New Books and Journals
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Books and Journals
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Matti Friedman, The Aleppo Codex. The True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the International Pursuit of an Ancient Bible
The Aleppo Codex. The True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the International Pursuit of an Ancient Bible By Matti Friedman ISBN: 9781616200404 (Hardback $24.95 / £15.62) 320 pages Algonquin Books The Aleppo Codex unveils the journey of the tenth-century sacred text from its hiding place in a Syrian synagogue to the newly founded state … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Jeffrey Kress, Development, Learning, and Community: Educating for Identity in Pluralistic Jewish High Schools
Development, Learning, and Community: Educating for Identity in Pluralistic Jewish High Schools by Jeffrey Kress ISBN 978-1-936235-30-8 (cloth $95.00 / £44.25) 202 pages Academic Studies Press Development, Learning and Community uses data drawn from a study of pluralistic Jewish high schools to illustrate the complex and often challenging … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Huguette Herrmann, Bo, Jenny and I: Surviving the Holocaust in Britain – A Family Memoir
Bo, Jenny and I: Surviving the Holocaust in Britain - A Family Memoir By Huguette Herrmann ISBN 978-1-936235-73-5 (cloth $59.00 / £40.25) 220 pages Academic Studies Press Bo, Jenny and I is a memoir describing the life of a young woman growing up in unusual circumstances, as well as a discussion of political and sociological effects … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Jean-Pierre Rothschild et Jérôme Grondeux, Adolphe Franck, philosophe juif, spiritualiste et libéral dans la France du XIXe siècle
Adolphe Franck, philosophe juif, spiritualiste et libéral dans la France du XIXe siècle. Actes du colloque tenu à l'Institut de France le 31 mai 2010 Edité par Jean-Pierre Rothschild et Jérôme Grondeux ISBN 978-2-503-54471-7 (Paperback, €50.00 + VAT) 234 p., 5 b/w ill. Brepols Publishers, 2012 Adolphe Franck (1810-1893) est une … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Alinda Damsma, The Targumic Toseftot to Ezekiel
The Targumic Toseftot to Ezekiel. Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture,13 By Alinda Damsma, University College London ISSN: 1570-1336 ISBN13: 9789004229907 (Hardback, € 107.00 / $149.00) Approx. 265 pages Brill, June 2012 This book focuses on the additional liturgical and alternative readings of Targum Ezekiel, … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Harriet Murav and Eugene Avrutin, Jews in the East European Borderlands: A Festrchrift in Honor of John Doyle Klier
Jews in the East European Borderlands: A Festrchrift in Honor of John Doyle Klier By Harriet Murav and Eugene Avrutin ISBN 978-1-936235-59-9 (Cloth $99.00 / £53.99) 285 pages Academic Studies Press, May 2012 This book is a collection of essays honoring the life and work of the scholar John Doyle Klier, and it brings together some of the … [Read More...]
New Journal: Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel (HeBAI)
New Journal – Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel (HeBAI) The first issue of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel was published in March 2012 by Mohr Siebeck. Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel is a new, peer-reviewed, quarterly journal focusing primarily on the biblical texts in their ancient historical contexts, but also on the history of Israel in its … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Abraham Melamed, Wisdom’s Little Sister: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Political Thought
Wisdom’s Little Sister: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Political Thought By Abraham Melamed ISBN 978-1-936235-32-2 (Cloth $109.00/ ₤74.50) 350 pages Academic Studies Press The study of Jewish political philosophy is a recently established field within Jewish philosophy. While in older histories of Jewish philosophy … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Hillel Klein, Survival and Trials of Revival: Psychodynamic Studies of Holocaust Survivors and Their Families in Israel and the Diaspora
Survival and Trials of Revival: Psychodynamic Studies of Holocaust Survivors and Their Families in Israel and the Diaspora By Hillel Klein ISBN 978-1-936235-89-6, (Cloth $85.00/ ₤53.99) 375 pages Academic Studies Press This book offers psychodynamic studies of Holocaust survivors and their families in Israel and the Diaspora. It is a … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Jonathan Ray (editor), The Jew in Medieval Iberia: 1100-1500
The Jew in Medieval Iberia: 1100-1500 Edited by Jonathan Ray ISBN 978-1-936235-35-3 (Cloth $70.00 / ₤47.50) 350 pages Academic Studies Press The Jew in Medieval Iberia is an exploration of the richness and diversity of Jewish society in Christian Iberia from 1100-1500, providing a fresh look at the ways in which medieval Jews conceived … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Simon Cooper, Contemporary Covenantal Thought: Interpretations of Covenant in the Thought of David Hartman and Eugene Borowitz
Contemporary Covenantal Thought: Interpretations of Covenant in the Thought of David Hartman and Eugene Borowitz by Simon Cooper ISBN 978-1-936235-69-8 (Cloth $99.00) 250 pages Academic Studies Press, September 2011 Refusing to accept anything but ever-increasing levels of human responsibility within a religious framework, covenantal … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Ofra Tirosh-Becker, Rabbinic Excerpts in Medieval Karaite Literature (2 volumes, in Hebrew)
גנזי חז"ל בספרות הקראית בימי הביניים Rabbinic Excerpts in Medieval Karaite Literature (in Hebrew) by Ofra Tirosh-Becker 2 volumes, 1,282 pages The Bialik Institute and the Hebrew University: Jerusalem 2011. $18.35 (vol. 1) + $22.55 (vol. 2) This book exposes for the first time the extensive scope of the … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Nadia Malinovich, French and Jewish: Culture and the Politics of Identity in Twentieth Century France (in English and now in French)
French and Jewish: Culture and the Politics of Identity in Twentieth Century France By Nadia Malinovich ISBN: Hardback 978-1-906764-25-8 (£35.00 / $45.00) ISBN: Paperback 978-1-904113-40-9 (£16.95 / $27.95) 292 pages Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2008 (Hardback); 2011 (Paperback) This study of Jewish cultural innovation … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Hector M. Patmore, Adam, Satan, and the King of Tyre: The Interpretation of Ezekiel 28:11-19 in Late Antiquity
Adam, Satan, and the King of Tyre: The Interpretation of Ezekiel 28:11-19 in Late Antiquity By Hector M. Patmore ISBN 9789004207226 (Hardback €99.00 / $136.00) approximately 260 pages Brill, 2012 The oracle against the King of Tyre in Ezekiel 28.12-19 is a difficult text that inspired diverse interpretations in Late Antiquity. According … [Read More...]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Gad Freudenthal, Science in Medieval Jewish Cultures
Science in Medieval Jewish Cultures Edited by: Gad Freudenthal ISBN: 9781107001459 (Hardback, £85.00) 542 pages Cambridge University Press, March 2012 Science in Medieval Jewish Cultures provides the first comprehensive overview by world-renowned experts of what we know today of medieval Jews' engagement with the sciences. Many medieval … [Read More...]
