Medicine in the Bible and the Talmud: Selections from Classical Jewish Sources 9780870683268, 0870683268

Jewish Literature from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Century: With an Introduction on Talmud and Midrash

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Jewish Art from the Bible to Chagall 0498061833, 9780498061837

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The Reasons for the Commandments in Jewish Thought: From the Bible to the Renaissance 9781618111005

This classic work by early-20th-century Jewish humanist and scholar Isaac Heinemann surveys the crucial phases of Jewish

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Selections from the Mysteries 9781463230616

Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani discusses the unique practice of the seven mysteries according to the Syrian Orthodox tr

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Jewish and Islamic Philosophy: Crosspollinations in the Classical Age 9781474468565

This book explores the major philosophical issues in the historic interplay of Islamic and Jewish philosophy. The proble

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Deification in Classical Greek Philosophy and the Bible 1009392948, 9781009392945

To be human is to strive to be better, and we cannot be better without knowing what is best. In ancient Greek philosophy

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The Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament: Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik's Commentary to the Gospels 9780812296136

In The Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament, Shaul Magid presents the first-ever English translation of Rabbi Elijah

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Bastards and Believers: Jewish Converts and Conversion from the Bible to the Present 9780812296754

Viewing Jewish history from the perspective of conversion across a broad chronological and conceptual frame, Bastards an

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Medicine in the Talmud: Natural and Supernatural Therapies between Magic and Science 9780520384040

Despite the Talmud being the richest repository of medical remedies in ancient Judaism, this important strain of Jewish

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Sorrow and Distress in the Talmud 9781618111128

Both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud depict a wide range of sorrowful situations tied to every level of s

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