradition in contemporary political thought in Israel. The book provides a window into various spatial and temporal horizons in the course of a Jewish tradition that is constantly being re-examined and re-discovered
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    Title: בין התנחלות לגלות לחקר העריכה של נביאים ראשונים
    ISBN: 9789654938815
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Keywords: Bible Studies
    Abstract: When were the books of the "Former Prophets" written? Who wrote them? Who are the editors that made these books the most important source; describing the continuous history of the Jewish People in their land, from the time of the conquest of the Land of Canaan through the destruction of the Holy Temple and the Babylonian exile? These questions are at the center of this book. The name of the book, "From Settlement to Exile" reflects the sequence of events described in the books of the Former Prophets. The book discusses whether a failure could have been predicted from the events described, or whether there were also successful and tranquil periods prior to the destruction that brought hope to the hearts of the people and realistic expectations of establishing a lasting kingdom. Although the impression is that the Former Prophets describe a continuous history that leads inevitably to destruction, research proves that the Former Prophets were written by a number of authors during successful periods as well as difficult ones. The text actually includes several chapters or individual verses that were added after the destruction in order to find an explanation for the disastrous destruction event
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    Title: דברים - שני כרכים מקרא לישראל
    ISBN: 9789657755785
    ISSN: 2412-5881
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2016
    Series Statement: Mikra Leyisrael: A Bible Commentary for Israel
    Series Statement: מקרא לישראל פירוש מדעי למקרא
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    Keywords: Bible Studies
    Abstract: The publication of the co ...
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    Title: חוץ מיראת שמים בידי שמים ובידי אדם בדרושי ראשית החסידות
    ISBN: 9789654938884
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2016
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    Keywords: Jewish Studies ; Hassidism ; Jewish History
    Abstract: Conventional wisdom as well as academic research has connected the concept of "Hasidism" with faith in "special providence" (hashgacha pratit). The book "Not in the Hands of Heaven: The Limits of Human Action in the Teachings of Early Hassidic Masters" examines this relationship in the sermons of second and third generation Hassidic masters: The Magid of Mezherech, Rabbi Jacob Joseph of Polonoye and Rabbi Menahem Nahum of Chernobyl. A careful reading of the sermons - oral texts - uncovers the various audiences they were addressed to as well as the differing content presented to dissimilar audiences. It becomes apparent that at times the orator does not intend to describe his faith completely as much as to influence the faith and consciousness of his listeners. The sermons reveal a complex approach that continues that of the study halls of the Cabalists. According to this approach Providence is exercised on each individual according to his personal perfection and his dedication to the mission of unification of the upper and lower worlds and that of drawing down the divine plenty into this world. The Higher individual, the Tzadik, he who cleaves to God and acts selflessly is accredited in the sermons with the power to direct the revealed world, as well as the supernal worlds, mainly by the power of thought and speech. Out of their belief in the power of Faith and Speech to act on reality, to shape and change it, the Preachers educated the general public not to expect conscious Cabalistic activities, but to believe that everything is an act of providence thus turning reality over to the hands of Heaven while redemption of the Shechina, "The Fear of Heaven", remains in the hands of man. Thus, "All is in the Hands of Heaven, except the Fear of Heaven"
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    Title: כי דבר האלוהים חי הוא שמונה שיחות על האיגרת אל העברים
    ISBN: 9789654939263
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Keywords: Christianity ; Jewish Studies ; Religion ; Jewish History
    Abstract: The character of the Epistle to the Hebrews differs greatly from all other letters included in the New Testament. It is actually a sermon interpreting numerous biblical verses with the aim to substantiate its unique claim for Jesus' heavenly priesthood. The reliance on biblical proof-texts enables the writer to establish his innovative claims vis-a-vis both the broader Jewish tradition and the competing outlooks existing within the Jesus movement itself. The eight conversations in the book discuss the Epistle's interpretative strategies in order to unearth the worldview of its author and the nature of its target audience
