Profound, demanding, but lucid and well organized, Diamond’s book is a class act!" ―Choice... sensitive, magisterial study... " ―Macleans... a great interest to serious readers." ―St. Louis Post-Dispatch... a superb piece of research, empathetic yet clear-headed evaluation. But there is also wit, elegance and personal passion on these scholarly pages." ―The Jewish SpectatorHomeland or Holy Land? is the study of a man and a movement―the man is Yonatan Ratosh, Hebrew poet and thinker, and the movement is Zionism, the ideological foundation of the Jewish state, Israel.Important and provocative reading for anyone interested, concerned, or confused by the state of the state of Israel today.

Homeland or Holy Land?: The "Canaanite" Critique of Israel

Politics & Social Sciences

Diamond, James S.

Social Sciences

Indiana University Press

James S. Diamond, a consummate teacher of the Bible, provides a clear and simple (but not simplistic) method for reading and understanding the weekly Torah portions. This is a how-to book, not an interpretive one. It is not a commentary on each week’s reading, but rather an “instruction manual” on how each of us can read and interpret for ourselves the 54 Torah portions of the year. Diamond provides a set of structured guidelines to the readings, and then he leads us through one Torah portion from each of the five biblical books to give us examples of how we can continue the “stringing” process on our own. He concludes with a personal guide to recommended Bible commentaries so readers can engage in further study if they choose. Stringing the Pearls is intended for all who would like to reach a greater personal understanding of the Torah, no matter what their biblical knowledge. An invaluable resource for Jewish learners, this book will also be an important tool for rabbis and for Jewish educators. 
JPS inadvertently failed to include Section 8 of Part V: Selected Books (following page 206) in James Diamond’s new book Stringing the Pearls. We apologize to our readers for any inconvenience that this has caused.

Stringing the Pearls: How to Read The Weekly Torah Portion

Religion & Spirituality

Judaism

JEWISH PUBLICATON SOCIETY

The text of the Torah includes not only its words, but also various atypical scribal features. Prime among these are the dots over certain letters, various letters written either large or small, and the exceedingly odd placement of two inverted Hebrew letters surrounding one passage. What are these features doing there? How old are they? Do they carry meaning? How have they been interpreted over the years? James Diamond brings the reader on the journey through the Torah text in search of a response to these questions.

Scribal Secrets: Extraordinary Texts in the Torah and Their Implications

Pickwick Publications

Scribal Secrets

Pickwick Pubns

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