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Browse Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies books by subject from Routledge and the Taylor & Francis Group.

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1. On Liberty

   Jewish Philosophical Perspectives

   By Daniel Frank

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   The communitarian critic of liberalism argues that the socio-political context is fundamental to any understanding of the individual as such. This debate is advanced by particularising it to the experience of Jews in the modern world. Essays focus on the variety of views of the relationships...

   Published July 31st 2010 by Routledge
2. Referring to God

   Jewish and Christian Perspectives

   By Paul Helm

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   There is a long tradition of discussion in the philosophy of religion about the problems and possibilities involved in talking about God. This book presents accounts of the problem within Jewish and Christian philosophy....

   Published July 31st 2010 by Routledge
3. Judaism, Philosophy, Culture

   Selected Studies by E. I. J. Rosenthal

   By Erwin Rosenthal

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   One of the outstanding interpreters of Jewish culture in the twentieth century has been Erwin Rosenthal. This book contains some of his most influential work, ranging from the nature of Jewish political thought, both classical and medieval, to Christian reactions to Judaism and to varying...

   Published July 31st 2010 by Routledge
4. Philosophy of the Talmud

   By Hyam Maccoby

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   This is a new presentation of the philosophy of the Talmud. The Talmud is not a work of formal philosophy, but much of what it says is relevant to philosophical enquiry, including issues explored in contemporary debates. In particular, the Talmud has original ideas about the relation between...

   Published July 31st 2010 by Routledge
5. From Synagogue to Church: The Traditional Design

   Its Beginning, its Definition, its End

   By John Wilkinson

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   The designs of synagogues and churches are acknowledged to be very alike. But the designers' procedure was confidential, and so far standard explanations have been unsatisfactory. A synagogue should express heavenly values with earthly materials. This combination was in fact expressed in numbers,...

   Published July 31st 2010 by Routledge
6. The Hidden Philosophy of Hannah Arendt

   By Margaret Betz Hull

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   The central argument of this book is that Hannah Arendt's deserved place in the history of Western philosophy has been overlooked, and recognition of her contribution is long overdue. In part a result of Arendt's own insistence on calling herself a 'political thinker' throughout her career, this is...

   Published July 31st 2010 by Routledge
7. From Falashas to Ethiopian Jews

   By Daniel Summerfield

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   In the light of the Israeli government's plan to halt Ethiopian immigration, this book provides original research into the transformation of the Falashas to Ethiopian Jews during the twentieth century which made them eligible for immigration into Israel, adding a new dimension to the question...

   Published July 31st 2010 by Routledge
8. Ethiopia Photographed

   Historic Photographs of the Country and its People Taken Between 1867 and 1935

   By Richard Pankhurst, Denis Gerard

   Following the very successful Ethiopia Engraved, an illustrated book of engravings by foreign travellers from 1681 to 1900, Ethiopia Photographed covers the period from the inception of photography in the country up to the Italian Fascist invasion in 1936. The people, terrain, buildings and rulers...

   Published July 31st 2010 by Routledge
9. The Jews of Ethiopia

   The Birth of an Elite

   Edited by Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Trevisan Semi

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   This book offers the results of the most recent research carried out in European and Israeli universities on Ethiopian Jews. With a special focus on Europe and the role played by German, English and Italian Jewish communities in creating a new Jewish Ethiopian identity, it investigates such...

   Published July 28th 2010 by Routledge
10. Arabic Poetry

    Trajectories of Modernity and Tradition

    By Muhsin J. al-Musawi

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

    Since the late 1940s, Arabic poetry has spoken for an Arab conscience, as much as it has debated positions and ideologies, nationally and worldwide. This book tackles issues of modernity and tradition in Arabic poetry as manifested in poetic texts and criticism by poets as participants in...

    Published July 28th 2010 by Routledge