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Examines how fundamentalism has influenced all of the world's major religions, discussing how it arose as a response to the spiritual crisis of the modern world and focusing on three fundamentalist movements, Protestant fundamentalism in America, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel, and Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt and Iran.
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As a lifelong student of Scripture, Kathie Lee Gifford has always desired a deeper understanding of God's Word and a deeper knowledge of God Himself. But it wasn't until she began studying the biblical texts in their original Hebrew and Greek -- along with actually hiking the ancient paths of Israel -- that she found the fulfillment of those desires. Now you can walk with Kathie on a journey through the spiritual foundations of her faith. Explore...
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[2018]
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"Finalist for the 2018 National Jewish Book Award in History, Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award" Michael Brenner is the Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies and director of the Center for Israel Studies at American University and Professor of Jewish History and Culture at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. His many books include A Short History of the Jews (Princeton).
A major new history of the century-long debate over...
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[2023]
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"In 1948, Israel's founders had much more in mind than the creation of a state. They sought not mere sovereignty but also a "national home for the Jewish people," where Jewish life would be transformed. Did they succeed? The state they made, says Daniel Gordis, is a place of extraordinary success and maddening disappointment, a story of both unprecedented human triumph and great suffering. Now, as the country marks its seventy-fifth anniversary, Gordis...
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2017.
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Did Jesus of Nazareth really intend to start a brand new religion called Christianity? Or, did He come to fulfill that which all of the Hebrew prophets had foretold since the fall of man -- something the Holy Scriptures mysteriously and wonderfully call the restitution of all things. In his newest book, The Restitution of All Things: Israel, Christians, and the End of the Age, veteran journalist and bestselling author Joseph Farah seeks to shed light...
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"The author of the sensational national best seller For the Relief of Unbearable Urges returns with a commanding new collection of short stories: What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank establishes Nathan Englander beyond all doubt as the heir to Roth, Malamud, and Babel. A tour de force. The title story, inspired by Carver's masterpiece, is a comic classic, a provocative portrait of two marriages in which the holocaust is played out as a...
10) Judaism
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[1991]
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An account of the history and rituals of Judaism, examining such areas as sacred use of the Hebrew language and the role of the faith in establishing the contemporary nation of Israel.
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[2022].
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"What does it mean to be a Bad Jew? Many Jews use the term 'Bad Jew' as a weapon against other members of the community or even against themselves. You can be called a Bad Jew if you don't keep kosher; if you only go to temple on Yom Kippur; if you don't attend or send your children to Hebrew school; if you enjoy Christmas music; if your partner isn't Jewish; if you don't call your mother often enough. The list is endless. In Bad Jews, Emily Tamkin...
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c1997
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"There are two Israels. The Israel of the Bible is theological, legendary, and mythological. The other Israel is the Israel that produced the Bible. How and why should we distinguish between the two? The answer is the subject of William J. Doorly's provocative new work, The Religion of Israel." "Using literary analysis, Doorly presents the history of religious practices in chronological order, beginning with the emergence of Israel in the highlands...
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[2009]
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In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright's findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure to cause controversy. He explains why spirituality has a role today, and why science,...
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[2007]
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Investigates the roots of Judaism, considers the role of Jews in world history, looks at the variety of ways in which religious and secular Jews live, discusses the Zionist movement and the clash between Israel and its Palestinian and Arab neighbors, and includes a glossary of terms, and a calendar of Jewish festivals.
16) What is a Jew?
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1996.
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Discusses the basic tenets of Judaism; religious law and ritual; modern Israel; Jews and Christians; the social and community concerns of Jews; and Jewish customs, traditions, feasts, and fasts.
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"We are being bullied, my father said, and the only way to handle a bully is to punch him in the face. "What would you do?" I asked. "Strike now. As soon as possible. Meet the enemy straight-up and destroy him. There is no other way." -YAEL DAYAN, daughter of Moshe Dayan, to Steven Pressfield June 5, 1967. The nineteen-year-old state of Israel is surrounded by enemies who want nothing less than her utter extinction. The Soviet-equipped Egyptian...
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c2009
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"Explores the Jewish roots of the Christian faith, explains the implications of being grafted into the covenant promises and inheritance of Israel, and advocates an observation of Torah aspects in order to reach a deeper level of intimacy with our Jewish Messiah"--Provided by publisher.
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