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In 8°,pp. XVI,603,(7). Tela editoriale con sovracoperta figurata. Copia in buono stato. Collana di studi religiosi. problema delle origini della Kabbalà, forma della mistica e della teosofia ebraica che sembra sorgere a un tratto nel secolo XIII, è uno dei più complessi e importanti nella storia religiosa dell'ebraismo dopo la distruzione del Tempio. Il volume sintetizza i risultati di oltre quarant'anni di lavoro. Le accurate e sistematiche ricerche compiute dall'autore sui manoscritti del periodo arcaico non solo dissipano diffidenze troppo a lungo diffuse per pregiudizio razionalistico o entusiasmo romantico, ma rinnovano completamente gli studi sul movimento. L'approfondito lavoro filologico e storico-critico condotto sulle fonti ha consentito di rilevare che il "Séfer Bahir" - testo fondamentale della Kabbalà prima dello "Zòhar" (fine del XIII secolo) - è redatto su materiali più antichi, tutti con caratteristiche gnostiche. Proprio attraverso il "Bahir", il pensiero gnostico mitopoietico ha fatto la sua ricomparsa all'interno del giudaismo e ha caratterizzato per secoli quella che oggi, grazie agli studi di Scholem, può essere definita, religiosamente e culturalmente, la corrente più vitale e originale del giudaismo. In antitesi a studi precedenti, l'autore sottolinea inoltre che la Kabbalà è nata da bisogni religiosi interni al giudaismo e non da apporti culturali esterni. In questo senso è espressione genuina e profonda dell'anima ebraica e differisce in modo sostanziale dalla filosofia, nella quale l'apporto greco e arabo è stato invece determinante.
8vo, br, ed. xxv + 641pp., map, index, Account of living through the 'Antisemitic Factory' of Bucharest in the 30s and WWII through the diary of a young Jewish writer.
8vo, tela ed. in sovracoperta. pp.451. esaurito fuori catalogo. firma di app. altrimenti ottimo.
8vo Or.cloth. with dustjacket, XVIII, 702 pp.
1st American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the jacket: " 'Israel's Secret Wars' is the first documented, comprehensive history of all three of Israel's intelligence services, from their origins in the 1930s, through Israel's five wars, up to the present, including the Ostrovsky affair. Highly readable and exhaustively researched, it contains the most accurate information available about a shadowy and controversial subject in which myth all too often obscures reality."
8vo, br. ed. pp.344. Al centro di questo libro sono gli ebrei di Ancona. Le pagine che seguono si interrogano sulle forme di giustificazione e di realizzazione della presenza di questa minoranza in una città portuale di antico regime, nella più ampia cornice dello Stato dei papi. L'arco cronologico di riferimento va dalla metà del Seicento alla prima metà del Settecento. Tuttavia, gli aspetti peculiari dell'organizzazione economica ebraica nella città, laddove pertinente, sono indagati con uno sguardo di più lunga lena, che abbraccia l'età moderna. All'analisi dei rapporti istituzionali e alle forme di collaborazione interna ed esterna al nucleo ebraico viene affiancata la focalizzazione di alcuni casi specifici, di alcune storie individuali o familiari, al fine di comprendere più intimamente la sovrapposizione dei fattori culturali, religiosi e più latamente sociali che sottostavano alle scelte degli uomini e delle donne del passato, anche in campo economico. Lo studio si situa all'interno di un dibattito storiografico molto vivace, quasi febbrile, sul ruolo economico delle minoranze nella formazione dei moderni spazi di mercato. Scala locale di analisi e scala macro sono alternate e intersecate per dare maggiore risalto alle peculiarità prese in considerazione e per contribuire a spiegare il funzionamento articolato delle relazioni economiche fra periferie e centro dei commerci. Se i riferimenti alle vicende del più ampio Mediterraneo costituiscono un cardine, è nel quadrante geografico del medio Adriatico che le storie che qui vengono seguite trovano la loro esplicazione più completa. Prefazione di Ercole Sori.
