By way of an honest and riveting account of certain periods in his own life, the author reflects on the meaning of Jewish existence today, and on some of the outstanding problems that are still with us after the end of the 20th century.
The book is based on the essays of the Muslim Jerusalem physician, Ab`u Abdallah Muhamad ibn Sa`id al-Tamimi, who lived in the second half of the 10th century. The information given by al-Tamimi is not restricted solely to medical matters but is...
Ibn el Arabi (1076-1148), a Muslim religious scholar from Seville, recorded his impressions of Eretz Israel in numerous essays, a selection of which is presented in this volume. His writings comprise an original and fascinating record of the cu...
A collection of essays depicting the figure of Abraham as reflected in texts from biblical to contemporary times, including Midrash, ancient and medieval philosophy, Kabbalah, as well as Christian and Islamic conceptions of Abraham as the fathe...
The letters reveal a new dimension in the views of this great religious leader and constitute an important source for the history of the Mizrahi movement.
In compiling this unique dictionary, Prof. Ratzaby has methodically and minutely examined the Arabic language used by R. Sa'adya Gaon in his translation of the Bible and in
his commentaries. Words of exceptional form or meaning, not included i...
This book presents a new approach to teaching history in schools, centering on a critical understanding of the nature of historical knowledge and its growth, thus contributing to the development of students` national, autonomous and critical min...
This volume presents a collection of rabbinic legends about the Book of Job and the man Job. The rabbinic sources include varied opinions regarding Job himself and the basic philosophical problems inherent in this text. This new volume includes ...