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| ALBERT EINSTEIN : The Persistent Illusion of Transience [Ze'ev Rosenkranz & Barbara Wolff (eds)] This beautifully designed book features a significant number of previously unreleased documents and photographs from the Albert Einstein Archives and links them together with short introductions to chapters about Einstein’s private life, his scientific achievements and his political activities. The new volume represents a substantially enlarged English edition of a title originally published as a version to supplement the permanent exhibition on Albert Einstein at the Jewish National and University Library. This book is based on a book entitled 'Albert Einstein -- derrière l’image', published by the Musée Historique de Berne in 2005. REVIEW: "This book has been developed with love, the photos are astonishing." -- Die Zeit. "Of all the books dedicated to the memory of Albert Einstein, this is surely one of the most beautiful". -- the weekly paper of the German Bundestag. { 263pp, 250x320mm, May 2007; HB, £51.50, 965493325X:9789654933254 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| AMULETS & MAGIC BOWLS : Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity [Joseph Naveh & Shaul Shaked] It was a widespread practice in the area of Palestine, Syria and Asia Minor during the fourth to the seventh centuries of the current era to use talismans written on metal sheets in order to ward off the powers of evil, to heal people, or to gain the love of a person. The common Babylonian practice of the same period was to write incantation texts on earthenware bowls. This book contains the texts of all the legible amulets in Aramaic known today, as well as 13 hitherto unpublished bowls. The texts are proved with translations and commentaries, and a detailed glossary of all the words is given. The study of these incantations provides a glimpse into the religious feelings and practices of common people in the Talmudic period and enriches our knowledge of Palestinian and Babylonian Aramaic usage. This book contains a wealth of new material for the history of magic in the Near East, edited and interpreted with meticulous scholarship. { 344pp, 155x230mm, January 1985; HB, £36.50, 9652235318:9789652235312 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| AND YOU SHALL TELL YOUR SON... : The Concept of the Exodus in the Bible [Yair Zakovitch] The Exodus, the central event in the historiography of the Bible and in the collective memory of the biblical period, represents an historical watershed; it shapes the recounting of events both before and after it. In this book, the influence of the Exodus tradition on the ideological -- literary shaping of the biblical historiography is investigated, with particular attention paid to such questions as: Why were the Israelites enslaved in Egypt? Why did the Exodus traditions take on such enormous dimensions in the Bible? How is this phenomenon related to the separatism promoted as ideal in the Hebrew Scriptures? { 144pp, 155x230mm, January 1991; HB, £10.99, 9652237809:9789652237804 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| ANTHOLOGY OF YIDDISH FOLKSONGS, VOLUME 7 : The Itzik Manger Volume Text in English & Yiddish. Mark Warshavsky was born in Odessa in 1848 and was a poet-composer of many famous Yiddish folksongs. It was Sholom Aleichem who first "discovered" Warshavsky with whom he often appeared in cultural evenings in Kiev. Like some of the early songs of Gebirtig -- Warshavsky's songs too became folksongs, the lyrics and melodies spread like wildfire among the Jewish masses. The appearance of Warshavsky's Der Alef Beys, or as it quicky became known from its first words Oyfn Pripetchek, caused a real revolution in the minds of orthodox as well as progressive Jews in Eastern Europe. { 250pp, 215x280mm, January 2004; HB, £38.50, 9652234478:9789652234476 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| BASIC ISSUES OF THE HISTORY OF NUTRITION : Second Edition [K Y Guggenheim] The book presents ten essays focusing on the state of knowledge of some basic issues of nutrition in various periods and the ways of thinking about them (eg: the digestion of food, the utilisation of nutrients and their conversion into body substance, obesity, dietary standards or the need of specific nutrients). In the introduction, Professor Guggenheim endeavours to place each essay in its historical context. As a result, without claiming to present an abridged history of nutrition, the book encompasses a span of 2,400 years, from the Greco-Roman Antiquity until the twentieth century. { 143pp, 140x215mm, January 1995; HB, £21.99, 9652238961:9789652238962 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| BATTLE FOR THE LAND : The History of the Jewish National Fund (KKL) Before the Establishment of the State of Israel [Yossi Katz] In 1901, the Zionist Organisation founded the Jewish National Fund to purchase lands in the Land of