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Playing a Jewish Game: Gentile Christian Judaizing in the First and Second Centuries CE (Studies in Christianity and Judaism 13)

Playing a Jewish Game: Gentile Christian Judaizing in the First and Second Centuries CE (Studies in Christianity and Judaism 13)


Michele Murray



About the Author Michele Murray is a specialist in Christian origins and an assistant professor in the Department of Reli...
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A Question of Identity: Iberian Conversos in Historical Perspective

A Question of Identity: Iberian Conversos in Historical Perspective


Renee Levine Melammed



Review "This is a well-written and documented work that even beginners in Iberian history will find easily understandable...
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The Book of Psalms: Composition and Reception (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)

The Book of Psalms: Composition and Reception (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)


Aaron Brunell, Patrick D. Miller, Peter W. Flint, Ryan Roberts



The Book of Psalms: Composition and Reception (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)...
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Philo, Supplement I: Questions and Answers on Genesis (Loeb Classical Library No. 380)

Philo, Supplement I: Questions and Answers on Genesis (Loeb Classical Library No. 380)


Ralph Marcus, Philo



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Doubly Chosen: Jewish Identity, the Soviet Intelligentsia, and the Russian Orthodox Church

Doubly Chosen: Jewish Identity, the Soviet Intelligentsia, and the Russian Orthodox Church


Judith Deutsch Kornblatt



Review "The phenomenon of Orthodox Christian Jews has been overlooked or ignored by investigators of Soviet and post-Soviet...
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Mystic Tales from the Zohar

Mystic Tales from the Zohar


Aryeh Wineman



From Library Journal The 13th-century Zohar, consisting of theosophical theories concerning the Godhead and the Torah, is...
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Reflection And Refraction: Studies in Biblical Historiography in Honour of A. Graeme Auld  (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)

Reflection And Refraction: Studies in Biblical Historiography in Honour of A. Graeme Auld (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)


Robert Rezetko, Timothy H. Lim, W. Brian Aucker



About the Author Robert Rezetko, Ph.D. (2004), University of Edinburgh, is an independent scholar who resides in Guadalaj...
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Noah Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Conversations and Controversies of Antiquity (Early Judaism and Its Literature)

Noah Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Conversations and Controversies of Antiquity (Early Judaism and Its Literature)


Dorothy M. Peters



About the Author Dorothy M. Peters, Ph.D., University of Manchester, is Sessional Assistant Professor of Religious Studie...
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Israel in Exile: The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E (Studies in Biblical Literature)

Israel in Exile: The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E (Studies in Biblical Literature)


David Green Rainer Albertz



Review “A long-awaited tour de force, comprehensive in scope, chock full of original insights, fresh readings, and s...
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Inventing Great Neck: Jewish Identity And the American Dream

Inventing Great Neck: Jewish Identity And the American Dream


Judith S. Goldstein



About the Author Judith S. Goldstein, a Great Neck native, is the founder and executive director of Humanity in Action, a...
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Britain's Naval and Political Reaction to the Illegal Immigration of Jews to Palestine, 1945-1949

Britain's Naval and Political Reaction to the Illegal Immigration of Jews to Palestine, 1945-1949


Fr Liebreich



About the Author Freddy Libreich was born in Vienna in 1927, who went to Palestine illegally in 1939. He is an avid histo...
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Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West

Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West


Jeanne Abrams



Review “Abram’s pathbreaking study is filled with remarkable stories, attesting to the fact that Jewish women p...
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The Enoch-Metatron Tradition (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism  TSAJ )

The Enoch-Metatron Tradition (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism TSAJ )


Andrei A. Orlov



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Converting a Nation: A Modern Inquisition and the Unification of Italy (Studies in European Culture and History)

Converting a Nation: A Modern Inquisition and the Unification of Italy (Studies in European Culture and History)


Ariella Lang



About the Author ARIELLA LANG is Lecturer in Italian and Comparative Literature, Barnard College, USA. ...
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Jewish Martyrs in the Pagan and Christian Worlds

Jewish Martyrs in the Pagan and Christian Worlds


Shmuel Shepkaru



Review “"With its careful attention to historical context and rhetorical nuance, this study will be indispensable re...
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The Creation of History in Ancient Israel

The Creation of History in Ancient Israel


Marc Z. Brettler



Review 'Brettler's study is very clever. The layout of his presentation is certainly seductive, and he has without doubt ...
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Mission and Conversion: Proselytizing in the Religious History of the Roman Empire (Clarendon Paperbacks)

Mission and Conversion: Proselytizing in the Religious History of the Roman Empire (Clarendon Paperbacks)


Martin Goodman



Review "An extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of important issues in the religious history of the Roman...
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Religious Violence Between Christians and Jews: Medieval Roots, Modern Perspectives

Religious Violence Between Christians and Jews: Medieval Roots, Modern Perspectives


Abu Anna Sapir



About the Author Anna Sapir Abulafia is a Lecturer in History and Senior Tutor at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. ...
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Biblical Figures in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature

Biblical Figures in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature




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Numbered Days: Diaries and the Holocaust

Numbered Days: Diaries and the Holocaust


Alexandra Garbarini



Review "A brilliant, thoughtful, and groundbreaking study of adult diarists writing during the Holocaust."-Alexandra Zapr...
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The Crisis of Israelite Religion: Transformation of Religious Tradition in Exilic and Post-Exilic Times (Oudtestamentische Studien)

The Crisis of Israelite Religion: Transformation of Religious Tradition in Exilic and Post-Exilic Times (Oudtestamentische Studien)


Bob Becking, Marjo C. A. Korpel



Review '..".this book provides a thought-provoking discussion of literary and religious issues.'Mark S. Smith, "Bibliothe...
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The Library in Alexandria and the Bible in Greek (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)

The Library in Alexandria and the Bible in Greek (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)


Nina L. Collins



The Library in Alexandria and the Bible in Greek (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)...
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Hosea 2: Metaphor And Rhetoric in Historical Perspective (Academia Biblica (Series) (Society of Biblical Literature))

Hosea 2: Metaphor And Rhetoric in Historical Perspective (Academia Biblica (Series) (Society of Biblical Literature))


Brad E. Kelle



About the Author Brad E. Kelle, Ph.D. (2003) in Hebrew Bible, Emory University, is Assistant Professor of Biblical Litera...
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The Ancient Synagogue: The First Thousand Years, 2nd ed.

The Ancient Synagogue: The First Thousand Years, 2nd ed.


Professor Lee I. Levine



From Library Journal Levine (Jewish history and classical archaeology, Hebrew Univ.) has produced a massive and scholarly...
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Wisdom in Transition: Act and Consequence in Second Temple Instructions

Wisdom in Transition: Act and Consequence in Second Temple Instructions


Samuel L. Adams



About the Author Samuel L. Adams, Ph.D. (2006) at Yale University, is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Union Th...
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