Discover information, advice, and prices for Monumental Inscriptions in the Jewish sold for 100.2 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
New Fast Shipping and good customer service
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Monumental Inscriptions in the Jewish sold for 36 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Original First Edition Trade Paperback Clean 203 pp Some wear at the extremities of the spine Else solid tight See our Scans Moving history of Jewish Barbados from the 1600s English history Hebrew and English gravestone texts Some deeply moving and Spiritual See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for The Context of Scripture Canonical sold for 650 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
The Context of Scripture illuminatingly presents the multifaceted world of ancient writing that forms the colorful background to the literature of the Hebrew Bible Designed as a thorough and durable reference work for all engaged in the study of the Bible and the ancient Near East and involving 63 of the worlds outstanding scholars in the field it provides reliable access to a broad balanced and representative collection of Ancient Near Eastern texts that have some bearing on the interpretation of the Bible Translations of recently discovered texts are included alongside new translations of betterknown texts and in some cases the best existing translations of such textsThe substantial threevolume work with its specially designed page layout and large format features full crossreferencing to comparable Bible passages and new uptodate bibliographical annotations with judicious commentary Its many distinct advantages over other collections will ensure the place of The Context of Scripture as a standard reference work for the 21st centuryThe Context of Scripture is previously published in hardback by Brill ISBN 90 04 09629 9 still available Individual volumes are available separately in hardback only
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Blood Inscriptions Science Modernity and, priced at 47.51 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Connecting readers with great books since 1972 Used books may not include companion materials and may have some shelf wear or limited writing We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Find tips, reviews, and features on Western Digital Jewish Inscriptions of sold for 129.94 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to Western Digital and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Although there was a substantial Jewish population in Western Europe from at least the first century BC literary evidence for it before the end of the sixth century AD is very sparse amounting to a few mainly hostile references by Roman writers and some material of doubtful historical value in rabbinic and hagiographic sources Knowledge of the Jewish communities of the West is therefore almost entirely dependent on inscriptions which contain information on community organisation the use of biblical texts and religious symbols linguistic habits naming practices and social status and burial customs and beliefs about life after death While Volume One provides ready access to the Jewish inscriptions from Italy and the islands Spain and Gaul this second of two volumes concentrates on the inscriptions of the City of Rome Hitherto it has been necessary to consult specialist publications to gain a complete picture of the inscriptions this book fills a notable gap in the market
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Find tips, reviews, and features on Western Digital Jewish Inscriptions of sold for 229.57 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to Western Digital and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Although there was a substantial Jewish population in Western Europe from at least the first century BC literary evidence for it before the end of the sixth century AD is very sparse amounting to a few mainly hostile references by Roman writers and some material of doubtful historical value in rabbinic and hagiographic sources Knowledge of the Jewish communities of the West is therefore almost entirely dependent on inscriptions which contain information on community organisation the use of biblical texts and religious symbols linguistic habits naming practices and social status and burial customs and beliefs about life after death While Volume One provides ready access to the Jewish inscriptions from Italy and the islands Spain and Gaul this second of two volumes concentrates on the inscriptions of the City of Rome Hitherto it has been necessary to consult specialist publications to gain a complete picture of the inscriptions this book fills a notable gap in the market
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah, priced at 42.35 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptahs 5th regnal year the longest surviving continuous monumental text from Egypt describes the combined Libyan and Sea People invasion of Egypt c1208 BCE This new study the first complete commentary on this long but unfortunately damaged text begins with a translation of the text accompanied by detailed notes The study considers specific military aspects of the inscription alongside its religious background A grammatical analysis of the Great Karnak Inscription also sheds new light on the grammar of Ramesside monumental texts
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Death Society and Culture Inscriptions sold at 40.5 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
The end of the Roman rule and the rise of Christianity brought changes in longheld beliefs about death and commemoration some of which were immortalised in stone This study looks at monumental stone inscriptions primarily Christian and Latin in Late Antique and early medieval Spain and Gaul as a means of providing insults into social religious and cultural history Placed within the context of Christian inscriptions in Italy North Africa the Balkans and Britain and Ireland Mark Handley examines the production of inscriptions in Spain and Gaul as well as their social dialogue on family history gender age and mortality The use of inscriptions in revealing aspects of demography for dating purposes the commemoration of the cult of saints through epigraphy and links with literacy are also explored
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Yehezkel Kaufmann and the Reinvention sold for 43.89 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
The biblical scholar historian and Jewish thinker Yehezkel Kaufmann 18891963 is best known for two magisterial works a twovolume interpretation of Jewish history and a fourvolume study of biblical religion Toledot in particular is the most monumental achievement of modern Jewish biblical scholarship No other figure not even Martin Buber has had such a profound influence on the work of Jewish scholars of the Bible The volume provides a comprehensive and multifaceted account of Kaufmanns work through which Anglophone readers students and scholars alike can explore the hitherto unrecognized significance and profundity of Kaufmanns legacy
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Yehezkel Kaufmann and the Reinvention sold at 28 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
The biblical scholar historian and Jewish thinker Yehezkel Kaufmann 18891963 is best known for two magisterial works a twovolume interpretation of Jewish history and a fourvolume study of biblical religion Toledot in particular is the most monumental achievement of modern Jewish biblical scholarship No other figure not even Martin Buber has had such a profound influence on the work of Jewish scholars of the Bible The volume provides a comprehensive and multifaceted account of Kaufmanns work through which Anglophone readers students and scholars alike can explore the hitherto unrecognized significance and profundity of Kaufmanns legacy
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Find tips, reviews, and features on Repercussions of the Kalam in sold for 39.95 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
In his monumental Philosophy of the Kalam the late Harry Wolfsontruly the most accomplished historian of philosophy in our centuryexamined the early medieval system of Islamic philosophy He studies its repercussions in Jewish thought in this companion bookan indispensable work for all students of Jewish and Islamic traditionsWolfson believed that ideas are contagious but that for beliefs to catch on from one tradition to another the recipients must be predisposed susceptible Thus he is concerned here not so much with the influence of Islamic ideas as with Jewish elaboration adaptation qualification and criticism of them To this end he examines passages reflecting Kalam views by a wide variety of Jewish thinkers including Isaac Israeli Judah Halevi Abraham ibn Ezra and Maimonides As always in Wolfsons work two aspects are apparent the special dimensions of Jewish thought as well as its relation to other traditions And as always his prose is both graceful and precise
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for The Jewish Alchemists Princeton Legacy, priced at 84.21 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by Princeton.
