Israelite Religion From Tribal Beginnings to Scribal Legacy
ISBN: HB: 9780300248111, Yale University Press, June 2025
432 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 40 black&white illus.
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...
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Spinoza Freedom's Messiah
ISBN: PB: 9780300281866, ISBN: HB: 9780300248920, Yale University Press, April 2025
216 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 1 black&white illus.
Ian Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time. Baruch (Benedictus) Spinoza (1632-1677) was a radical free thinker who led a life guided by...
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Sovereignty and Religious Freedom A Jewish History
ISBN: HB: 9780300246834, Yale University Press, February 2025
312 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 11 black&white illus.
A comparative legal history of Jewish sovereignty and religious freedom, illuminating the surprising ways that collective and individual rights have evolved over the past two centuries. It is a common assumption that in Israel, Jews have sovereignt...
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Genesis 1-11 A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary
ISBN: HB: 9780300149739, Yale University Press, November 2024
488 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 13 black&white illus.
The first volume of a groundbreaking two-part commentary on the book of Genesis by leading biblical scholar Ronald Hendel. The first eleven chapters of Genesis narrate the origin of the universe; the creation of the first human beings; the beginnin...
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Origins of Judaism An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal
ISBN: PB: 9780300276657, Yale University Press, April 2024
384 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 18 black&white illus.
Groundbreaking research that utilizes archaeological discoveries and ancient texts to revolutionize our understanding of the beginnings of Judaism. Throughout much of history, the Jewish way of life has been characterized by strict adherence to the...
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Joshua 13-24 A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary
ISBN: HB: 9780300265408, Yale University Press, January 2024
440 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 3 black&white illus.
The second installment of Thomas B. Dozeman's authoritative commentary on the book of Joshua. Following the Pentateuch in the traditional canon, the book of Joshua chronicles the conquest of the Canaanite nations, the distribution of the newly acqu...
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Ezra A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary
ISBN: HB: 9780300149692, Yale University Press, September 2023
504 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 2 black&white illus.
A new translation and commentary on the biblical book of Ezra by the renowned author of two award-winning biblical commentaries. The book of Ezra is a remarkable testament to a nation's ability to survive and develop a distinctive identity under im...
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Three Powers in Heaven The Emergence of Theology and the Parting of the Ways
ISBN: HB: 9780300263329, Yale University Press, September 2023
416 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
A fresh look at how Christianity and Judaism became two distinct religions through the parting of their intellectual traditions. How, when, and why did Christianity and Judaism become separate religions? This book reinterprets the parting of the wa...
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Micah A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary
ISBN: HB: 9780300159950, Yale University Press, July 2023
304 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm
A new translation and commentary on the biblical book of Micah that proposes a convincing new theory of its composition history. While the biblical book of Micah is most famous for its images of peace – swords forged into to plowshares, spears turn...
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Object of Jewish Literature A Material History
ISBN: HB: 9780300234114, Yale University Press, September 2022
288 pp., 23,5x15,6 cm, 76 black&white illus.
A history of modern Jewish literature that explores our enduring attachment to the book as an object. With the rise of digital media, the "death of the book" has been widely discussed. But the physical object of the book persists. Here, through the...
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