Israel and transfer them to the ownership of the Jewish people. The book before us examines and summarises the JNF's land purchasing policies and endeavours, from the establishment of the Fund to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. A major part of this essay centres on the period from 1936 to 1948, which were the most important years of the JNF's activities and during which it became almost the sole Jewish entity promoting this aspect of the building of the land of Israel. During these years, the JNF purchased about 600,000 dunams, which constitute more than 60% of its acquisitions from its establishment to the establishment of the State. The pivotal nature of the JNF during those years stems first and foremost from the recognition of its settlement endeavours by the top institutions of the Zionist Organisation, in promoting the political interests of the Zionist movement in the land of Israel. The creation of actual real property owned by the Jewish people which also served as a foundation for settlement was a prerequisite for achieving a Jewish state. Under it’s articles of association, the lands purchased by the JNF cannot be sold. They were leased for the purpose of establishing agricultural and urban settlements and subsequently, the State of Israel applied this principle to all its lands (about 20.5 million dunams), of which JNF lands now constitute about 13%. { 412pp, 155x230mm, January 2005; HB, £30.50, 9654932229:9789654932226 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| BEFORE CATASTROPHE, 2ND EDITION : The Distinctive Path of German Zionism [Hagit Lavsky] This book, a first attempt to analyse German Zionism in a global Zionist context, sheds new light on the role of German Zionism in the German-Jewish community. It traces the emergence of a small component of the Zionist movement which regardless of size played a distinctive part in both German-Jewish and Zionist history on the eve of World War II. Positioned strategically between East and West, German Zionism was open to influences from both sides. Although post-assimilationist, it was affected by the encounter with East European Jewry. The product was a unique form of Zionism that combined Western ideas with radical 'Palestinocentrism'. { 292pp, 180x260mm, January 1995; HB, £38.50, 0814326730:9780814326732 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| BETWEEN POLES & JEWS : The Development of Nahum Sokolow's Political Thought [Ela Bauer] This book focuses on the formative years of Nahum Sokolow's political thought during the years in which he dedicated his energies to working within the social fabric of the Jewish community of Polish lands. In his political thought, activities and agenda, Sokolow consistently searched for a 'middle way' that would create a common space in which the many different sectors of Jewish society could come together. Sokolow also hoped that his political agenda would have an impact upon Polish society at a time when Jews and non-traditional Jewish movements were heavily influenced by the liberal atmosphere of Polish positivism. Until the end of the 1890s Sokolow hoped that the Jewish progressive circle would be his main political and ideological ally. However, as the twentieth century approached Sokolow realised that his attempt to persuade these intellectuals to join him in his new political agenda had failed. This forced him to turn to a new ideological formula, the Zionist movement. Even then, however, he continued to espouse his own moderate brand of Jewish politics for the remainder of his life in Russian Empire, Germany and England. Over the years, this commitment to his unique ideology made Sokolow one of the most prominent representatives of Polish Jewish. { 180pp, 140x215mm, January 2005; PB, £10.99, 9654932113:9789654932110 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN [Yehezkel Kaufman] Yehezkel Kaufman (1889-1963), modern Israel’s foremost biblical scholar, composed this monograph in connection with his two volumes of commentary to the Books of Joshua and Judges -- not available in English. He takes issue with the view that these books originated in late monarchic times, centuries removed from the events they relate and hence of little historical worth. He criticises in detail the literary arguments on which that view is based, contending that, on the contrary, these books are based on, and incorporate, pre-monarchic sources attesting to the earliest phrase of the religion of ancient Israel. This is a reissue of the first 1953 edition. { 147pp, 155x230mm, January 1991; HB, £15.99, 9652235563:9789652235565 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| BOOK OF EZEKIEL [Moshe H Goshen-Gottstein & Shemaryahu Talmon] Text in English & Hebrew. The base text of the edition reproduces the Aleppo Codex, the most important representative of the Tiberian masoretic text of the Ben Asher tradition. Underneath the text, four apparata of variant readings culled from