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Bar-Ilan University Press is committed to influencing scientific research and public debate. In a time of dramatic changes in the worlds of research and publishing, we collaborate with academia, libraries, authors, and students to meet scientific needs and to shape the future of publishing. We publish original and important research and essays, after rigorous peer review, which we distribute both in Israel and around the world. Bar-Ilan University publishes titles covering a wide range of topics, with emphasis on Jewish studies, humanities and the social sciences. The production process is undertaken in full collaboration with the authors, after custom 'tailoring' for each manuscript in order to shorten the production time while adhering to the highest standards of quality, accuracy and aesthetics.
Journals
Hebrew Linguistics 74
Hebrew Linguistics publishes scientific articles dealing mainly with the study of contemporary Hebrew; but also with the Hebrew language through the ages.
Criticism and Interpretation 46
In this issue, twelve articles were collected, each of which illuminates a unique angle of Hebrew and Jewish children's literature in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Ya'akov Schachewitz (1844-1933)
B.D.D.- Bekhol Derakhekha Daehu 35
The periodical B.D.D. acts as a vehicle for the dissemination of new ideas; and the expression of different approaches to the interaction between Torah and general scholarship.
A Story that Begins with an Arab’s Eyebrows
The essay includes a first biography of the Lebanese writer, born in 1948, and a first reading in Hebrew of the entirety of his work.
Elyakim Rubinstein Book
A book in honor of Elyakim Rubinstein
Rabbenu Tam
An exploration of the intellectual and social world of Rabbeinu Tam
Religious Zionism 6
"Religious Zionism" is a journal published by the Dr. Zerach Verhaftig Institute for the Study of Religious Zionism, which deals with the history of religious Zionism, thought and creation among this movement and the processes it undergoes.
Daat 89
Series
Lot Casting, God, and Man in Jewish Literature
The book illuminates and examines the multifaceted utilizations of lot casting in Jewish tradition from the Bible to the late Renaissance.
The Second Floor
The Second-Floor biographical essay presents for the first time the connection between the life history of writer Amalia Kahana-Carmon and her literary works. The details of this major writer’s personal life in Hebrew literature are revealed as fundamenta
From Supremacy to Anxiety
This book deals with the theological and practical spheres of religious Zionism at the time of the founding of the state of Israel and in its early years.
In the Spotlight
Rabbi Shalom Shabazi: Revelations from a New Manuscript
In this book, a manuscript that has been held privately is published for the first time and contains 22 new piyyutim written in the handwriting of Rabbi Shabazi.
Tamar Wife of Er
This monograph explores one of the most fascinating themes in Jewish and Hebrew fiction, Tamar, Wife of Er. The book covers more than 150 Jewish versions of the theme.
International Relationships in the Extended El-Amarna Period (1460-1200 BC)
This volume examines international relations in an era of extensive political activity in the ancient Near East.
Prolonged Singlehood among Religious Zionists
The book describes the encounter between religious Zionism and the global phenomenon of prolonged singlehood as it is reflected in the narratives of religious single men and women.
The name of this collection bears Yossel Birstein's unofficial will: "And since then - only stories".
Studies in Bible and Exegesis XI
Religious Zionism 5
"Religious Zionism" is a collection of studies by the Zerah Warhaftig Institute for the Study of Religious Zionism.
A Story that Begins with an Arab’s Eyebrows
The essay includes a first biography of the Lebanese writer, born in 1948, and a first reading in Hebrew of the entirety of his work.
Rabbenu Tam
An exploration of the intellectual and social world of Rabbeinu Tam
Religious Zionism 6
"Religious Zionism" is a journal published by the Dr. Zerach Verhaftig Institute for the Study of Religious Zionism, which deals with the history of religious Zionism, thought and creation among this movement and the processes it undergoes.