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The Archaeology of Ancient Israelite Knowledge reconstructs in carefully researched detail the worldview of the ancient Israelites writers responsible for the Hebrew Bible. What was the role of God in their lives? How did they see the relationship between God, nature, and themselves? Contrary to prevailing scholarly understanding, Robert Kawashima argues that the ancient Israelites saw God in a radically different way than the peoples around them. God no longer interconnected everything—humans, nature—but became seen as sharply separated from nature.

A memoir of hope and survival. I. Betty Grebenschikoff has reached into the past to write a moving account of her experiences as a Holocaust refugee in China. Shanghai was the only port in 1939 that was willing to admit European Jews without passports or visas. Once My Name Was Sara details her...

In this biography of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, Alberto Manguel examines the question of his universal appeal. Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides (1138–1204), was born in Córdoba, Spain. The gifted son of a judge and mathematician, Maimonides fled Córdoba with his family when he was thirteen due to Almohad persecution of all non-Islamic faiths. Forced into a long exile, the family spent a decade in Spain before settling in Morocco. From there, Maimonides traveled to Palestine and Egypt, where he died at Saladin’s court.

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 the Bible.

Best-selling author Neal Bascomb has garnered critical acclaim for such riveting nonfiction as Higher and Red Mutiny. Based on extensive interviews and previously classified details, Hunting Eichmann is a compelling account of the relentless hunt for the nefarious Adolf Eichmann.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Holocaust by Laurence Rees, read by Jonathan Keeble. This landmark work answers two of the most fundamental questions in history - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting...

A deathbed promise leads a daughter on an incredible journey to write about her grandfather who was a famous war hero. But this journey had a terrible destination: the discovery that he was a Nazi war criminal. 

A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps. At the height of the Holocaust twenty-five young inmates of the infamous...

A SUNDAY TIMES BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY ‘A must read and if you think YOU don’t need to read it, that’s just the clue to know you do’ SARAH SILVERMAN ‘A masterpiece' STEPHEN FRY How identity politics failed one particular identity. Jews Don’t Count is a book for...

Judaism is not only a religious faith but also a set of beliefs, practices, symbols, and institutions. More than that, it’s a civilization and culture of a people both diverse and united by a history of exile and perseverance. Explore the storied history, texts, and traditions of one of the...

The moving true story of the children who survived the Holocaust against the odds and found their way to life in the Lake District. In the summer of 1945, amidst the serene beauty of England's Lake District, three hundred Jewish children, orphaned and scarred by the trauma of war and...

What happens when an ancient spiritual world, long hidden from ordinary awareness, suddenly opens itself again? In a mystical experience, Marilynn Hughes was sitting within a mystical sphere playing guitar when approximately thirty hooded monks began emerging from an ancient jar positioned before her. She immediately recognized them as Essenes. One monk stepped forward and quietly placed a book into her hands, its title, The Lost Books of the Essenes.

In the early 1980s on a remote part of the Sudanese coast, a new luxury holiday resort opened for business. Catering for divers, it attracted guests from around the world. Little did the holidaymakers know that the staff were undercover spies, working for the Mossad - the Israeli secret service. Providing a front for covert night-time activities, the holiday village allowed the agents to carry out an operation unlike any seen before. What began with one cryptic message pleading for help, turned into the secret evacuation of thousands of Ethiopian Jews....

This early 20th-century translation of the Hebrew Bible by the Jewish Publication Society brings to life the history of the Jewish people in a classical way. It includes the Hebrew texts as they actually appear in the Torah scroll and bears all the hallmarks of a classic work. 

In the spring of 1933, more than 8,000 Jewish musicians, actors, and other artists were expelled from their positions with German orchestras, opera companies, and theater groups. Later that year, the Jüdische Kulturbund, or Jewish Culture Association, was created to allow Jewish artists to perform for Jewish audiences.

تتبع مسار الصراع التاريخي والسياسي الذي حول الذاكرة الدينية والشتات إلى دولة حديثة في قلب الشرق الأوسط المشتعل. يقدم هذا السرد الزمني الموضوعي رحلة فكرية تمتد من...

تتبع رحلة تاريخية ملحمية عبر ثلاثة آلاف عام من الإيمان والمنفى، حيث واجهت هوية دينية فريدة اختبارات البقاء والشتات. استمتع بتجربة استماع تعليمية عميقة أثناء...

在长达三千年的流亡、政治动荡与生存考验中，一种古老的一神信仰如何跨越战火，将失去领土的民族凝聚成坚不可摧的精神共同体？无论你是在碎片化的通勤路上寻求思想的深度沉淀，还是渴望在喧嚣中获得理性的历史洞察...

سافر عبر الزمن إلى كهوف قمران الغامضة لاستكشاف أعظم اكتشاف أثري أعاد تشكيل فهمنا للتاريخ الديني القديم. استمع خلال تنقلاتك اليومية أو أوقات الاسترخاء إلى سرد...

穿越两千年的流散岁月与地缘政治炮火，一段交织着信仰、苦难与权力博弈的建国史诗，将带你洞穿复杂中东局势背后的历史脉络。无论你是通勤途中的历史爱好者，还是渴望在碎片化新闻中寻找理性坐标的求知者，这段客观...