various textual witnesses are presented: (I) the ancient Versions -- the Greek Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, the Aramaic Targum Jonathan, and the Syriac Peshitta; (II) the extant fragments of scrolls from the Judaean Desert and biblical quotations found in rabbinic literature; (III) select Genizah fragments and 'extra-masoretic' Hebrew medieval manuscripts; (IV) various Hebrew manuscripts representing the development of the masoretic text up to Ben Hayyim's Biblica Rabbinica of 1514-5. { 334pp, 210x280mm, January 2004; HB, £96.99, 9654931869:9789654931861 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| BRITAIN & THE HOLY LAND, 1838-1914 : Selected Documents from the British Consulate in Jerusalem [Mordechai Eliav] Great Britain was the first European power to establish a consulate in Jerusalem, soon to be followed by other nations. When the consulate was forced to close in late 1914, after the outbreak of World War 2, its records were burnt to avoid having them fall into the hands of the Turkish authorities. Mordechai Eliav has selected 135 documents dating from the appointment if the first consul in 1838 to the final report on the shutting down of the consulate in November 1914. The documents are not only indicative of the activities of the consulate and its officials; they also reflect political, social and economic developments in Palestine as a whole, and in Jerusalem in particular, for almost 75 years. The volume is an important contribution to British diplomatic history, as well as to the history of nineteenth-century Palestine. { 430pp, 170x245mm, January 1997; HB, £45.50, 9652171395:9789652171399 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| CHAIM NACHMAN BIALIK : Selected Poems, Bilingual edition [Introduction by Ruth Nevo] 31 poems by Chaim Nachman Bilalik in Hebrew and translated to English. { 176pp, 155x230mm, December 1981; PB, £17.99, 9650100539:9789650100537 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| CHESS IN JEWISH HISTORY & HEBREW LITERATURE [Victor A Keats] This book deals with the origins of chess from before 500AD and its appearance in Jewish sources and literature until the middle of the 19th century. Chess is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud, and Jews played a part in the spread of the game through medieval writings on chess, primarily in Spain. The book also covers allusions to chess in Hebrew literature together with background material on the historical periods concerned. This book contains many hidden or overlooked gems of chess literature along with much that is well known but unavailable, and provides authoritative translations, some completely new. It is an entertaining and informative survey, and will delight all those interested in the history of chess and its literature. { 280pp, 160x230mm, January 1995; HB, £38.50, 9652239151:9789652239150 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| CHRISTIANITY & JUDAISM : Two Covenants [Yehezkel Kaufmann] The writings of Yehezkel Kaufman (1889-1963), late Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, fall into three main categories: Bible studies, of which the four-volume History of the Religion of Israel is the magnum opus; socio-historical analysis of Jewry's fate and existence as a diaspora-nation community, with the two-volume Golah ve-Nekhar (Exile and Estrangement) being its most outstanding scholarly undertaking in this regard; finally topical articles dealing with immediate socio-political problems of Zionism and the emerging State of Israel. This book comprises three successive chapters from Yehezkel Kaufman's Golah ve-Nekhar which, though intrinsically related to the central topic of that work, constitute a distinct unit of its own. The basic difference between Judaism and Christianity is here defined as two forms of covenant being in conflict with each other. { 230pp, 155x230mm, January 1995; HB, £22.99, 9652236942:9789652236944 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| COLLECTED WRITINGS IN JEWISH STUDIES [Ephraim E Urbach] This volume comprises a collection of English and French articles in Jewish Studies published by Professor E E Urbach in the course of over fifty years, as well as several articles and lectures found among his papers after his death in 1991. The articles collected here include contributions to various spheres of Jewish Studies, particularly those to which the author dedicated most of his scholarly career and in which he became a leading figure: Halakhah, Aggdah, classical rabbinic thought, anti-Christian polemics, and Jewish history of the Second Temple, talmudic and medieval periods. The history and spiritual world of Polish Jewry, a topic on which the author concentrated his later years, is also represented here. Also included are several essays in which the author surveyed trends and developments in the field of Jewish Studies. { 582pp, 175x240mm, January 1999; HB, £70.99, 9654930447:9789654930444 