The Jewish Religion: A Companion: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: How do Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Judaism differ? Is caviar kosher? Who was Maimonides? What is current Jewish thought on Jesus, sex, abortion, feminism, and capital punishment? Spanning from biblical times to the present, The Jewish Religion offers... Details...

The Jewish Study Bible: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The Jewish Study Bible is an innovative volume that offers readers of the Hebrew Bible a resource that is specifically tailored to meet their needs. The JSB presents the center of gravity of the Scriptures where Jews experience it--in Torah. It presents th... Details...

The Mind of the Talmud: An Intellectual History of the Bavli: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This critical study traces the development of the literary forms and conventions of the Babylonian Talmud, or Bavli, analyzing those forms as expressions of emergent rabbinic ideology. The Bavli, which evolved between the third and sixth centuries in Sasani... Details...

The Names of God Poetic Readings in Biblical Beginnings: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: In The Names of God, as in his previous study, Toward a Grammar of Biblical Poetics (OUP, 1992), Herbert Brichto continues to argue against the atomistic readings of the Hebrew Bible by the currently dominant schools of Biblical scholarship. He... Details...

The Origins of Anti-Semitism: Attitudes toward Judaism in Pagan and Christian Antiquity: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This revisionist reading of early anti-Judaism offers a richer and more varied picture of the Jews and Christians of antiquity. Details...

The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This comprehensive dictionary of the Jewish religion contains nearly 2,400 alphabetically arranged entries ranging from short definitions to lengthy essays on major topics. It is the most accessible and complete one-volume resource available for information... Details...

The Ruling Class of Judaea: The Origins of the Jewish Revolt against Rome, A.D. 66–70: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Goodman examines the background of the AD 66 Judean revolt against Rome. He attempts to explain both the rebellion itself and its temporary success by discussing the role of the Jewish ruling class in the sixty years preceding the war and in the independent... Details...

The Torah: (Jewish Publication Society) Publisher's Comments: The Torah is the essence of Jewish tradition; it inspires each succ... Details...

The Torah: (Jewish Publication Society) Publisher's Comments: The Torah is the essence of Jewish tradition; it inspires each successive generation. The current JPS translation, based on classical and modern sources, is acclaimed for its fidelity to the ancient Hebrew. Details...

The Torah: (Jewish Publication Society) Publisher's Comments: The Torah is the essence of Jewish tradition; it inspires each succ... Details...