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| 1. |  | Survival In Auschwitz from Touchstone Price: $11.20 Customer Review:  My review of this classic emphasizes matters not raised by previous reviewers, and is based upon the 1986 edition which combines SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ, THE REAWAKENING, and AFTERWORD... Levi wasn't sent to or near the gas chambers and crematoria. Instead, he was diverted into forced labor in... |
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| 2. |  | The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (Hinges of History) from Anchor Books/Nan A Talese Price: $10.17 Customer Review: Excellent book detailing the beginning of the first monotheistic religion The author tells the story in a wonderful proseful way and most important suggests the importance of the beliefs mentioned in the book to the world. |
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| 3. |  | The Works of Josephus: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition from Hendrickson Publishers Price: $10.18 Customer Review: Josephus is an important proof for the Biblical Account, and an important read for scholars interested in the Jewish wars with Rome, the Destruction of Jerusalem, and other events of the age from an eyewitness. |
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| 5. |  | Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith from Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Price: $14.96 Customer Review: As a researcher, I use this book often, even when I am discussing non-religious topics. Wilson offers insightful wisdom in many areas of social life. He offers not only historical perspectives on Christianity and its Jewish roots, but also on areas such as education, family life, language, and... |
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| 6. |  | The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus from HarperOne Price: $11.16 Customer Review: Prof. Amy-Jill Levine is a Jewish woman who attends an orthodox synagogue in Nashville and who occupies an endowed chair of New Testament studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School. If you make a habit of watching the various Jesus TV shows that appear around Christmastime and Easter, you've probably... |
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| 7. |  | Yeshua: A Guide to the Real Jesus and the Original Church from Messianic Jewish Resources International Price: $10.39 Customer Review:  This book comes with glowing endorsements from a number of serious, heavyweight scholars. Apart from the generous praise of these men, many of whom I respect highly, the author also has some impressive credentials himself. Consequently, as someone highly sympathetic to this genre, and having toured... |
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| 8. |  | The Thirteenth Tribe from Random House Price: $10.20 Customer Review:  Arthur Koestler has been subject to much vilification since the publication of `The Thirteenth Tribe', which sets forward the thesis that the majority of Jews today are not of Semitic origin, but should be traced back to the forgotten Khazar Empire. I think that much of this is justified regarding... |
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| 9. |  | The Parables: Jewish Tradition and Christian Interpretation from Hendrickson Publishers Price: $16.47 Customer Review: Dr. Brad Young was a professor of mine at ORU. He is a must read if you are going to be a serious student of the Bible. This scholar knows how to write in a way for a theologian or lay person to understand. His understanding of the languages of the Bible, the tradition, culture, history, etc., makes... |
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| 10. |  | Jewish Literacy Revised Ed: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History from William Morrow Price: $23.10 | |
| 11. |  | Jews, God, and History: 2nd Edition from Signet Classics Price: $8.95 Customer Review:  This fact-filled book [review based on the 1962 edition] offers so much! One might be surprised to learn that the Karaite revolt was quite similar to the later Protestant Reformation (pp. 204-208), that the Hasmonean John Hyrcanus had converted the Idumeans and the Galileans to Judaism by force (p.... |
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| 12. |  | Understanding the Old Testament (5th Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $80.82 Customer Review: I ordered a new Hardcover copy of the 4th Edition of Understanding the Old Testament, by Bernard W. Anderson. Instead, I was shipped a new Softcover copy of the 4th Edition of Understanding the Old Testament. I communicated with customer service by phone & e-mail, and requested a... |
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| 13. |  | Jewish Backgrounds of the New Testament from Baker Academic Price: $21.77 Customer Review: I purchased this book for a Seminary class. This book is a great resource for students of the Bible. The Scriptures have come more alive now that I better understand the politics and history of the time. It also strengthened my knowledge of the Old Testiment in general. I also knew very little about... |
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| 14. |  | Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations from Knopf Price: $23.10 Customer Review: I have no sufficient knowledge of the relations between Judaism and the Romans, during the first few centuries from Christianity's foundation, to make any comment on the accuracy of the author's treatment of this aspect. But in so far as Prof. Goodman deals with the initiation and early history of... |
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| 15. |  | From the Maccabees to the Mishnah, Second Edition from Westminster John Knox Press Price: $27.95 Customer Review: If a history of the Jewish polity from about 167 BCE to 70 CE is part of what you are looking for here, you will need to look elsewhere. The text is comprised of an introduction and six stand alone essays. This material concerns the socio-religious development of the proto-Judaism of 539 BCE into... |
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| 16. |  | Rabbinic Stories (Classics of Western Spirituality) from Paulist Press Price: $16.47 Customer Review: What is the Talmud? Who put it together, and why? If you are curious about those questions, this book is an excellent choice. Rubenstein takes a literary approach to a number of key stories in the Talmud and uses them to examine the Sages of the Babylonian Academies. The only quibble I have... |
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| 17. |  | A Short History of the Jewish People: From Legendary Times to Modern Statehood from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $16.16 Customer Review: This book is packed with information that is offered in a very readable manner. The author did an exceptionally fine job. I did not expect to learn so much or be so fascinated. |
