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Jews and Protestants : From the Reformation to the Present
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Abstract: The book sheds light on various chapters in the long history of Protestant-Jewish relations, from the Reformation to the present. Going beyond questions of antisemitism and religious animosity, it aims to disentangle some of the intricate perceptions, ...
Jewish Life and Culture in Germany After 1945 : Sacred Spaces, Objects and Musical Traditions
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Abstract: How was the re-emerging Jewish religious practice after 1945 shaped by traditions before the Shoah? To what extent was it influenced by new inspirations through migration and new cultural contacts? By analysing objects like prayer books, musical instru...
Diversity and Rabbinization : Jewish Texts and Societies Between 400 and 1000 CE
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Abstract: This volume is dedicated to the cultural and religious diversity in Jewish communities from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Age and the growing influence of the rabbis within these communities during the same period. Drawing on available textual and...
Abraham Abulafia’s Esotericism : Secrets and Doubts
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Abstract: This book focuses on Abraham Abulafia's esoteric thought in relation to Maimonides, Maimonideans, and Islamic thought in the line of Leo Strauss'theory of the history of philosophy. A survey of Abulafia's sources leads into an analysis of the esoteric ...
Discourse on the State of the Jews : Bilingual Edition
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Abstract: In 1638, a small book of no more than 92 pages in octavo was published “appresso Gioanne Calleoni” under the title “Discourse on the State of the Jews and in particular those dwelling in the illustrious city of Venice.” It was dedicated to the Doge of ...
Converts of Conviction : Faith and Scepticism in Nineteenth Century European Jewish Society
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Abstract: The series Studies and Texts in Scepticism contains monographs, translations, and collected essays exploring scepticism in its dual manifestation as a purely philosophical tradition and as a set of sceptical strategies, concepts, and attitudes in the c...
Organ Donation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Transplantation [Transplantation] 2021 Jan 01; Vol. 105 (1), pp. 6-9.
Abstract: Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
The Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism : Essays on Early Jewish Literature and History
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Abstract: This book collects twenty two previously published essays and one new one by Erich S. Gruen who has written extensively on the literature and history of early Judaism and the experience of the Jews in the Greco-Roman world. His many articles on this su...
Archiv Bibliographia Judaica – Deutschsprachiges Judentum Online : Historische Kontexte und Einführung in die Datenbank
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Abstract: Mit über 20.000 bio-bibliographischen Einträgen präsentiert die Datenbank „Archiv Bibliographia Judaica“ die große Vielfalt jüdischen Lebens im deutschen Sprachraum zwischen 1750 und 1950. Das von Renate Heuer in den 1960er Jahren gegründete Archiv sol...
Jewish-Muslim Intellectual History Entangled : Textual Materials From the Firkovitch Collection, Saint Petersburg
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Abstract: Jewish-Muslim Intellectual History Entangled unearths forgotten texts that once belonged to the library of the Karaite community in Cairo. Consigned to oblivion for centuries, many of these manuscripts were sold in the second half of the nineteenth cen...