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    Title: ספר ברית המנוחה מהדורה מדעית ומבואות
    ISBN: 9789657755310
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Keywords: Jewish Studies ; Jewish Mysticism ; Linguistics and Language
    Abstract: 'Sefer B'rit ha-Menuḥa' is an anonymous Kabbalistic book from the late 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century. The content of the book is best described by the alternative name - "The Book of Lights," given to it due to its central descriptions of the journeys of Israel in the desert, and the images of the vowels of the Name of God, that are portrayed as journeys of divine lights. The treatise describes the complete set of divine theosophical and angelologic powers in a coherent system, in order to relate and unite each name of an angel with its source, and to allow magic acts by the application of the full cosmological and divine unity. This eclectic critical annotated edition provides, for the first time, a clear and coherent text from the book's forty four manuscripts and eight previous prints (from 1648 till recent), presents supplements and relics of the book from additional manuscripts, along with an early treatise by the same unknown author - 'Sefer ha-Gevura' (Book of Enhancement)
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    Title: טהרה וקהילה בעת העתיקה מסורות ההלכה בין יהדות בית שני למשנה
    ISBN: 9789654938754
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2016
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    Keywords: Jewish Studies ; Talmud ; History
    Abstract: How did purity evolve into the one most significant religious category during the Second Temple period? What was the role of purity discourse in the reformation of Jewish society and religion in Late Antiquity? The concern for purity shaped Second Temple Judaism, and its significance expanded far beyond the limited realm of the Temple. The fear of impurity shaped daily conduct, stood at the heart of ideological discourse and set the contours of Jewish society. The question how to ensure ritual and moral purity was of cosmic dimensions, and therefore determined the dividing lines between the main parties of Jewish society in Palestine. The Qumran sect developed the notion of the defiling sin, and Jesus was viewed by his followers as the ultimate purifier. Against these alternatives, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of the purity policy in the teachings of the dominant Pharisees. Early rabbinic traditions alongside anti-pharisaic sources uncover a controversial policy focused on the body and not on the purity of the Temple. They provided purification to wider social circles, while preserving its role in maintaining their own status. The book further demonstrates the fundamental change of religious life and social practices from the Second Temple period through the rise of the rabbinic movement, which offered a new version of ritual purity and community. A close analysis of the halakhic traditions in rabbinic literature reveals the gradual disintegration of the ancient religious culture and the emergence of the rabbinic culture within new social contexts
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    Title: סוגיות בענייני דיומא ושאר ירקות
    ISBN: 9789654939010
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2016
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    Keywords: Jewish Studies
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    Title: כוכבי יצחק, כתב-העת של ההשכלה באימפריה האוסטרו-הונגרית (1873-1845) מפתח מוּער לכתב-העת העברי של ההשכלה
    ISBN: 9789654939911
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2016
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    Keywords: Literature and Poetry ; Jewish Studies ; History ; Education & Teaching
    Abstract: Kochvei Yitzhak, The Hebrew Journal of the Haskalah in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1845-1873), is a monograph and an annotated index, covering the literary belles lettres and scholarly articles published in that periodical. It discusses and analyzes the various authors who contributed to the journal, in the context of the times and the needs of the Jewish community in Europe, following the ideology of the Haskalah (Enlightenment) in improving Jewish education, fostering the ideals of humanism and advocating the purity of Judaism and its practices. This is the sixth book in the series of monographs and annotated indices of periodicals of the Hebrew Haskalah (Enlightenment)
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    Title: ספרי במדבר: מהדורה מבוארת חלק ד: פירוש פסקאות קז-קסא
    ISBN: 9789654937917
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2015
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    Keywords: Jewish Studies
    Abstract: Sifre is a Tannaitic midr ...
