“The little children had little parents in the [twins’] block [in Auschwitz]. For example, I was a little mama for twins, two girls named Evichka and Hanka…My sister was the mother for Hanka and I was the mother for Evichka…Evichka told me that she got a...

First published in 2004, The Jewish Study Bible is a landmark, one-volume resource tailored especially for the needs of students of the Hebrew Bible. It has won acclaim from readers in all religious traditions. The Jewish Study Bible, which comes in a...

Normon Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. Demonstrating the diverse nature and ethnic origin of Jewish people, Solomon explores how the religion has developed in the 2,000 years since the days of...

Twenty-five New York City Jewish intellectuals talk about the unique intellectual, cultural, and human milieu of New York City.

The overwhelming majority of Americans believe in God; this conviction has existed since the beginning of recorded time and is shared by billions around the world. In The God Gene, Dr. Dean Hamer reveals that this inclination towards religious faith is...

Zen experience defies all thinking and linguistic description and simply affirms what is evidently real: "The ordinary way—that precisely is the Way." After questioning the nature of reality, the Zen student discovers that what remains is what is...

Impassioned, erudite, thoroughly researched, and beautifully reasoned, The Great Partnership argues not only that science and religion are compatible, but that they complement each other—and that the world needs both.  “Atheism deserves better than the...

Hardcover without jacket. Very faintly sunned on front board and spine; pages are clean and sound, with clear text throughout. TS

A confession --What I believe --What then must we do? --On life --Why do men stupefy themselves? --An afterword to "The Kreutzer Sonata' --The kingdom of god is within you (1) --The kingdom of god is within you (2) --The first step --The destruction of...

After living the Rule and studying it for many years, the author introduces it to those who are encountering it for the first time. The relationship of Benedict's Rule to other early monastic legistation is treated thoroughly but the book is designed for...

Argues that histories of Christianity should analyze religious artwork as well as texts, discusses attitudes towards religious images, and examines the portrayal of women

A fresh English translation laid out facing the original Sanskrit for easy reference and accompanied by a wealth of essential ancillary materials that make this book a complete course on the Bhagavad-Gītā in a single volume.     This translation stands...

Winner of the Books for a Better Life Award Chosen as one of "The 10 Best Spiritual Books of 2006" by Spirituality and Health magazineRabbi Irwin Kula explores desire in spiritual life. Rather than leading us astray, our longings are gateways to self...

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This Concordance is a complete wordlist of the Blickling homiletic texts, which date from the late 10th century making them one of the earliest extant examples of prose writings in English. Each word is cited in standard dictionary form, expanded...

A famous Italian theologian's eloquent reflections on beauty and God."Beauty is an event: it happens when the Whole, the All, offers itself to us in the fragment, when the Infinite makes itself little." This is how Bruno Forte describes the long-held...

Spiritual Discourse is a study of the process by which Baba Rexheb, a ninety-year-old Albanian leader of the Bektashi order, and Frances Trix, an American student who has studied with him for over twenty years, come to share a common universe of...

Thomas Merton is one of the most influential American spiritual writers of the past century. Thousands have drawn strength from his words and the witness of his life. He was able to distill the best writings of theologians, philosophers, and poets over...

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