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| 18. |  | Why the Jews Rejected Jesus: The Turning Point in Western History from Three Leaves Price: $10.17 Customer Review: the author misrepresented the meaning of scripture throughout the book. He seemed totally ignorant of what the actual facts are. He was never objective and missed the real reason altogether. I read it through because I believe we should be armed with all information. He should have spent more time... |
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| 19. |  | What is a Jew? from Touchstone Price: $10.20 Customer Review: This is a neat little book. It explains not only the major rituals and holidays in Judaism, but also WHY these holidays and rituals occur. It also explains what has happened to these rituals and holidays through the centuries. For instance, there is a Biblical prohibition... |
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| 20. |  | Jews and Power (Jewish Encounters) from Schocken Price: $13.57 Customer Review: Gave me an unexpected and refreshing perspective on the history of the Jewish people. They have much to be proud of, I learned, particularly in their need to excel without armies, national power, or centralized wealth and influence in the centuries before establishment of the present State of... |
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| 21. |  | A History of Israel from Westminster John Knox Press Price: $26.37 Customer Review: I prefer: A History of Israel, Walter C. Kaiser; Kingdom of Priests, Eugene H. Merrill, and The Old Testament Speaks, Samuel J. Schultz. All are faithful to the archaeological record and use objective readings of scripture. When a position can not be adequately supported, they say so. John... |
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| 22. |  | Understanding Genesis (The Heritage of Biblical Israel) from Schocken Price: $10.20 Customer Review: Sarna brings a wealth of historical and current knowledge into the reading of Genesis. He presents each story in its historical and cultural context. For example on creation "Not science ... It should be obvious that by the nature of things, none of these stories can possible be the product of human... |
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| 23. |  | Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters from Simon & Schuster Price: $11.20 Customer Review: This book is difficult for me to describe, I guess I can only say that along with 'Man's Search for Meaning' by Viktor E. Frankl, 'Souls on Fire' by Elie Wiesel is among the two books that have changed my life.In these powerful and beautiful stories of Jewish Hasidic masters Elie Wiesel teaches us... |
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| 24. |  | The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-hatred, and the Jews (Jewish Encounters) from Schocken Price: $13.57 Customer Review: were I more intelligent I would give this book 5 stars but alas I am not and found it somewhat tough going in the 2 days I spent reading it. I have pondered this subject over the years and even reproached certain Jews for what I consider their anti semitic views'.How can a jew be anti semitic... |
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| 25. |  | What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?: What Archaeology Can Tell Us About the Reality of Ancient Israel from Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Price: $14.96 Customer Review: Where biblical studies meet arhaeology, history and literary criticism there now exists a maelstrom of conflicting views, methods and terminology that was once represented by a "biblical archaelogy" that had a certain degree of concensus. Politically correct ideologies and politics have added to the... |
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| 26. |  | "Our Crowd": The Great Jewish Families of New York (Modern Jewish History) from Syracuse University Press Price: $16.05 Customer Review: This was a very interesting account of the German-Jewish experience in the United States from the mid 19th century through the mid 20th century. It looks carefully at how a number of families rose stratospherically into the nation's financial elite within a short period of time. While the families... |
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| 27. |  | What Do Jewish People Think about Jesus?: And Other Questions Christians Ask about Jewish Beliefs, Practices, and History from Chosen Price: $12.23 Customer Review: Greetings to all, Michael Brown"s new book is excellent resource for those wanting to know more about the earthly family of Jesus. He address issues like what are the Noahide Laws, history of rabbinic judaism, jewish customs, Israel, are there twelve tribes, the name of "Jesus" vs... |
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| 28. |  | The Plot: The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion from W. W. Norton Price: $10.17 Customer Review: I was reading The Plot as I considered Wellsprings by Mario Vargas Llosa on the literary life in a world in which an artist is free to pick from whatever speaks for him from a multitude of cultures in order to depict a Socratic hero for his own time. Umberto Eco adds substantial cultural weight to... |
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| 29. |  | Love In A World Of Sorrow: A Teenage Girl's Holocaust Memoirs from Devora Publishing Price: $11.53 Customer Review: In my opinion this is a poorly titled book. A much better title would be "Using Someone In A World of Sorrow" The story itself is fine. We all need to hear what happened and how it happened. Personally after reading her story. There wasn't much true love that I read into it though. I can't say... |
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| 30. |  | An Introduction to Early Judaism from Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Price: $14.28 Customer Review: This book is very useful as a history of Judaism as it markedly evolved from the Biblical to the Talmudic era. VanderKam is highly conversant with the Dead Sea Scrolls and other recently un-earthed archeological material and integrates their evidence into his historical narrative. Conversly, he... |
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| 31. |  | Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory (The Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies) from University of Washington Press Price: $13.46 Customer Review: This work has four major chapters each of which deals with a certain period of Jewish history, and its approach to Jewish Memory. In the first chapter Yerushalmi explores the Biblical and Rabbinic Foundations for writing history, and remembering it. This is the stage when the process of remembering... |
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