Religion: Judaism

By Morris Joseph

Published in 1910 this book considers Jewish teaching and the ethics of religion itself. Rev. Morris Joseph discussed Judaism in both a practical and academic context as well as considering the subject in conjunction with other prominent word religions…

Paperback – 2020-02-01 
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Routledge Revivals

By Ron Robin

Originally published in 1990, Signs of Change assess the people of San Francisco according to their own demonstrative standards through the visual symbols. Special attention is devoted to the visual perceptions of immigrants, those whose senses were not smothered by over-familiarity or protracted…

Paperback – 2020-01-30 
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Routledge Library Editions: Urban History

Edited by Nicholas Peter Legh Allen, Pierre J. Jordaan, József Zsengellér

This volume examines Jewish literature produced from c. 700 B.C.E. to c. 200 C.E. from a socio-theological perspective. In this context, it offers a scholarly attempt to understand how the ancient Jewish psyche dealt with times of extreme turmoil and how Jewish theology altered to meet the…

Hardback – 2020-01-23 
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Edited by Alexandre Coello de la Rosa, Linda G. Jones

A common objective of saint veneration in all three Abrahamic religions is the recovery and perpetuation of the collective memory of the saint. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all yield intriguing similarities and differences in their respective conceptions of sanctity. This edited collection…

Hardback – 2020-01-16 
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Sanctity in Global Perspective

By Paul Goodman

Published in 1908, this book details the development and establishment of Judaism and Jewish culture in contrast to the spread and presence of the Christian church and community. Focusing on the spiritual importance of Jewish scripture and its prominence in other Abrahamic religions, Goodman…

Paperback – 2020-01-01 
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Routledge Revivals

By Morris Joseph

Published in 1908, this book draws on a variety of sermons written by Rev. Morris Josephs, to provide a message on Judaism. Designed to create a discourse for universal readership this book covers topics such as the ethics of Jewish life, the perception of the world vs Judaism, and the religious…

Paperback – 2020-01-01 
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Routledge Revivals

Edited by Jeffrey Haynes

As religion and politics become ever more intertwined, relationships between religion and political parties are of increasing global political significance. This handbook responds to that development, providing important results of current research involving religion and politics, focusing on:…

Hardback – 2019-12-20 
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Edited by Bronwen Neil, Kosta Simic

These essays examine how various communities remembered and commemorated their shared past through the lens of utopia and its corollary, dystopia, providing a framework for the reinterpretation of rapidly changing religious, cultural and political realities of the turbulent period from 300 to 750…

Hardback – 2019-12-20 
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Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

By Erica Ferg

Geography, Religion, Gods, and Saints in the Eastern Mediterranean explores the influence of geography on religion and highlights a largely unknown story of religious history in the Eastern Mediterranean. In the Levant, agricultural communities of Jews, Christians, and Muslims jointly venerated…

Hardback – 2019-12-19 
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Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East

Edited by Kateřina Králová, Marija Vulesica, Giorgos Antoniou

This anthology brings together eight chapters which examine the life of Jews in Southeast Europe through political, social and cultural lenses. Even though the Holocaust put an end to many communities in the region, this book chronicles how some Holocaust survivors nevertheless tried to restore…

Hardback – 2019-11-05 
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The Southeast Europe and Black Sea Series

By Pekka Pitkänen

This book examines migration and colonialism in the ancient Near East in the late second millennium BCE, with a focus on the Levant. It explores how the area was shaped by these movements of people, especially in forming the new Iron Age societies. The book utilises recent sociological studies on…

Hardback – 2019-10-21
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Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East

Edited by Jim West, Niels Peter Lemche

Jeremiah in History and Tradition examines aspects of the Book of Jeremiah from a variety of perspectives including historical, textual, redaction, and feminist criticism, as well as the history of its reception. The book looks afresh at the Book of Jeremiah through the lens of intertextuality…

Hardback – 2019-10-15
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