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    Title: בין ענני זוהר יצירתו של ולדימיר (זאב) ז'בוטינסקי בהקשר החברתי
    ISBN: 9789654937726
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2015
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    Keywords: Literature and Poetry ; Jewish Studies ; History
    Abstract: This study explores the intellectual biography of the founder of Revisionist Zionism Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky as an author. It examines the comprehensive relation of his literary writing to his ideological activities and to other genres and settings - journalistic writing, literary and art criticism and the biographic discourse of the “self” embedded in literature and as evidenced by his contemporaries
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    Title: בין הבית לשדה, בין אדם למקום המרחב והמקום בספריו של ס. יזהר 'מקדמות' ו'צלהבים'
    ISBN: 9789654937931
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2015
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    Keywords: Literature and Poetry ; Jewish Studies
    Abstract: The book concentrates on Preliminaries and Zalhavim, two novels published in 1992 and 1993 by S. Yizhar (Yizhar Smilansky), one of Israel's best known authors. It concentrates on Yizhar's poetics of space and place and through it shows how it reveals the Israeli complex relationship between place and space. Questions of belonging and alienation, the relationship between the self and the other, the nexus between man and his place and the cracks that reside in that place, all these are present in Yizhar's novels and are a mirror and a model for Israeli society, and his poetics of space are a powerful hermeneutic tool
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    Title: 'הבימה' בברלין מיסודו של תאטרון ציוני
    ISBN: 9789654938457
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2015
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    Keywords: Yiddish ; Jewish Studies ; History ; Theatre
    Abstract: The book 'Habima in Berlin' delineates the net of interconnections between Habima, a Hebrew theater troupe, and the German Jewish cultural and economical elite, that were woven together in the years 1926-1931. It analyzes how Berlin Jews, among them renowned theater artists, Zionist activists, intellectuals, wealthy businessmen, industrialists and bankers, formed a coalition to support Habima and how they shaped its Hebrew-Zionist artistic profile
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    Title: קיצוץ בנטיעות עבודת השכינה בעולמה של ספרות הקבלה המוקדמת
    ISBN: 9789654938396
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2015
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    Keywords: Jewish Studies ; Jewish Mysticism ; Jewish History ; Religion
    Abstract: The feminine divine presence, the Shekhinah, has received detailed description in the Kabbalistic literature from the time of its inception at the end of the 12th century. The present book pursues the tracks of the belief in the Shekhinah and demonstrates that the main motive of the Kabbalists was not to disseminate the belief in Her but rather to restrain and to supervise this belief which had evolved outside the Kabbalists' sphere or in its margins
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    ISSN: 0793-2839
    Language: French
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2015
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    Keywords: Literature and Poetry ; Jewish Studies ; History ; Perspectives: Revue de l'Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem ; History of Europe
    Abstract: Perspectives. Revue de l'Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem (auparavant HSLA, édition française), paraît une fois l'an. La Rédaction accepte des articles ayant trait aux sciences humaines et plus particulièrement à la littérature, la stylistique littéraire, les arts et l'histoire. Toute correspondance doit être adressée à la Rédaction de Perspectives, Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem, Mont Scopus, 91905 Jérusalem, Israël. La Rédaction se réserve le droit d'apporter de légères modifications aux mss. acceptés pour la publication. Perspectives. Revue de l'Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem ne publie pas de comptes rendus. L'ensemble des articles réunis dans ce 22e volume de Perspectives rendent hommage à Claude Vigée, à son œuvre poétique comme à sa pensée. Toutes deux traversent le siècle et lui laissent leur marque indélébile. C'est ce dont témoignent tous les auteurs qui ont accepté de participer à ce numéro
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    Title: משנה ותוספתא כתובות נוסח, פרשנות ועריכה
    ISBN: 9789654938150
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2015
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    Keywords: Jewish Studies ; Talmud
    Abstract: Mishnah and Tosefta Ketubbot: Text, Exegesis and Redaction includes new editions of tractate Ketubbot in the Mishnah and Tosefta and offers a new model for presenting these interdependent texts. After an introduction which deals at length with some central topics in Mishnah and Tosefta research, especially with regard to textual criticism, the two editions are presented in parallel; each edition is accompanied by selected variants and explanatory notes. Please note: The book was typeset so there is a parallel between Mishna and the matching Tosefta. For this reason pages 76, 82, 97, 100, 124, 177, 180, 220, 240, 256, 298, and 300 are blank. These pages were left blank intentionally
