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Judaism

The New Jew in Film Exploring Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Cinema Cover

This is a compelling, surprising and provocative book, whose chapters explore masculinity, femininity, passivity, agency, religion, as well as a departure into new territory including food and bathrooms. Its concern is to reveal how the representation of the Jew is used to convey confidence or anxieties about Jewish identity and history.

Judaism An Introduction Cover

Discusses the origins of the Jewish Bible. This work recounts the history of the Jewish people from the era of Patriarchs and Prophets through the Middle Ages up to the contemporary era. It outlines the Jewish liturgical calendar and its major rites and modes of worship. It considers the great variety of Jewish literatures, art, food and culture.

An Introduction to Medieval Jewish Philosophy Cover

Focusing on the central philosophical questions of the Middle Ages, this book offers an introduction to topics such as God and creation, human freewill, biblical prophecy, the Commandments, the divine attributes and immortality.

Talking to the Other Jewish Interfaith Dialogue with Christians and Muslims Cover

Rabbi Jonathan Magonet has long been engaged in interfaith dialogue, and in this book he explores the issues that arise with such an encounter and challenges the Jewish community to broaden its commitment to interfaith dialogue in a complex and rapidly changing world.

Sunlight and Shadow The Jewish Experience of Islam Cover

Jews participated in the flowering of international civilization made possible by the worldwide conquests by the Arabs. It was under Muslim rule that Judaism developed as the religion we know today. This book traces the condition of the Jews living in the world of Islam for the past 1400 years.

Black God Afroasiatic Roots of the Jewish Christian and Muslim Religions Cover

Using methods of comparative mythology and the work of scholars, this work builds a picture of the Afroasiatic heritage, and how much of it is still with us in modern Western thought. It is argued that there is an inner logic to be found in myths and beliefs as far apart as Yemen and Nigeria.