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Providing an overview of the thinking in Maimonides studies, this book uses a novel philosophical approach to examine whether "Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed" contains a naturalistic doctrine of salvation after death. It also examines the apparent tensions and contradictions in the Guide.

Examines the interactions between Jewish identity and mass media. As such, this title covers the Diaspora populations of the US and UK as well as Israel itself. It also includes chapters on journalism, broadcasting, advertising and the internet.

A presentation of the philosophy of the "Talmud".

Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) is recognized both as a leading figure in Jewish thought and as one of the most radical philosophers of the Islamic world. This work provides a general introduction to his philosophy, exploring his arguments, and examining their implications and validity.

There is evidence of a joint tradition among designers of synagogues and churches, in which Christians repeat earlier Jewish symbolism. Using rare Jewish documents, this book unravels those sacred dimensions.

Helps students of the 'Star' to be able to discuss at a basic level what, at least conceptually, Rosenzweig intended to say and how all that he says is interrelated.

It has long been understood that the Jews see themselves as a chosen people; a key element in a Jewish identity based on quality and duty. This book explores the idea of chosenness from the ancient world, through modernity and into the Post-Holocaust era.

Exploring the image of Jews in India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book looks at both the Indian attitudes towards the Jewish communities of the subcontinent and at the way Jews and Judaism in general have been represented in Indian discourse.

Examines the role of messianism in Zionist ideology. This book shows how messianism is not just a religious or philosophical term but a very tangible political practice which has shaped Israeli identity.

Contains essays that explore the dynamics at work in two of the oldest, intact and starkly contrasting civilizations on earth. This book studies how they interact in modernity and how each civilization views the other, and analyses areas of cooperation between scholars, activists and politicians.

Describes the Languedocian Jewish community's multigenerational cultivation of - and acculturation to - scientific and philosophic teachings into Judaism. This book gives a reappraisal of the role of the philosophic interpretation in rabbinic culture and medieval Judaism.

Re-examines the nature of Voltaire's hostility by analyzing the Enlightenment, its role as a source of modern Anti-Semitism, and its shaping of modern Jewish identity.

Examines how Jews in Central Europe developed one of the first "ethnic" or "minority" cultures in modernity. Focusing principally on German-Jewish popular culture, this book introduces the beginnings of "ethnicity" as we know it and live it.

Explores the development of Jewish nationalism from the Bible to modern times, focusing on particular movements and places as well as texts which signified, or themselves brought about, change: the Bible (Hebrew prayer book), and the modern Hebrew literature, particularly in Tsarist Russia.

Places the Spanish Jewish Hebrew bible exegete, philosopher, poet, astronomer, astrologer and scientist Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164) in his contextual environment.

This book traces the development of the image of the Black as 'other' in the history of Jewish cultures, from the first formulations in Biblical literature to early modern times.

Beginning with the earliest philosopher of the Middle Ages, Saadiah ben Joseph al-Fayyumi, this work surveys the work of such figures as Joseph Albo and Isaac Arama. It places these thinkers in an historical context and describe their contributions to the history of Jewish medieval thought.

Traces the topical discussion of the origins of Anti-Semitism, and especially its development in the modern world. This book examines how it is that this medieval prejudice has proved so lasting and potent and by what means it managed to bridge the gap between medievalism and Enlightenment.

Offering a survey of Jewish philosophy in the twentieth century, this text introduces the views of important Jewish philosophers such as Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenweig, and others. It shows how for them the dialogue between Judaism and philosophy is necessary, in order to avoid an attachment to Jewish tradition which is only nationalistic.