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Kabbalah: New Perspectives
Moshe IdelIn this prizewinning new interpretation of Jewish mysticism, Moshe Idel emphasizes the need for a comparative and phenomenological approach to Kabbalah and its position in the history of religion.
Abrahamic Religions: On the Uses and Abuses of History
Aaron W. HughesIbid. x. Moshe Ma'oz, “Introduction,” in The Meeting of Civilizations: Muslim, Christian, and Jewish, edited by Moshe Ma'oz (Eastbourne, UK: Sussex Academic Press, 2009), 11. Nathan C. Funk and Meena Sharify Funk, “ Peacemaking Among ...
Discrete Groups, Expanding Graphs and Invariant Measures
Alex LubotzkyAbove all, I have the pleasure of thanking Andy Magid, Moshe Morgenstern and Peter Sarnak. From Peter I learnt much of the relevant background, Andy with his enthusiasm encouraged me to embark on this long voyage, while Moshe is ...
Fiesta de diez pesos: Music and Gay Identity in Special ...
Moshe MoradIn the course of eight visits between 1995 and 2007, the last dozen years of Fidel Castro’s reign, Moshe Morad became absorbed in Havana’s gay scene, where he created a wide social network, attended numerous secret gatherings-from ...
Israel divided: ideological politics in the Jewish State
Rael Jean IsaacNotable here were Moshe Unna, a member of the National Religious party in the first six Knessets, and Pinchas Rosenbluth, director of the religious division of Mikveh Israel, the first agricultural school in Palestine. Moshe Haim Shapira, who ...
Returning to Babel: Jewish Latin American Experiences, ...
PreviewDrumming in a religious African-Cuban ceremony in Havana (Photo: Moshe Morad, 2006) .................................... Figure 9. Drumming in a Bedouin hafla in the Jordanian desert (Photo: Moshe Morad, 2008) .................................................. Tables ...
Old Worlds, New Mirrors: On Jewish Mysticism and ...
Moshe IdelIn Old Worlds, New Mirrors Moshe Idel turns his gaze on figures as diverse as Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida, Franz Kafka and Franz Rosenzweig, Arnaldo Momigliano and Paul Celan, Abraham Heschel and George Steiner to reflect on their ...
בעיות בינלאומיות
More editionsSee 1) "Economic and Institutional Effects on Income Distribution: The Case of Israel", by Haim Ben-Shahar and Moshe Sandberg, Public Finance, Vol. XXII, No. 3, 1967; and 2) "Redistribution of Income in Israel", by Moshe Sandberg, ...
The Nation's Nature: How Continental Presumptions Gave Rise ...
James David DrakeVirginia Anderson,Joyce Appleby, Kyle Bulthuis, Vincent C. de Baca, Dolph Grundman, Woody Holton, Ben Irvin, Kim Klimek, Susan Lanman, Todd Laugen, Matt Makley, Holly Mayer, Laura McCall, Kris Mitchener, John Monnett, Andrew ...
The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia
Moshe IdelThe first wide-scale presentation of a major Jewish mystic, the founder of the ecstatic Kabbalah.
The Recruit
Maurice ValencyEighteen-year-old Moshe Valency decides to quit school and enlist in the army.
Messianic Mystics
Moshe IdelOne of the worl'ds leading scholars of Jewish thought examines the long tradition of Jewish messianism and mystical experience.
Canadian Architects: Moshe Safdie, Frank Gehry, Barton ...
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Golem: Jewish Magical and Mystical Traditions on the ...
Moshe IdelThis book is the first comprehensive treatment of the whole range of material dealing with creation of the golem beginning with late antiquity and ending with the modern time.
Zero Space: Moving Beyond Organizational Limits
Frank Lekanne DeprezFor example, Moshe Rubenstein and Iris Firstenberg show that to demand zero contamination of our beaches, we must first ask what exactly constitutes contamination. 4 We need to establish a numerical consensus describing contamination.
Terror Out of Zion: Fight for Israeli Independence
J. Bowyer BellThese advocates of terror pitted themselves against not only the British and the Arabs, but also against less violent brethren like Ben Gurion, Moshe Dayan, and Yitzhak Rabin.This is the definitive story of desperate, dedicated ...
Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah
Moshe IdelThis book presents important topics regarding the more mystical trend of Kabbalah—the ecstatic Kabbalah.
The Travelling Rabbi: My African Tribe
Moshe SilberhaftOne of the top businessmen in Manzini, John Susman, is a prime example, as was former minister of health Fanny Friedman. On one occasion, John set off to Johannesburg to introduce himself to his father. He had misgivings, but the minute ...
The Jerusalem Scrolls
Bodie ThoeneMoshe Sachar and Alfie Halder escape from the chaos of Jerusalem during the Israel-Arab War, finding themselves in a secret, subterranean Jewish library where they discover a scroll depicting the story of Miryam and Marcus.
Kasztner's Crime
Paul Bogdanor... to remove any thought of revolt or escape. . . . As far as I know nobody fled.” Moshe Sandberg (Sanbar), My Longest Year: In the Hungarian Labour Service and in the Nazi Camps (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1968), 18. Kasztner, Bericht, 68 .
A History of Palestine, 634-1099
Moshe GilBased on an impressive array of sources including documents from the Cairo Geniza collection, the author examines the lives of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities of Palestine against a background of the political and military ...
The Jerusalem Scrolls
Bodie ThoeneMoshe Sachar and Alfie Halder escape from the chaos engulfing Jerusalem during the Israel-Arab War, finding themselves in a secret, subterranean Jewish library where they discover a scroll depicting the story of Miryam and Marcus.
Kabbalah in Italy, 1280-1510: A Survey
Moshe IdelIdel analyzes the work of three major Kabbalists—Abraham Abulafia, Menahem Recanati, and Yohanan Alemanno—who represent diverse schools of thought: the ecstatic, the theosophical-theurgical, and the astromagical.
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