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In Ars-Prophetica, Haim O. Rechnitzer uncovers and recovers the theological elements within the poetry of four renowned Hebrew-Israeli poets. Rechnitzer introduces major works of modern Hebrew poetry that are viewed as part of the "secular" heritage of the renewed Hebrew-Israeli culture.

Hebrew Union College Annual is the journal of the Hebrew Union College. Published annually, it is an anthology of scholarly articles concerning Jewish history, religion and culture from antiquity to the present.

"The authors of this collection, comprising leading scholars, journalists, entertainers, and religious leaders, were asked to examine the idea of truth from a variety of Jewish textual and disciplinary perspectives-biblical, rabbinic, liturgical, scientific, and artistic. The volume's intention is to hold out the hope that deep, thoughtful teaching from some of the world's leading Jewish voices might lead not to deeper understanding not just of Jewish texts, but of the nature and accessibility of truth itself"--

"Revealer of Secrets is a portrayal-both realistic and satirical-of Eastern European Jewish life in the tumultuous early years of the nineteenth century. It reflects the struggle that raged between the Haskalah and Hasidism as the Jewish people stood on the threshold of modernity. In the battle between reason and faith, the Haskalah admired science and rationalism and recommended broad education to its adherents, while Hasidism revered mystical intuition in its charismatic rebbe-saints and encouraged religious fervor in its followers. Published in Vienna in 1819, Joseph Perl's Revealer of Secrets was the most devastating and best-known parody produced by the Haskalah movement. Drawing on forms from the eighteenth-century European epistolary novel, the khsidic holy book, khsidic and rabbinic letters, and the Austrian comic tradition, and drawing inspiration from the masterpiece of biblical parody- The Book of Esther-Perl unleashed a broadside. Testing the Righteous, published in 1838, is a sequel consisting of a discussion of readers' reactions to the earlier work, including criticism of the author's use of khsidic sources. Its plot revolves around the search for a completely honest man, in the course of which representatives of the various elements of Jewish society are reviewed and their defects exposed. The parade of failures includes not only khsidim, but also rabbis, businessmen, craftsmen, and even maskilim"--

This book makes available for the first time a bilingual edition of two key works by the Jewish rationalist sceptic, kabbalist, and memoirist, Eliezer Eilburg. Of interest to historians and scholars of intellectual traditions both in and outside of Jewish studies.

The report of the Avraham Biran (1975-1982) and Rudolf Cohen (1975-1976) archaeological excavations of Tel 'Aroer in the Negev Desert. The excavations and this account of them, add much new data and a more nuanced understanding of the Negev in the biblical and Roman periods.

The story of Bar Qamtza is one of the most famous in all rabbinic literature. In this tragic tale, a private feud at a Jerusalem banquet triggers a series of events which culminates in the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Amram Tropper enlists this well-known rabbinic tale as a window into the world of its authors and early audiences.

Critical essays on the work of ancient, medieval and modern Jewish writers to make sense of the book of Job, followed by a detailed survey of the place of Job in the Talmud and Midrashic corpus, in ethical, mystical and philosophical tracts, as well as in poetry and creative writing around the world from the second to sixteenth centuries.

Solomon Bennett Freehof (1892-1990) was one of America's most distinguished, influential, and beloved rabbis. This book analyses Freehof's views on a number of crucial issues that illustrate the evolution of American Reform Judaism.

The inspiring story of Jacques Godard, set during the dramatic years of the French Revolution, shows how one determined individual can be a catalyst for lasting and meaningful change. Within two tumultuous years, the campaign for Jewish equality achieved its goal: Jews became equal citizens of France.

Ruth Langer uses the tools of historical scholarship and anthropological study of ritual to analyze some of the dynamics that have shaped Jewish liturgical law and determined the broader outlines of the prayer life of the Jews.

This volume is a report of the excavations (containing a full corpus of Hellenistic finds) of one of the rich subterranean complexes at Tel Maresha, located in the foothills of Israel's Judaean Mountains. Tel Maresha was established around 700 BCE, but was mainly a Hellenistic-period town-a major Idumean political and administrative centre.

Wallace Stevens' dark rabbi, from his poem "Le Monocle de Mon Oncle", provides a title for this work on modern Jewish poetry in English. Norman Finkelstein here offers a passionate argument for the importance of Jewish-American poetry to modern Jewish culture-and to American poetry.

In A Collage of Customs, Mark Podwal's imaginative and inventive interpretations of woodcuts from a 16th-century Sefer Minhagim (Book of Customs) allow us to see these historic images in a new light. Podwal brings humour and whimsy to religious objects and practices and delivers a nuanced commentary on Jewish customs and history.

Eminent Jewish scholars from around the world present introductions to the different parts of the Bible for the wider public. The essays encompass a general introduction to the Torah in Jewish life, and include specific essays on each of the Five Books of Moses, as well as on the Haftarot, Neviim, and Ketuvim.