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Routledge Jewish Studies Series

Series Editor: Oliver Leaman

Studies, which are interpreted to cover the disciplines of history, sociology, anthropology, culture, politics, philosophy, theology, religion, as they relate to Jewish affairs. The remit includes texts which have as their primary focus issues, ideas, personalities and events of relevance to Jews, Jewish life and the concepts which have characterised Jewish culture both in the past and today. The series is interested in receiving appropriate scripts or proposals.

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41-45 of 45 results in Routledge Jewish Studies Series

  1. Jews, Muslims and Mass Media

    Mediating the 'Other'

    Edited by Dr Yulia Egorova, Yulia Egorova, Tudor Parfitt

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    This text looks at the ways in which Jews, Muslims and the conflict between them has been covered in the modern media. Both Jews and Muslims generally receive a 'bad press'. This book will try to reveal why. The media have clearly played a pro-active role in the Middle East conflict, the...

    Published May 15th 2007 by Routledge

  2. Deconstructing the Bible

    Abraham ibn Ezra's Introduction to the Torah

    By Irene Lancaster

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    Deconstructing the Bible represents the first attempt by a single author to place the great Spanish Jewish Hebrew bible exegete, philosopher, poet, astronomer, astrologer and scientist Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164) in his complete contextual environment. It charts his unusual travels and...

    Published October 2nd 2002 by Routledge

  3. Judaising Movements

    Studies in the Margins of Judaism in Modern Times

    Edited by Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Semi

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    The history of Judaising movements has been largely ignored by historians of religion. This volume analyzes the interplay between colonialism, a Judaism not traditionally viewed as proselytising but which at certain points was struggling to heed the Prophets and become a light unto the Gentiles'...

    Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge

  4. Moses Maimonides

    By Oliver Leaman

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    Moses Maimonides (1135--1204) is recognized both as a leading Jewish thinker and as one of the most radical philosophers of the Islamic world. The study reveals the significance of Maimonides to contemporary philosophical and theological problems....

    Published October 9th 1997 by Routledge

  5. Medieval Jewish Philosophy

    An Introduction

    By Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok, Dan Cohn-Sherbok

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    Beginning with the earliest philosopher of the Middle Ages, Saadiah ben Joseph al-Fayyumi, this work surveys the writings of such figures as Solomon ben Joseph ibn Gabirol, Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda, Abraham ben david Halevi ibn Daud, Judah Halevi, Moses Maimonides, Gersonides, Hasdai Crescas,...

    Published October 28th 1996 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Jews and Judaism in Modern China
    By M. Avrum Ehrlich
    To Be Published May 31st 2013
  2. On Liberty: Jewish Philosophical Perspectives
    By Daniel Frank
    To Be Published September 29th 2013
  3. Judaising Movements: Studies in the Margins of Judaism in Modern Times
    Edited by Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Semi
    To Be Published September 29th 2013
  4. Moses Maimonides
    By Oliver Leaman
    To Be Published September 29th 2013
  5. Medieval Jewish Philosophy: An Introduction
    By Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok, Dan Cohn-Sherbok
    To Be Published September 29th 2013
  6. Judaism, Philosophy, Culture: Selected Studies by E. I. J. Rosenthal
    By Erwin Rosenthal
    To Be Published September 29th 2013
  7. Jewish Women's Torah Study: Orthodox Religious Education and Modernity
    By Ilan Fuchs
    To Be Published October 22nd 2013
  8. Emmanuel Levinas and the Limits to Ethics: A Critique and a Re-Appropriation
    By Aryeh Botwinick
    To Be Published November 20th 2013

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