8vo, cloth XIV, 461pp Expansion of the author's thesis, London, 1964. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [429]-451. 22 cm. as new condition. ISBN: 0198225288
8vo large Paperback. 279pp. Hellenistic Egypt was the setting for perhaps the first Jewish Golden Age, a time "golden" in Jewish memory as an era of vibrant cultural interaction between the Jews and their gentile hosts. This is the story of the adventures and misadventures of the people of Israel in the land of Egypt the years shrouded in the mists of biblical history under the Pharaohs; the strange intermezzo of the Jewish mercenary detachment on the island of Elephantine on the upper Nile; the apogee of Jewish culture under Ptolemies; and finally, the Jewish community's rapid decline and catastrophic disappearance under Roman rule. Joseph Mélèze Modrzejewski uses scientific analysis to illuminate the reality underlying our image of the past. The biblical accounts and Jewish and pagan literary texts are juxtaposed with discoveries of a century of archaeological and papyrological research that has unearthed the edicts of emperors as well as the humble correspondence of common people. In a tantalizing epilogue, Modrzejewski probes a turning point in Western civilization: the brief but crucial episode when budding Christianity and the Alexandrian Jews parted company.
8vo hardcover. Dustjacket. 256 pp.- This biography of Walther Rathenau (1867-1922) tells of a man who-both thoroughly German and unabashedly Jewish-rose to leadership in the German War-Ministry Department during the First World War, and later to the exalted position of foreign minister in the early days of the Weimar Republic. His achievement was unprecedented-no Jew in Germany had ever attained such high political rank. But Rathenau's success was marked by tragedy: within months he was assassinated by right-wing extremists seeking to destroy the newly formed Republic. Drawing on Rathenau's papers and on a depth of knowledge of both modern German and German-Jewish history, Shulamit Volkov creates a finely drawn portrait of this complex man who struggled with his Jewish identity yet treasured his "otherness." Volkov also places Rathenau in the dual context of Imperial and Weimar Germany and of Berlin's financial and intellectual elite. Above all, she illuminates the complex social and psychological milieu of German Jewry in the period before Hitler's rise to power.English text. Condition : as new.
8vo, Original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Ex-libris book plate inside front cover signatures of former owners. pp.280. From Renouncing Judaism to Working in Many countries from Canada to China and Tibet suspected of Spying in WW1 a full Life. hitler's jew.
20 page magazine. 9 x 6". Reproductions of black and white photos. A monthly publication intended as a medium of information concerning the Jews, Israel and the work of the American Board of Missions to the Jews, Inc. Features: Salutation by Daniel Fuchs discusses reaction of Jewish media to Christian Hebrews; Summer Camp in Jerusalem; "Jacob's Well" at First Baptist Church, Dallas; Long Island Missionary Team Reports - photo-illustrated article; Incidents from the Field; Why not acknowledge Christianity's debt to Judaism?; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
8vo, br. ed. 428pp. Fra le grandi narrazioni che hanno accompagnato la storia dell’uomo, quella dell’Esodo dall’Egitto è senza dubbio una delle più dense di significato, e il testo biblico che l’ha tramandata fino a noi ne è la vivida testimonianza letteraria. La potenza evocativa delle descrizioni – dalle dieci piaghe d’Egitto al prodigio del Mare dei giunchi – rischia tuttavia di lasciare in ombra gli sviluppi sotterranei del mito. In questo saggio Jan Assmann, con profondità e vastità di sguardo, interroga il libro dell’Esodo dal punto di vista dell’«egittologo che opera nel campo delle scienze culturali», risalendo alle origini dei suoi nuclei mitici e indagandone gli effetti e i riverberi nel tempo. Sarà così possibile vedere da una nuova prospettiva la cruciale rivelazione nel roveto ardente, allorché Yahweh manifesta la propria volontà e stabilisce un patto con il popolo eletto: «Con l’idea del patto viene al mondo la “fede”, che rappresenta l’autentica, rivoluzionaria novità del monoteismo biblico, sia esso veterotestamentario, neotestamentario o islamico». Nell’Antico Testamento, infatti, «“fede” ha lo stesso significato di “fedeltà”, ovvero fiducia nel patto». E il «monoteismo della fedeltà» porterà a una nuova idea di religione, in grado di gettare «le basi per un rapporto totalmente nuovo con il mondo, con Dio e con il tempo» – un rapporto destinato a perdurare fino alla modernità.
8vo, 271pp . good and evil in religions, Egypt, Mesopotamia and India, through Iranian and Jewish prophets, to early Christian beliefs.
Scripture Natural History 2 volumes, Vol 1; The Trees and Plants mentioned in the Bible: vol. 2; The Animals Mentioned in the Bible: pp.235, 240, numerous illustrations. original decorated cloth and feps. label on spine, ow.very good and crisp.
