books by Academic Studies Press     books:     Academic Studies P...      IDEA OF MODERN JEWISH CULTURE (Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History) (Reference Library of Jewish ... Eliezer Schweid Academic Studies Press, 2008 The vast majority of intellectual, religious, and national developments in modern Judaism revolve around the central idea of Jewish culture. This book is the first synoptic view of these developments that organizes and relates them from this vantage point. The first Jewish modernization movements perceived culture as the defining trait of the ...             The Philosophy of the Bible as Foundation of Jewish Culture. Philosophy of Biblical Narrative (Reference ... Eliezer Schweid Academic Studies Press, 2008 The fundamental book of Elieser Schweid is a modern interpretation of the Bible as narrative and law that can reopen the dialogue of contemporary Jews with the Bible, from which a dynamic Jewish culture can continue to draw its inspiration. The approach draws at the same time from the philosophical modernism of Hermann Cohen, the dialogical ...             The Reasons for the Commandments in Jewish Thought: From the Bible to the Renaissance (Reference Library of ... Isaac Heinemann Academic Studies Press, 2008 This classic work by early-20th-century Jewish humanist and scholar Isaac Heinemann surveys the crucial phases of Jewish thought concerning correct conduct as codified in the commandments. Heinemann provides his own systematic insights about the intellectual, emotional, pedagogical, and pragmatic reasoning advanced by the major Jewish thinkers. ...             The Horizontal Society, Vol. II (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah) Jose Faur Academic Studies Press, 2008 The Horizontal Society is an exposition of rabbinic thought as exemplified by Maimonides. The thought streams of Greece, Rome, and Christendom serve as a contrast. This work is in the Hebrew rhetorical tradition of melisa. The main text in five sections--The God of Israel, The Books of Israel, The Governance of Israel, The Memory of Israel, and ...             The Boldness of an Halakhist: An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein's "The Arukh ... Simcha Fishbane Academic Studies Press, 2008 This book analyzes the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein (1829-1908), author of the Arukh Hashulkhan, a bold and unusual approach to Jewish law. Based primarily on the original text of Rabbi Epstein's legal codes and homilies, this work covers topics such as women, modernity, customs, and secular studies. It analyzes the rabbi's ...             Theological and Philosophical premises of Judaism (Judaism and Jewish Life) (Judaism and Jewish Life) Jacob Neusner Academic Studies Press, 2008 Classical Judaism imagined the people Israel's situation in three aspects to be unique among the nations of the earth. The nations lived in unclean lands contaminated by corpses and redolent of death. They themselves are destined to die without hope of renewed life after the grave. They were prisoners of secular time, subject to the movement and ...             Controversy and Crisis: Studies in the History of the Jews in Modern Britain Geoffrey Alderman Academic Studies Press, 2008 Professor Geoffrey Alderman is the acknowledged authority on the history of the Jews in modern Britain. During an academic career spanning forty years he has produced some of the most authoritative and controversial studies in this field, lighting up the dark corners of the Jewish existence in Great Britain and revealing secrets the Anglo-Jewish ...             The Horizontal Society, Vol. I (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah) Jose Faur Academic Studies Press, 2008 The Horizontal Society is an exposition of rabbinic thought as exemplified by Maimonides. The thought streams of Greece, Rome, and Christendom serve as a contrast. This work is in the Hebrew rhetorical tradition of melisa. The main text in five sections--The God of Israel, The Books of Israel, The Governance of Israel, The Memory of Israel, and ...             The Philosophy of the Bible as Foundation of Jewish Culture. Philosophy of Biblical Law (Reference Library of ... Eliezer Schweid Academic Studies Press, 2008 The fundamental book of Elieser Schweid is a modern interpretation of the Bible as narrative and law that can reopen the dialogue of contemporary Jews with the Bible, from which a dynamic Jewish culture can continue to draw its inspiration. The approach draws at the same time from the philosophical modernism of Hermann Cohen, the dialogical ...             Time and the Circle of Life in Talmud and Midrash: Socio-Anthropological Perspectives (Judaism and Jewish ... Nissan Rubin Academic Studies Press, 2008 Focusing on the concept of time and the life cycle, this collection of articles examines Jewish life in the Talmudic period through the lens of Jewish law and custom of the time. The essays are the work of Nissan Rubin (one written in collaboration with Admiel Kosman) and come together to present the cultural perspective of the sages and scholars ...             Translating a Tradition: Studies in American Jewish History (Judaism and Jewish Life) (Judaism and Jewish ... Ira Robinson Academic Studies Press, 2008 Divided into three sections, this work explains how the concepts and practices of traditional European Judaism were adapted to North American culture beginning in the late nineteenth century. Part I focuses on the ideas and activities of Cyrus Adler (1863 1940), one of the most prominent leaders of the traditionalist Jewish community in the United ...             Building Jewish Peoplehood: Challenges and Possibilities Academic Studies Press, 2008 At a time when Jewish communities have become increasingly anxious about weakening Jewish identity, one response strategy is to engage with the concept of Jewish Peoplehood as a social phenomenon, in its varied contexts and processes. This volume represents the first in-depth effort to address the concept of Jewish peoplehood since the initial ...             In Quest of Tolstoy (Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History) (Studies in Russian ... Hugh McLean Academic Studies Press, 2008 Lev Tolstoy has held the attention of mankind for well over a century. A supremely talented artist, whose novels and short stories continue to entrance readers all over the world, he was at the same time a fearless moral philosopher who explored and challenged the fundamental bases of human society political, economic, legal, and cultural. Hugh ...             The Marsh of Gold. Pasternak's Writings on Inspiration and Creation (Studies in Russian and Slavic ... Boris Leonidovich Pasternak Academic Studies Press, 2008 Major statements by the celebrated Russian poet Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) about poetry, inspiration, the creative process and the significance of artistic/literary creativity in his own life as well as in human life altogether, are presented here in his own words (in translation) and are discussed in the extensive Commentaries and Introduction. ...          search for books anthropological, commandments, intellectual, philosophical, possibilities, socio-anthropological      toavi.com    web we recommend randomly chosen DVD: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Unrated) [HD DVD]