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Talmud and Apocrypha Talmud and Apocrypha R. Travers Herford Same as 1st edition. Compares the ethical Rabbinical teachings with the teachings found in the Apocryphical literature. Focuses on the ethical teachings of both literatures. Differentiates between t… OL1112677W
The science of the Talmud The science of the Talmud Charles M. Boerman A historical deription of the development of the Talmud is provided. The text describes the advances in jurisprudence by the talmudic scholars as they faced changing social conditions. Specific examp… OL13811736W
Wise Men and Their Tales Wise Men and Their Tales Elie Wiesel In Wise Men and Their Tales, a master teacher gives us his fascinating insights into the lives of a wide range of biblical figures, Talmudic scholars, and Hasidic rabbis.The matriarch Sarah, fiercely… OL14856804W
La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour Elie Wiesel Contains: [La Nuit](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14856842W/La_Nuit) L'Aube Le Jour OL14856828W
La Nuit La Nuit Elie Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie… OL14856842W
Ezekiel in Talmud and Midrash (Studies in Judaism) Ezekiel in Talmud and Midrash (Studies in Judaism) Jacob Neusner The rabbis of classical Judaism, in the first six centuries of the Common Era, commented on the teachings of ancient Israel's prophets and shaped, as much as they were shaped by, prophecy. They comme… OL14933664W
Learn Talmud Learn Talmud Jacob Neusner A study of the Talmud that applies traditional values to modern life. OL14933882W
Plato and the Talmud Plato and the Talmud Jacob Howland "This innovative study sees the relationship between Athens and Jerusalem through the lens of the Platonic dialogues and the Talmud. Howland argues that these texts are animated by comparable concept… OL15444045W
The Talmud The Talmud Adin Steinsaltz The Talmud is a compendium of Jewish tradition passed down by word of mouth and finally written down, along with commentary, additional notes, glosses, legal decisions and related non-legal advice co… OL16579918W
Midrash, Mishnah, and Gemara Midrash, Mishnah, and Gemara David Weiss Halivni From the Introduction... This book was written at a time when my critical commentary on the Talmud (called Sources and Traditions) had achieved half its goal: it covered half of the Talmud text. T… OL17060975W
The Catholic Moment The Catholic Moment Richard John Neuhaus In 1987, while I was still a Lutheran, I published a book titled The Catholic Moment: The Paradox of the Church in the Postmodern World. There I argued that the Catholic Church is the leading and ind… OL1953709W
Six memos from the last millennium Six memos from the last millennium Joseph Skibell A thief-turned-saint, killed by an insult. A rabbi burning down his world in order to save it. A man who lost his sanity while trying to fathom the origin of the universe. A beautiful woman battling … OL20027352W
Rabbis, sorcerers, kings, and priests Rabbis, sorcerers, kings, and priests Jason Sion Mokhtarian "Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests brings into mutual fruition the fields of Talmudic Studies and Ancient Iranology, two historically distinct disciplines. Mokhtarian offers a revisionist history… OL20974218W
Jewish biblical legends Jewish biblical legends Joel Stevens Allen "This book introduces Christian readers of the Bible to the otherworldy way in which the rabbis of ancient times interpreted sacred texts... Their interpretive insights were based upon immense knowle… OL23138170W
Real-Encyclopädie für Bibel und Talmud Real-Encyclopädie für Bibel und Talmud Jacob Hamburger Erste Auflage, 1870-1901: - Vol. 1: *Real-Encyclopädie für Bibel und Talmud ..., Abtheilung I, Die biblischen Artikel, A-Z*, Neustrelitz : G. Barnewitz, 1870 (Breslau : Schletter’sche Buchhandlun… OL4524861W
Our sages showed the way Our sages showed the way Yokheved Segel A collection of Midrashim stories with biographies of great rabbis and teachers of the Talmud. OL4618947W
Prayer in the Talmud Prayer in the Talmud Joseph Heinemann x, 320 pages : 24 cm OL5504932W
Talmud Talmud Cohen, A. "Long regarded as the classic introduction to the teachings of the Talmud, this comprehensive and masterly distillation summarizes the wisdom of the rabbinic sages on the dominant themes of Judaism."… OL6525781W
Geschichte der Juden Geschichte der Juden Heinrich Hirsch Graetz 1. Band. *Geschichte der Israeliten von ihren Uranfängen (um 1500) bis zum Tode des Königs Salomo (um 977 vorchr. Zeit) nebst synchronistischen Zeittafeln.* (1. Aufl. Leiner, 1874. ; 2. verb. u. erg.… OL6753380W
Geschichte der Juden Geschichte der Juden Heinrich Hirsch Graetz 1. Band. (Leiner, 1874; Leiner, ca. 1902) 2. Band. (Leiner, 1875-1876; 1878; Leiner, 1902) 3. Band. (Schnauss, 1856; Leiner, 1863; Leiner, 1878; Leiner, 1888; Leiner, 1905-1906) 4. Band. (Veit & C… OL6753387W
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