Large 8vo., 307 p. Paperback
8vo pp.159 in sefardi ladino w. turkish alphabet, unique collection on turkish jewish sefardi traditions. tradizioni in ladino, spagnolo sefardita degli ebrei di turchia, costantinopoli, istanbul. stambul estanbol.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 13,5 cm). In English. 418 p. The official line that successive Turkish regimes have frequently repeated and which has firmly established itself in both Turkish and foreign public opinion is that the Republic of Turkey is one of those rare countries in which antisemitism has never taken root, and in which Jews have thus lived for centuries within a tolerant atmosphere of peace and tranquility, but it simply isn't true. Along with antisemitism are the conspiracy theories in which the "Jew" or the "Zionist" feature as the main actors that are widely seen throughout Turkish society. In fact, this state of affairs is not only pervasive but has even become "normal" to the point of banality, so much so that it tends to draw no reaction from either the country's intellectuals or politicians. This book contains a collection of author's published articles on the subject-a subject that has received no serious treatment in Turkey, and as such attempts to fill the gaping hole in our knowledge of this widespread yet rarely discussed phenomenon and, as such, stands as an indispensible source for those interested in Turkey and antisemitism.
8vo, cloth in dj. excellent copy, no marks. 247pp. Original dust jacket with gold lettering on spine over blue cloth. An authoritative work discussing diseases, organs, ethics & prayers for the Jewish physician, famous physicians in the talmud, as well as answers to miscellaneous questions such as artificial respiration in biblical times and dolphins in the talmud
8vo, br. ed. 220pp. Jewish Communism' was one of the most powerful and destructive political myths in 20th-century Europe. The cry of Jewish communist conspiracy turned traditional, often religiously inspired anti-Jewish sentiments into a murderous anti-Semitic rampage. The connection of Jews with communism has always been an extremely sensitive issue, which cannot simply be dismissed as a fully irrational phenomenon. Jews were disproportionately present in the revolutionary movement. This does not make the myth of Jewish Communism less mythical, but it does imply that real interests and conflicts were involved. This book presents the first full-length analysis of the identification of Jews with communism. It traces the myth of Jewish Communism from the traditional anti-Jewish prejudices on which it is built, to its crucial role in Eastern European Stalinist and post-Stalinist politics. It documents the painful controversies that the participation of Jews in the revolutionary movement has generated among Jewish observers, among communists, and also among historians. The Author : André Gerrits is Associate Professor in East European Studies at the University of Amsterdam, where he holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration, and Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael).
8vo, cloth in dj. 226pp. The fullest account to date of German Jews's struggle for economic survival under the Third Reich.
8vo. 130 x 189 mm. viii, 86, [1] pp.Cloth. Fine. Documenting the Jewish community in Kai Feng Fu, from over a millenia of steady residence. Fascinating study of ancient jewish residents in China from over 1000 years ago
br. ed. ill.originale pp. 185, dorso con etichetta e mancanza di circa 2com nella parte superiore, pp.80-81 in fotocopia. altrimenti buono. raro. giuda judah abrabanel avrabanel spinoza
Very Good French Paperback. Samll 4to. (27 x 18 cm). In French. 16 p. La littérature Samaritaine (Supplement -Encyclopedie de l'Islam- a l'art Samaritains, Tome IV, Livrasion C). Samaritan literature. Gaster was a Romanian, later British scholar, the Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish congregation, London, and a Hebrew and Romanian linguist. Moses Gaster was an active Zionist in Romania as well as in England, where in 1899 he helped establish the English Zionist Federation. He was the father of Jack and Theodor Gaster and the grandfather of Marghanita Laski. He was also son-in-law to Michael Friedländer and father-in-law to Neville Laski.
4to, pp.335 hardcover. A comprehensive and timely exploration of the key role Jerusalem played in shaping the art and culture of the Middle Ages Medieval Jerusalem was a vibrant international center and home to multiple cultures, faiths, and languages. Harmonious and dissonant influences from Persian, Turkish, Greek, Syrian, Armenian, Georgian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Indian, and European traditions invested Jerusalem with a key role in shaping the art of the Middle Ages. Through compelling essays by international and interdisciplinary experts and detailed discussions of more than 200 works of art, this beautiful, authoritative volume breaks new ground in exploring the relationship between the historical and the archetypal city of Jerusalem, uncovering the ways in which the aesthetic achievements it inspired enhanced and enlivened the medieval world. Patrons and artists from Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions alike focused their attention on the Holy City, endowing and enriching its sacred buildings and creating luxury goods for its residents. This artistic fertility was particularly in evidence between the 11th and the 14th centuries, notwithstanding often devastating circumstances-from the earthquake of 1033 to the fierce battles of the Crusades. Dazzling illustrations featuring new photography complement this unprecedented, panoptic story of Jerusalem in the Middle Ages.
