Essays in Honor of Solomon B. Freehof

Essays in Honor of Solomon B. Freehof PDF Author: Pittsburgh (Pa.). Rodef Shalom Congregation
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : Rodef Shalom Congregation
ISBN:
Category : Judaism
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Gift of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut.

Essays in Honor of Solomon B. Freehof

Essays in Honor of Solomon B. Freehof PDF Author: Pittsburgh (Pa.). Rodef Shalom Congregation
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : Rodef Shalom Congregation
ISBN:
Category : Judaism
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Gift of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut.

Studies and Essays in Honor of Abraham A. Neuman, President Dropsie College

Studies and Essays in Honor of Abraham A. Neuman, President Dropsie College PDF Author: Michal Ben-Horin
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004612076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 670

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The Chosen People in America

The Chosen People in America PDF Author: Arnold M. Eisen
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253114128
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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An exploration of how American Jewish thinkers grapple with the notion of being the isolated “Chosen People” in a nation that is a melting pot. What does it mean to be a Jew in America? What opportunities and what threats does the great melting pot represent for a group that has traditionally defined itself as “a people that must dwell alone?” Although for centuries the notion of “The Chosen People” sustained Jewish identity, America, by offering Jewish immigrants an unprecedented degree of participation in the larger society, threatened to erode their Jewish identity and sense of separateness. Arnold M. Eisen charts the attempts of American Jewish thinkers to adapt the notion of chosenness to an American context. Through an examination of sermons, essays, debates, prayer-book revisions, and theological literature, Eisen traces the ways in which American rabbis and theologians—Reconstructionist, Conservative, and Orthodox thinkers—effected a compromise between exclusivity and participation that allowed Jews to adapt to American life while simultaneously enhancing Jewish tradition and identity. “This is a book of extraordinary quality and importance. In tracing the encounter of Jews (the chosen people) and America (the chosen nation) . . . Eisen has given the American Jewish community a new understanding of itself.” —American Jewish Archives “One of the most significant books on American Jewish thought written in recent years.” —Choice

Jewish Translation History

Jewish Translation History PDF Author: Robert Singerman
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9789027216502
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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A classified bibliographic resource for tracing the history of Jewish translation activity from the Middle Ages to the present day, providing the researcher with over a thousand entries devoted solely to the Jewish role in the east-to-west transmission of Greek and Arab learning and science into Latin or Hebrew. Other major sections extend the coverage to modern times, taking special note of the absorption of European literature into the Jewish cultural orbit via Hebrew, Yiddish, or Judezmo translations, for instance, or the translation and reception of Jewish literature written in Jewish languages into other languages such as Arabic, English, French, German, or Russian. This polyglot bibliography, the first of its kind, contains over 2,600 entries, is enhanced by a vast number of additional bibliographic notes leading to reviews and related resources, and is accompanied by both an author and a subject index.

The Gospel of Matthew, Volume 2

The Gospel of Matthew, Volume 2 PDF Author: George Wesley Buchanan
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1597528676
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 541

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Prof. George Wesley Buchanan PhD., Litt.D., D.S.L. Recognized in academic circles for being the first for the following: 1. use of insights from the Dead Sea Scrolls to solve biblical problems. 2. discover midrash (commentary on Scripture) in the First Testament. 3. publish intertextual commentaries both in the First Testament and in the New Testament. 4. discover the northern boundaries of the Promised Land. 5. discover independently (as one of two scholars) the true location of the temple at Zion. 6. discover the method for distinguishing the teachings of Jesus from the additions of the later church. Other scholars have followed Schweitzer in declaring that this could not be done. Other Biographical Data for Prof. Buchanan: Ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, pastor of churches for fourteen years. Horowitz Fellow, Scheuer Fellow, Rosenstiel Fellow, Association of Theological Schools Fellow, Claremont--Society of Biblical Literature Fellow, Recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award, Simpson College, Recipient of Numerous Research Grants

The Despoliation of Egypt

The Despoliation of Egypt PDF Author: Joel S. Allen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047433564
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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This work examines the role played by the biblical motif of the despoliation of Egypt in the understanding Gentiles had of Jews, and how Jews defended themselves, their heroes and their God in the face of anti-Jewish slander. It also examines the manner in which Christians learned from their rabbinic counterparts how to defend Moses and his God against the gnostic challenge. Beginning with Philo and based on haggadic additions, the embarrassment of the episode was 'healed' through allegory and became a critically important biblical justification for the Christian appropriation of the 'Egyptian treasures' of their Greco-Roman cultural heritage. This work describes how Christians borrowed exegetical traditions from rabbis not only to defend their sacred texts against gnostic attacks but to justify their interest in and appropriation of non-Christian philosophy in their theological understandings.

Eat and be Satisfied

Eat and be Satisfied PDF Author: John Cooper
Publisher: Jason Aronson
ISBN: 9780876683163
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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Eat and Be Satisfied is the first comprehensive and critical history of Jewish food from biblical times until the present. John Cooper explores the traditional foods-the everyday diets as well as the specialties for the Sabbath and festivals-of both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic cuisines. He discusses the often debated question of what makes certain foods "Jewish" and details the evolution of such traditional dishes as cholent and gefilte fish.

Josephus, the Bible and History

Josephus, the Bible and History PDF Author: Feldman
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004671803
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 474

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Beyond the Yellow Badge

Beyond the Yellow Badge PDF Author: Mitchell Merback
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004151656
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 601

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Bringing together thirteen leading art historians, Beyond the Yellow Badge seeks to reframe the relationship between European visual culture and the many changing aspects of the Christian majority’s negative conceptions of Jews and Judaism during the Middle Ages and early modern periods.

The Realignment of the Priestly Literature

The Realignment of the Priestly Literature PDF Author: Thomas J. King
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498270891
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 181

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Discussions of the Pentateuch still progress in the shadow of Wellhausen's classic source theory known as the Documentary Hypothesis. The theory continues to stimulate a lively and informative exchange in pentateuchal circles, even in the face of significant adjustments to the hypothesis and its alleged abandonment by some. In the midst of this discussion, the priestly literature holds a unique position as the most identifiable of the sources of the Pentateuch. Nevertheless, clarity regarding the character of the Priestly source has been obscured by the disjunction between the P narratives in Genesis and the predominantly legal material assigned to P in the rest of the Pentateuch. This book addresses that disjunction by recognizing the priestly narrative in the book of Genesis as a unique document, which has been incorporated into the larger Priestly source. This discovery also serves to bring further clarity to the redactional relationship between P and H. As a result, this study enriches our understanding of the priestly writings in the Pentateuch.