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| COMMENTARY OF R SAMUEL BEN MEIR RASHBAM ON QOHELETH [Sara Japhet & Robert B Salters] This book, designed for students of the Hebrew Bible and medieval exegesis, presents a small part of the work of R. Samuel ben Meir (Rashbam), the grandson of Rashi and one of the leading figures in Rashi’s school of exegesis in northern France. The authors show by their editing of the text, in translation and in introduction, the specific and unique contributions which Rashbam makes, not only to the understanding of Qoheleth, but to the text of the Hebrew Bible as a whole. They will surely stimulate research into the whole area of medieval exegesis. Rashbam is a Hebrew acronym for Rabbi Shmuel son of Meir (c1085-c1158). His father was Meir ben Shmuel and his mother was Yocheved, the daughter of Rashi. Like his grandfather Rashi, the Rashbam was a biblical commentator and Talmudist. He was also a leading French Tosafist. He was the older brother of the Tosafist Rivam and the Tosafist Rabbeinu Tam, also known as Jacob ben Meir. He was a colleague of Rabbi Joseph Kara. Rashbam was born in France in the vicinity of Troyes. He learned from Rashi and from the Riva. He was the teacher of his brother, Rabbeinu Tam. His commentary on the Torah is renowned for its stress on the plain meaning (peshat) of the text. This approach often led him to state views that were somewhat controversial (thus resulting in the omission of his commentary on the first chapters of Genesis in many earlier editions of the Pentateuch). Parts of his commentary on the Talmud have been preserved, and they appear on the pages of most of tractate Bava Batra (where no commentary by Rashi is available), as well as the last chapter of tractate Pesachim. Rashbam earned a living by tending livestock and growing grapes, following in his family tradition. Known for his piety, he defended Jewish beliefs in public disputes that had been arranged by church leaders to demonstrate the inferiority of Judaism. { 256pp, 155x230mm, January 1985; HB, £15.99, 9652235172:9789652235176 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| DEAD SEA : The World's Ultimate Natural Healing Resort for Diseases of the Skin, Joints, Lungs & Heart, Among Others [Professor Shaul Sukenik, MD] The Dead Sea -- the world's ultimate natural healing resort for diseases of the skin, joints, lungs, and heart, among others summarises knowledge on the efficacy of the Dead Sea in the treatment of a broad range of diseases. It details the different diseases that can be treated successfully at the Dead Sea and describes, in simple terms that anyone can understand, the principles, mechanisms of action and advantages upon which the various treatments that are available at the health spas are based. { 172pp, 155x230mm, July 2008; PB, £13.50, 9654933543:9789654933544 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| EARLY HISTORY OF THE ALPHABET [Joseph Naveh] Alphabetic writing is one of the principal features of Western culture. Our knowledge of the early history, development and spread of the alphabet is constantly changing. This introduction to West Semitic epigraphy and paleography is the author’s personal way of introducing this field of study on the basis of the evidence available to date. { 224pp, 155x230mm, January 1987; HB, £32.50, 9652234362:9789652234360 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| EARLY JEWISH SETTLEMENT PATTERNS IN PALESTINE, 1882-1914 [Yossi Ben-Artzi] Jewish settlement patterns in Palestine are of interest because of their co-operative forms, the Kibbutz and the Moshav. However, the Jews preferred a different type of pioneer settlement: the Moshavah. For over 30 years the early settlers chose the Moshavah as the type of settlement most suited to lead them to their basic goal: creating a Jewish village, and structuring a 'new' Jew -- a farmer who would live on his land and so lay the cornerstone of a renewed 'national home'. The cultural landscape of the Moshavah, its planning its design and development, constitute the subject of this book, which studies the ideological aspirations of Jewish pioneers in Palestine and illustrates the link between ideology and landscape in their settlement patterns. { 334pp, 155x230mm, January 1997; HB, £38.50, 9652239313:9789652239310 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| EMPIRE IN THE HOLY LAND : Historical Geography of the British Administration in Palestine, 1917-1929 [Gideon Biger] This study describes the contribution of the British Administration to the development of Palestine between 11917-1929. It deals with the relation between a new modern government and changes in the landscape. The special character of the British Administration in Palestine helped to create a new state in the Middle East, a modern state with a geographic "iconography" that reflected British taste and input. This view differs from other works on the British in Palestine which deal