First published in 1938, this sourcebook presents 137 documents that deal with individual Jews and the Jewish community during the Jewish Middle Ages. It offers a sweeping view of Jewish historical experience from late antiquity until modern times, with introductions and annotations to make these sources accessible to the modern reader. For this new edition, Marc Saperstein has updated Muarcus's 96 bibliographies, providing references to modern scholarly research on each topic. In his introduction, he analyzes and evaluates Marcus's decision regarding periodization, organization and inclusion. In doing so, he offers further insights about the implications of those decisions for our own understanding of Jewish history.

The Jew in the Medieval World : A Source Book, 315-1791

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Jacob Rader Marcus

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Logos and Mystical Theology in Philo of Alexandria

Winston, David

Originally published in 1977, this back-in-print classic offers a historic look at the concerns of an earlier generation. The questions and answers in this book deal with issues of Jewish ritual observance, holidays, life cycle events, synagogue life, birth, death, medical ethics, abortion, and much more. Though some issues are dated, this volume offers timeless wisdom and unique insights into Jewish thought.

Reform Responsa for Our Time

Religion & Spirituality

Freehof, Solomon B.

Judaism

Shir Hama'Alot L'David / (English and Hebrew Edition)

David Darshan

In this comprehensive final report David Ilan and 12 other contributing authors present the rich finds from the Iron Age I (circa 1200-950 BCE) levels at Tel Dan, gleaned in the course of Avraham Biran's 1966-1999 excavations at the site. The architecture, ceramics, metal, flint, bone and ground stone objects and ecofacts, all contribute to the portrayal of a cosmopolitan society that thrived, initially, under Egyptian imperial rule, subsequently forging its own way with the departure of Egyptian hegemony. The early Iron Age levels at Tel Dan show material evidence for the presence of local peoples, Egyptians, Cypriots, Aegeans, and Syrians, who together, negotiated a new identity, as Danites.

Dan IV - the Iron Age I Settlement: The Avraham Biran Excavations 1966-1999

Ilan, David

Ancient Civilizations

HUCA is the flagship journal of Hebrew Union College Press and the primary face of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion to the academic world. From its inception in 1924, its goal has been to cultivate Jewish learning and facilitate the dissemination of cutting-edge scholarship across the spectrum of Jewish Studies, including Bible, Rabbinics, Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, and Religion. David H. Aaron and Jason Kalman served as Editors for the current volume and Sonja Rethy as Managing Editor.

Hebrew Union College Annual 2021 (92) (English and Hebrew Edition)

Hebrew Union College Press

From the back cover:The history if medieval Judaism may be considered under two aspects: what the world did the the Jew ans what the Jew did for himself. Both aspects are interrelated, but not necessarily dependent. Whether the world had been benign and pacific or - as it was - hostile and cruel, the Jew would still have prayed, studied, entered professions, traveled, organized communal endeavors, in a phrase, pursued the normal activities of social life. To the extent, however, that he was harassed and persecuted, the Jew responded: he defended himself and replied to his enemies. In this reprint of the 1938 classic source book, Jacob Rader Marcus, the Dean of American Jewish History, has gathered, edited, and introduced those documents from the medieval literature which illuminate the Jewish community in both aspects: as self contained society (Jewish self-government: Jewish sectarianism, mysticism, messianism; the inner life of the Jew, the lives and works of Jewish notable - Rashi, Maimonides, Gluckel of Hameln, Solomon Maimon, among others)and in relation to the outside world (the Jewish situation under Roman law, under Islam, under the Visigoths; treatmnt at the hands of the feudal and monarchal societies, the Roman Catholic Church, and the reformers).Cover drawing based on illumination from a fourteenth-century Haggadah, possible Spanish, in the British Museum, London.Cover Design by Adrienne Vanady

The Jew in the Medieval World a Sourcebook : 315-1791

Marcus, Jacob Rader

The French Revolution brought the promise of equality to many oppressed groups living in France. French Jews, long persecuted and considered to be a separate nation, sought to benefit from the new freedoms promised by the Revolution. To this end, Jewish leaders engaged the services of a 27-year-old Catholic lawyer named Jacques Godard, who had previously defended a slave seeking his freedom, a Protestant defending his property rights, and other disadvantaged individuals. As the official lawyer and lobbyist for the Ashkenazi French Jewish community, Godard ultimately persuaded the Paris Municipal Assembly to become an important advocate in favor of equal rights for Jews, and, within two tumultuous years, the campaign for Jewish equality achieved its goal: Jews became equal citizens of France. This inspiring story, set during the dramatic years of the Revolution, shows how one determined individual can be a catalyst for lasting and meaningful change. Gerard Leval has performed an important service by describing the life of a young man who lived more than two hundred years ago and fought for causes for which we still struggle today.

Lobbying for Equality: Jacques Godard and the Struggle for Jewish Equality During the French Revolution

Leval, Gerard

Europe

Hebrew Union College Annual is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly treatmentsof all aspects of Jewish and Cognate Studies in all eras, from antiquity to the contemporary world.

Hebrew Union College Annual 2022 (93) (Hebrew Union College Annual, 93)

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Ars Prophetica: Theology in the Poetry of Twentieth-century Hebrew Poets Avraham Halfi, Shin Shalom, Amir Gilboa, and T. Carmi

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