The first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. According to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), philosophy is a "battl...

A landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers of American life. In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of Philip Roth (1933-2018), one of America's most celebr...

Jane Eisner traces the professional accomplishments and personal challenges of pop icon Carole King, exploring her unique contribution to American music. Carole King's extraordinary career has defined American popular music for more than half a cen...

The first published account of the German-Jewish magnates who won an international reputation as the leading art collectors of Edwardian Britain. The small but conspicuous group of German-Jewish magnates who settled in fin-de-siecle Britain filled t...

An extensive collection of Jewish texts and visual artifacts, representing the memory, identity, and culture of ancient Jewish life over nearly a thousand years. Volume 2 of the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization covers Jewish life as...

A dynamic history of life in turn-of-the-century Warsaw through the eyes of a young woman and her Jewish family who converted to Catholicism. When Alicja Lewental's parents came of age in the middle of the nineteenth century, they believed they did...

Telling the story of the flight of the Jews from Egypt based on the biblical book of Exodus, the Haggadah was - and still is - used during the Seder, the ritual meal of the first night of Passover. The text of this remarkable manuscript has been rich...

A revelatory look at midcentury American artistic responses to the Holocaust, and the role of the Jewish experience in the development of modern art. The profound effects of the Holocaust and the Jewish experience of World War II left an indelible...

A thought-provoking account of the life and work of Franz Boas and his influential role in shaping modern anthropology. Franz Boas (1858-1942) is widely acknowledged for his pioneering work in the field of cultural anthropology. His rigorous studie...

A panoramic, thousand-year history of Israelite religion, from the Iron Age to the birth of Judaism, by a renowned biblical scholar. From its Iron Age beginnings to its aftermath in the Roman period, Israelite religion went through significant chan...