In this monumental work Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century Until now there has been little attention given to the significant role that Jews played in the field of alchemy Here drawing on an enormous range of previously unexplored sources Patai reveals that Jews were major players in what was for centuries one of humanitys most compelling intellectual obsessionsOriginally published in 1994The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest printondemand technology to again make available previously outofprint books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Dictionary of Ancient Rabbis Selections sold at 26.5 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
The Jewish Encyclopaedia the monumental tenvolume resource on all aspects of Judaism was originally published at the turn of the twentieth century Introduced and compiled by Jacob Neusner the Dictionary of Ancient Rabbis selects every entry from The Jewish Encyclopaedia devoted to the rabbis of the Mishnah Tosefta and Talmuds TodayÂs scholars students clergy and laity will find this a valuable companion volume to JudaismÂs classical texts
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on A Jewish Book of Common sold at 48.07 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Shows wear such as frayed or folded edges rips and tears andor worn binding May have stickers andor contain inscription on title page No observed missing pages
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Preserving Our Litvak Heritage A sold at 50 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Josef Rosins Preserving Our Litvak Heritage is a monumental work documenting the history of 31 Jewish communities in Lithuanaia from their inception to their total destruction in 1941 at the hands of the Nazis and their Lithuania helpers Rosin gathered his material from traditional sources archives public records and remembrance books He has enriched and enhanced the entry for each community with personal memoirs and contributions from widely dispersed survivors who opened family albums and shared treasured photographs of family and friends He made use of sources originally written in Hebrew Yiddish Lithuanian German and Russian In over 700 pages Rosin documents each community from its beginning until World War I through the years of Independent Lithuania 19181940 and finally during the indescribable Nazi annihilation of nearly all of Lithuanian Jewry Most impressive is the record of cultural richness the important town personalities the welfare institutions the glorious Hebrew educational system of the Tarbuth elementary schools and the Yavneh high schools the world famous Telz and Ponevezh Yeshivoth in the towns of Telsiai and Panevezys the Yiddish press and other significant events of the period Rosin has provided a documentary and a testament to once vibrant communities almost totally destroyed but which come alive again in the pages of this book 736 page Hard Cover List of towns included in the book Alite Birzh Yurburg Koshedar Kopcheve Memel Naishtot Kibart Lazdey Ligum Mariampol Meretch Ponevezh Pikvishok Pren Shaki Salant Serey Shat Stoklishok Sudarg Tavrig Taragin Telzh Utyan Aran Vishey Vilkovishk Verzhbelov Zheiml Naishtot Tavrig 786 page Hard Cover
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on The Jewish Alchemists Princeton Legacy sold at 36.92 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by Princeton, and sold by Abebooks.com.
In this monumental work Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century Until now there has been little attention given to the significant role that Jews played in the field of alchemy Here drawing on an enormous range of previously unexplored sources Patai reveals that Jews were major players in what was for centuries one of humanitys most compelling intellectual obsessionsOriginally published in 1994The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest printondemand technology to again make available previously outofprint books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Find tips, reviews, and features on The Jewish Wars A Paraphrase sold for 21.09 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Shows minimal wear such as frayed or folded edges minor rips and tears andor slightly worn binding May have stickers andor contain inscription on title page No observed missing pages
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Signs of the Times The sold at 50 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Boards remains tidy with little shelf rub Binding remains secure Ink inscriptions from previous owner on the front end page Creasesdog earing on 4 pages The balance of the pages remain neat with no other inscriptions annotations or markings JHK Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on The Jewish Alchemists A History sold at 94.09 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
In this monumental work Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century Until now there has been little attention given to the significant role that Jews played in the field of alchemy Here drawing on an enormous range of previously unexplored sources Patai reveals that Jews were major players in what was for centuries one of humanitys most compelling intellectual obsessionsOriginally published in 1994The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest printondemand technology to again make available previously outofprint books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on The Jewish Question Biography of sold at 63.96 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
This monumental work of Alex Bein noted scholar and chief librarian of the Israeli National Library is the most authoritative survey of Jewish culture and Jewish problems in the Diaspora First published in two massive volumes in German it is here made available in a single volume in English
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1