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    Title: האדם הבוחר הסיפור המקראי כדרמה של בחירה
    ISBN: 9789654937207
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2015
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    Keywords: Bible Studies
    Abstract: The book Human Choice: Biblical Narrative and the Drama of Choice suggests, in contrast to the dominant position in the field of theology, that humanity and not God stands at the heart of biblical narrative. Underpinning many biblical narratives is a theology that may be termed a “theology of choice”, a theology predicated on the belief that human's central task is to choose between good and evil. Theology of choice leads to biblical narratives' focus on the internal conflicts of characters, their struggles and the choices that they must make. The principle that a person's choices determine one's destiny lies at the foundation of biblical narrative and is one of the basic tenets of Israelite belief. In contrast to the belief in a predetermined destiny characteristic of idolatrous culture as evident in many ancient mythologies as well as Greek tragedy, the outlook underlying many biblical narratives is that a person is a free being and is responsible for one's actions and one's ultimate destiny. The book also argues against the belief that the books of the Bible reflect polarized thinking and a dichotomous worldview. A sophisticated literary analysis treating the different levels of the narrative - the syntagmatic, paradigmatic and dramatic - with a focus on the use of tripartite contrast - a literary device yet to be noticed in biblical research - reveals that the biblical perspectives are not polar in nature, but rather include complexity and a gray zone lying between the dichotomy of black and white. The doubts and wavering of middle-ground characters such as Lot, Saul and Ahab create a drama about choice and infuse the narratives with complexity and interest. Middle-ground characters in biblical narratives represent human complexity, characterized by internal conflict and struggles, and the need to decide between conflicting desires, values and beliefs. This tension creates the biblical drama of choice which focuses on human choice
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    Title: כתבי העת של ההשכלה במחצית המאה הי"ט החלוץ: מלחמת הדת והתושיה; בכורים: חכמת ישראל
    ISBN: 9789654938198
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2015
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    Keywords: Literature and Poetry ; Jewish Studies ; History
    Abstract: This is the fifth book in the series of monographs and annotated indices on periodicals of the Haskalah. It covers two major Hebrew periodicals Hehalutz (1852-1889) and Bikurim (1864-1865), and addresses major developments in the history of the Hebrew Haskalah in mid-century: the emergence of radical Haskalah in Galicia which found its mouthpiece in Hehalutz, and the contribution of its prolific editor, Joshua Heschel Schorr, who published 13 volumes of his journal. Bikurim, published in two volumes, was edited by Naphtali Keller, and represented the moderate Haskalah and Hochmat Israel (the scholarly study of Judaism). The Indices to the two journals published in this book are cross-referenced, annotated, Alphabetized, and author-and-subject listed. They cover all articles, essays, and scholarly studies on a variety of topics in Jewish Studies, such as Biblical and Talmudic criticism and commentary, questions regarding the Halachah (the religious code), and studies on the Hebrew language, Jewish history, and Jewish education. They also cite newly discovered medieval Hebrew manuscripts, their critique and studies of their authors. Also included are various genres in belles lettres: poems, stories, satires, biographies, and miscellaneous writings such as editorial comments and announcements. All these subjects are discussed and analyzed in the monographs of the two journals. Now, upon their publication, the annotated indices should serve as a reliable reference tool for viewing and reviewing the major topics and issues that occupied the minds of the editors and the writers of these journals in Galicia and elsewhere in Europe in mid-19th century. Readers may now examine the scope and the character of the material published in these journals. Likewise, it is now convenient to assess the contribution of participating scholars, authors, and poets, to the Haskalah literature, and to explore their stand on various scholarly or Haskalah-related matters
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    Title: קבלה, מיסטיקה ופואטיקה המסע אל קץ החיזיון
    ISBN: 9789654938099
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2015
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Philosophy ; Christianity ; Islam ; Literature and Poetry ; Jewish Studies ; Religion
    Abstract: In the volume Kabbalah, Mysticism and Poetry: A Journey to the End of Vision, top researchers from a variety of disciplines generate a thrilling encounter between Jewish, Christian and Islamic texts, drawing on poetic, religious and mystical interpretation tools in an interdisciplinary feast of aesthetics, literature and poetics on the one hand, and mysticism and theology on the other. In this fascinating, complex, and entangled journey to the end of vision we meet some of the leading authors who made a crucial contribution to human world culture, and who were deeply interested in Kabbalah and mysticism, such as the Zohar Kabbalists, Israel Najara, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Paul Celan, Jorge Luis Borges, Julia Kristeva, Al-Hallaj, Ibn Arabi, Dante, Cervantes, John Donne, and Marcel Proust
