Jewish Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Engaging with a Legacy: Nehemia Levtzion (1935-2003)

   Edited by E. Ann McDougall

   Engaging with a Legacy shows how Nehemia Levtzion shaped our understanding of Islam in Africa and influenced successive scholarly generations in their approach to Islamization, conversion and fundamentalism. The book illuminates his work, career and family life – including his own ‘life vision’ on...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
2. Exiled to Palestine

   The Emigration of Soviet Zionist Convicts, 1924-1934

   By Ziva Galili, Boris Morozov

   Series: Cummings Center Series

   This is the unknown story of how Zionists imprisoned by Soviet authorities were allowed to choose sentences of permanent departure to Palestine, where they helped build Jewish society, the backbone of left-wing parties, and the powerful trade union movement. These leading authors bring to light...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. The European Jews, Patriotism and the Liberal State 1789-1939

   A Study of Literature and Social Psychology

   By David Aberbach

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   The fragility of the liberal democratic state after 1789 is illustrated in the history of the European Jews from the French Revolution to the Holocaust. Emancipation and hope of emancipation amongst the European Jewish population created a plethora of Jewish identities and forms of patriotism....

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Modern Gnosis and Zionism

   The Crisis of Culture, Life Philosophy and Jewish National Thought

   By Yotam Hotam

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the German intellectual world was challenged by a growing distrust in the rational ideals of the enlightenment, and consequently by a belief in the existence of a radical ‘cultural crisis’. One response to this crisis was the emergence of ‘Life...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Social Life of the Hebrews (Routledge Revivals)

   By Edward Day

   First published in 1901, this study of the social life of the Hebrews considers both the time of the judges and the time of the monarchy. Written in a popularly scientific style, designed to appeal to students of ancient Middle East and biblical history as well as the general reader, this work...

   Published September 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. Israeli Holocaust Research

   Birth and Evolution

   By Boaz Cohen

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   An exploration of the development of Holocaust research in Israel, this book ranges from the consolidation of Holocaust research as an academic subject in the late 1940s to the establishment of Yad Vashem and beyond. Research on the story of historiography is often a work on books, on the "final...

   Published September 26th 2012 by Routledge
7. Rabbinic Theology and Jewish Intellectual History

   The Great Rabbi Loew of Prague

   Edited by Meir Seidler

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   Rabbi Loew (the Maharal) of Prague remains one of the most influential and prolific Jewish thinkers of his time. Widely considered one of the fathers of Hassidic thought and a harbinger of Modern Jewish philosophy, his life and work have retained their influence and remain prevalent today. Adopting...

   Published August 12th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Routledge History of the Holocaust

   Edited by Jonathan C. Friedman

   Series: Routledge Histories

   The genocide of Jewish and non-Jewish civilians perpetrated by the German regime during World War Two continues to confront scholars with elusive questions even after nearly seventy years and hundreds of studies. This multi-contributory work is a landmark publication that sees experts renowned in...

   Published July 11th 2012 by Routledge
9. Britain's Naval and Political Reaction to the Illegal Immigration of Jews to Palestine, 1945-1949

   By Freddy Liebreich

   This book provides an important shift in the analysis of Britain's policy towards the illegal postwar Jewish immigration into Palestine. It charts the development of Britain's response to Zionist immigration, from the initial sympathy, as embodied in the Balfour Declaration, through attempts at...

   Published June 28th 2012 by Routledge
10. God, Jews and the Media

    Religion and Israel’s Media

    By Yoel Cohen

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    In order to understand contemporary Jewish identity in the twenty-first century, one needs to look beyond the Synagogue, the holy days and Jewish customs and law to explore such modern phenomena as mass media and their impact upon Jewish existence. This book delves into the complex relationship...

    Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge