Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Rashi Rashi Elie Wiesel From Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, comes a magical book that introduces us to the towering figure of Rashi--Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki--the great biblical and Talmudic commentator of the … OL14856761W
A life in letters, 1914-1982 A life in letters, 1914-1982 Gershon Scholem "Perhaps the greatest scholar of Jewish mysticism in the twentieth century, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) once said of himself, "I have no biography, only a bibliography." Yet, in thousands of letters … OL17100284W
Stranger in a Strange Land Stranger in a Strange Land George Prochnik **Taking his lead from his subject, Gershom Scholem—the 20th century thinker who cracked open Jewish theology and history with a radical reading of Kabbalah—Prochnik combines biography and memoir to … OL18146831W
Creators of the Jewish experience in ancient and medieval times Creators of the Jewish experience in ancient and medieval times Simon Noveck,Reuven Kimelman The B'nai B'rith History of the Jewish People. Index. OL20627517W
Gershom Scholem Gershom Scholem Noam Zadoff German-born Gerhard (Gershom) Scholem (1897?1982), the preeminent scholar of Jewish mysticism, delved into the historical analysis of kabbalistic literature from late antiquity to the twentieth centu… OL20930811W
Jüdische existenz in der Moderne Jüdische existenz in der Moderne Christian Wiese,Thomas Brechenmacher,Walter Homolka "In this book, internationally renowned historians reconstruct the biography and intellectual development of the rabbi and historian Abraham Geiger (1810-1874). The focus is on Geiger's intellectual … OL20956225W
Links in the chain Links in the chain Naomi E. Pasachoff Presents biographical essays on individuals who have shaped Jewish history, including Hillel, Moses Mendelssohn, and Theodor Herzl. OL35174W
From Berlin to Jerusalem From Berlin to Jerusalem Gershon Scholem On his 80th birthday, Gershom Scholem (1897–1982) created the most beautiful birthday present for himself: the memories of his youth in the Jewish milieu in the still quiet Berlin of the early 20th c… OL8275527W