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“moshe halbertal”

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  • On Sacrifice

    by Moshe Halbertal ...
    The idea and practice of sacrifice play a profound role in religion, ethics, and politics. In this brief book, philosopher Moshe Halbertal explores the meaning and implications of sacrifice, developing a theory of sacrifice as an offering and examining the relationship between sacrifice, ritual, violence, and love. On Sacrifice also looks at the place of self-sacrifice within ethical life and at ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • People of the Book

    Canon, Meaning, and Authority

    by Moshe Halbertal ...
    Halbertal provides a panoramic survey of Jewish attitudes toward Scripture, provocatively organized around problems of normative and formative authority, with an emphasis on the changing status and functions of Mishnah, Talmud, and Kabbalah. ... Read more

    $29.59 USD

  • The Beginning of Politics

    Power in the Biblical Book of Samuel

    by Moshe Halbertal, Stephen Holmes ...
    New insights into how the Book of Samuel offers a timeless meditation on the dilemmas of statecraftThe Book of Samuel is universally acknowledged as one of the supreme achievements of biblical literature. Yet the book's anonymous author was more than an inspired storyteller. The author was also an uncannily astute observer of political life and the moral compromises and contradictions that the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Nahmanides

    Law and Mysticism

    by Moshe Halbertal ...
    Translated by Daniel Tabak ...
    A broad, systematic account of one of the most original and creative kabbalists, biblical interpreters, and Talmudic scholars the Jewish tradition has ever producedRabbi Moses b. Nahman (1194–1270), known in English as Nahmanides, was the greatest Talmudic scholar of the thirteenth century and one of the deepest and most original biblical interpreters. Beyond his monumental scholastic achievements ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Idolatry

    by Moshe Halbertal, Avishai Margalit ...
    Translated by Naomi Goldblum ...
    “You shall have no other gods besides Me.” This injunction, handed down through Moses three thousand years ago, marks one of the most decisive shifts in Western culture: away from polytheism toward monotheism. Despite the momentous implications of such a turn, the role of idolatry in giving it direction and impetus is little understood. This book examines the meaning and nature of idolatry—and, in ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Maimonides

    Life and Thought

    by Moshe Halbertal ...
    A comprehensive and accessible account of the life and thought of Judaism's most celebrated philosopherMaimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of the medieval period, a towering figure who has had a profound and lasting influence on Jewish law, philosophy, and religious consciousness. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to his life and work, ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • Concealment and Revelation

    Esotericism in Jewish Thought and its Philosophical Implications

    by Moshe Halbertal ...
    Translated by Jackie Feldman ...
    During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, great new trends of Jewish thought emerged whose widely varied representatives--Kabbalists, philosophers, and astrologers--each claimed that their particular understanding revealed the actual secret of the Torah. They presented their own readings in a coded fashion that has come to be regarded by many as the very essence of esotericism. Concealment and ... Read more

    $48.29 USD

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  • Back To The Sources

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    Essays analyze the major traditional texts of Judaism from literary, historical, philosophical, and religious points of view. ... Read more

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  • The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures

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    Valuable insights into key disputed topics from a veritable who's who of evangelical scholarsIn this volume thirty-seven first-rate evangelical scholars present a thorough study of biblical authority and a full range of issues connected to it.Recognizing that Scripture and its authority are now being both challenged and defended with renewed vigor, editor D. A. Carson assigned the topics that ... Read more

    $65.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Love of God

    Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism

    by Jon D. Levenson ...
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    "[An] original point of view. . . . A way of finding new meaning in . . . talking about God. It succeeds brilliantly on all counts." ― Jewish Book CouncilThe love of God is the most essential element in Judaism—but also the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as a formal commandment. Yet most people today think of love as a feeling. How can an ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus