Judaism 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. The Rise of Modern Jewish Politics

   Extraordinary Movement

   By C.S. Monaco

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   The path toward modern Jewish politics, a process that required a dramatic reconstruction of Jewish life, may have emerged during a far earlier time frame and in a different geographic and cultural context than has previously been thought. Drawing upon current sociological understanding of social...

   Published November 26th 2012 by Routledge
3. 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
4. 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
5. The Origin of Heresy

   A History of Discourse in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity

   By Robert M. Royalty

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   Heresy is a central concept in the formation of Orthodox Christianity. Where does this notion come from? This book traces the construction of the idea of ‘heresy’ in the rhetoric of ideological disagreements in Second Temple Jewish and early Christian texts and in the development of the polemical...

   Published August 7th 2012 by Routledge
6. Judaic Religion in the Second Temple Period

   Belief and Practice from the Exile to Yavneh

   By Lester L. Grabbe

   The developments in Judaism which occurred during the Second Temple period (c. 550 BC to 100 AD) were of great importance for the nature of Jewish religion in later centuries, yet few studies have examined the era in full. Now Lester L. Grabbe's lucid and accessible volume provides a much-needed...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
7. Land and Economy in Ancient Palestine

   By Jack Pastor

   Land and Economy in Ancient Palestine is a study of the economic crises throughout the Second Temple Period. It establishes that the single factor of the economy which united all aspects of life in ancient society was land.Through study of a wide variety of sources, including the New Testament and...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
8. Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities

   Edited by John R. Bartlett

   Articles examine the city of Jerusalem and other Jewish communities of the Mediterranean diaspora, as reflected in the writings of Luke, Josephus and Philo. Topics covered include social identity, everyday life and religious practice.This will be of interest to students of Roman history, biblical...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
9. Modern Orthodoxies

   Judaic Imaginative Journeys of the Twentieth Century

   By Lisa Mulman

   Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

   This study introduces a genuine, provocative religious vocabulary into the discourse on Modernist art and literature. Mulman looks at key texts and figures of the Modern period, including Henry Roth, Amedeo Modigliani, James Joyce, and Art Spiegelman, revealing a significant engagement with the...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. Jews, Christians and Polytheists in the Ancient Synagogue

    Edited by Steven Fine

    Jews, Christians and Polytheists in the Ancient Synagogue explores the ways in which divergent ethnic, national and religious communities interacted with one another within the synagogue in the Greco-Roman period. It presents new perspectives regarding the development of the synagogue and its...

    Published March 19th 2012 by Routledge