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    Title: צא טמא
    ISBN: 9789654938051
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2015
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    Keywords: Yiddish ; Folklore ; Jewish Studies
    Abstract: An exorcism which took place in 1696 in Nikolsburg, Moravia (today Mikulov, Czech Republic) is the focus of this book. The description of this grandiose magic event reached us in two different versions: one well-known, in Hebrew became a model for this folk-genre in the 18th century; the other in Yiddish, remained unknown until now and is published here in full for the first time .The analysis includes a thorough comparison between these two competing descriptions, the identification of the participants - with special emphasis on their Sabbatean background and connections, as well as an identification of the specific 'manual for exorcism' used in this event (also published here in full, along other esoteric manuals of its kind). Through a thorough examination of the paradigmatic exorcism which took place in Moravia in 1696 and of its deep influence on the exorcism tales of the following generations, this book sheds new light on the central role magic in general and exorcism in particular played in the rich and multi-faceted cultural life of Ashkenazic Jews in the early modern period
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    [Jerusalem] : Magnes Press
    ISBN: 9789657755150
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 1984
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    Keywords: Bible Studies
    Abstract: The Bible from Within — The Method of Total Interpretation is a revised, enlarged, and fully updated English version of the Hebrew book HaMiqra Kidemuto "The Bible and Modern Literary Theory" which appeared in Jerusalem in 1962. The aim of the work, now as then, is to present an approach to the critical study of the Bible. Even when it first appeared, it was not the first work in recent Biblical scholarship to concern itself primarily with methodology, and the large number of such works which have since appeared is sufficient evidence that the crisis in the field — and in the study of literature in general — has not abated, and is, perhaps, even more acute. For as the old adage has it, the less one understands the material, the more one speaks of methods. When paths of inquiry no longer lead to the desired goal and perplexed scholars' sense that they have perforce stumbled and taken wrong turns along the way it is then that they begin to concern themselves with questions of methodology. The Bible from Within, as was the Hebrew work that preceded it, is an attempt to set the perplexed student of the Bible firmly and securely on the right path to understanding
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    Title: סיפורי הנביאים הסיפורת הנבואית במקרא - סוגיה ותולדותיה
    ISBN: 9789654937580
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: Third revised and expanded, August 2014
    Year of publication: 1983
    Series Statement: Perry Foundation for Biblical Research
    Series Statement: חקר המקרא: מיסודו של ס"ש פרי
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Bible Studies ; Jewish Studies
    Abstract: In this volume the author attempts to describe the whole prophetical narrative in the Hebrew Bible, delimiting the extent of the single stories and establishing the date of their composition, their ideas, and message.The discussion centers on the problem of the literary genres, whether the stories are history, legend, parable or any other genre.The artistic value of some of these biblical masterpieces is highlighted. The conclusions bear upon the value of the prophetical stories as sources for the political and religious history of ancient Israel This third edition has been extensively revised and augmented. The second edition, published in 1986, was translated into English, Italian and Russian
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    Title: תורת האלוהות בדור השני של חסידות חב"ד
    ISBN: 9789657759196
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 1982
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    Keywords: Jewish Studies ; Jewish Mysticism ; Hassidism
    Abstract: We have before us a study of the spiritual aspect of Hasidism in the second generation, from the end of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century, from a historical point of view of the teachings and their development and from the point of view of Hasidic sources. It allows the reader to recognize an important aspect of Hassidic thought
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    Title: ר' ישראל סלנטר וראשיתה של תנועת המוסר עמנואל אטקס
    ISBN: 9652234222
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 1982
    Keywords: Jewish Studies
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    [Jerusalem] : Magnes Press
    Title: חיי שמשון
    ISBN: 9789654939522
    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 1982
    Series Statement: Perry Foundation for Biblical Research
    Series Statement: חקר המקרא: מיסודו של ס"ש פרי
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    Keywords: Bible Studies
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