What Were the Early Rabbis? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What Were the Early Rabbis? write by Jack N. Lightstone. This book was released on 2023-06-05. What Were the Early Rabbis? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over the first eight centuries CE, the religious cultures of Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and many European lands transformed. Worship of "the gods" largely gave way to the worship of YHWH, the God of Israel, under Christianity and Islam, both developments of contemporary Judaism, after Rome destroyed Judaism's central shrine, the Jerusalem Temple, in 70 CE. But concomitant changes occurred within contemporary Judaism. The events of 70 wiped away well-established Judaic institutions in the Land of Israel, and over time the authority of a cadre of new "masters" of Judaic law, life, and practice, the "rabbis," took hold. What was the core, professional-like profile of members of this emerging cadre in the late second and early third centuries, when this group first attained a level of stable institutionalization (even if not yet well-established authority)? What views did they promote about the authoritative basis of their profile? What in their surrounding and antecedent sociocultural contexts lent prima facie legitimacy and currency to that profile? Geared to a nonspecialist readership, What Were the Early Rabbis? addresses these questions and consequently sheds light on eventual shifts in power that came to underpin Judaic communal life, while Christianity and Islam "Judaized" non-Jews under their expansive hegemonies.
JESUS
JESUS - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook JESUS write by Rabbi David Zaslow. This book was released on 2013-10-01. JESUS available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This bold, fresh look at the historical Jesus and the Jewish roots of Christianity challenges both Jews and Christians to re-examine their understanding of Jesus’ commitment to his Jewish faith. Instead of emphasizing the differences between the two religions, this groundbreaking text explains how the concepts of vicarious atonement, mediation, incarnation, and Trinity are actually rooted in classical Judaism. Using the cutting edge of scholarly research, Rabbi Zaslow dispels the myths of disparity between Christianity and Judaism without diluting the unique features of each faith. Jesus: First Century Rabbi is a breath of fresh air for Christians and Jews who want to strengthen and deepen their own faith traditions.
A Provocative People
A Provocative People - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Provocative People write by Sherwin T. Wine. This book was released on 2012. A Provocative People available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A History of the Talmud
A History of the Talmud - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Talmud write by David C. Kraemer. This book was released on 2019-09-30. A History of the Talmud available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the Talmud in Judaism and beyond. Yet its difficult language and its assumptions, so distant from modern sensibilities, render it inaccessible to most readers. In this volume, David C. Kraemer offers students of Judaism a sophisticated and accessible introduction to one of the religion's most important texts. Here, he brings together his expertise as a scholar of the Talmud and rabbinic Judaism with the lessons of his experience as director of one of the largest collections of rare Judaica in the world. Tracing the Talmud's origins and its often controversial status through history, he bases his work on the most recent historical and literary scholarship while making no assumptions concerning the reader's prior knowledge. Kraemer also examines the continuities and shifts of the Talmud over time and space. His work will provide scholars and students with an unprecedented understanding of one of the world's great classics and the spirit that animates it.
Oxford Bibliographies
Oxford Bibliographies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oxford Bibliographies write by Ilan Stavans. This book was released on . Oxford Bibliographies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "An emerging field of study that explores the Hispanic minority in the United States, Latino Studies is enriched by an interdisciplinary perspective. Historians, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, demographers, linguists, as well as religion, ethnicity, and culture scholars, among others, bring a varied, multifaceted approach to the understanding of a people whose roots are all over the Americas and whose permanent home is north of the Rio Grande. Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies offers an authoritative, trustworthy, and up-to-date intellectual map to this ever-changing discipline."--Editorial page.