mainly with the political history of the area rather than its historical geography. { 288pp, 155x230mm, December 1994; HB, £45.50, 9652238627:9789652238627 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| EUNUCHS, CALIPHS & SULTANS : A Study of Power Relationships [David Ayalon] The book covers a period from the beginning of Islam, up to the beginning of the sixteenth century, and deals mainly with the eunuchs in the major centres of Islam in the East (Umayyads, 'Abbasids, Seljuks, Zengids, Ayyubids and Mamluks and to some extent, the Fatimids of Egypt). It is not a history of the eunuchs in that wide area but rather is mainly concerned with the power accumulated by the eunuchs, military, socially and even economically (especially as trustees of financial affairs and property). The ultimate aim of the study is to being out the close ties connecting it to the harem, the eunuchs and the Mamlkus. In all of these three areas, the dominant element had been slaves (Islamised and often enfranchised) who were imported beyond the lands of Islam. The eunuchs were usually the upbringers of the young Mamlkus and quite often their commanders. The Mamlkus themselves, in various and changing forms, constituted the mainstay of Islam to the harem, the eunuchs and the Mamluks. In all of these three areas, the dominant element had been slaves (Islamised and often enfranchised) who were imported beyond the lands of Islam. The eunuchs were usually the upbringers of the young Mamluks and quite often their commanders. The Mamluks themselves, in various and changing forms, constituted the mainstay of Islam’s military might through the greatest part of its existence. Other subjects discusses are castration’s, the eunuchs prices, and their so-called sexual life, romances as a well as their marriages. { 376pp, 160x235mm, January 1999; HB, £48.99, 965493017X:9789654930178 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| EUROPE'S CENTURY OF DISCONTENT : The Legacies of Fascism, Nazism & Communism [Shlomo Avineri & Zeev Sternhell (eds)] With the demise of the Soviet Union and the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, a number of questions regarding the conventional understanding of totalitarianism could now be viewed in the new light. The classical studies of totalitarianism were undertaken when Nazism and Fascism had been vanquished, while the Soviet system still existed: this created an asymmetry which could now be overcome. The ideological Cold War edge which sometimes accompanied debates about totalitarianism was similarly blunted. The impetus which these developments could give to new angles of research and historical perspective was the focus of the conference 'Reflections on Europe’s Century of Discontent', held at the Institute for European Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Over a dozen participants from eight countries -- political scientists, historians, lawyers as well as political activists -- took part in what was an exciting exercise in re-evaluation and re-assessments. The results are presented in this volume. { 292pp, 155x230mm, January 2003; HB, £30.99, 9654931753:9789654931755 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| EVIDENCE OF FRANCOPHONY IN MEDIAEVAK KEVANT : Decipherment & Interpretation [Cyril Aslanov] This study is an annotated edition and commentary of an Arabic-Old French phrase book found on the last thirteen pages of a Coptic lexicographic treatise compiled in the thirteenth century and recopied in the sixteenth century (MS. BnF Copte 53). The main value of this work is two-fold: first, it is a specimen of the Crusader Old French, of which little has been preserved; and second, it provides evidence for the vernacular language of the period. In the analysis of the material, an attempt has been made to reconstruct from a diachronic-diatopic perspective the vernacular French spoken at Acre in the mid-thirteenth century. This volume will be of interest for Romance linguists and philologists, as well as historians of the Crusades and the Latin East. Arabists and historians of the late medieval Muslim Middle East of this time will also find much of use in this work. { 210pp, 140x215mm, January 2006; PB, £35.50, 9654932172:9789654932172 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| EVOLUTION OF THE EXODUS TRADITION [Samuel E Loewenstamm] The Exodus from Egypt is the climax of Israel’s prehistory as related in the Pentateuch. It may be subjected to two types of historical inquiry, the one focusing on Israel’s national history, the other on the history of her traditions. The work concentrates on the second type of inquiry. In a comprehensive literary analysis, the narrative in the book of Exodus is compared not only with its parallels throughout the Bible, but also with the later, post-Biblical accounts found in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha and in the Hellenistic and Midrashic literatures. { 310pp, 160x230mm, January 1992; HB, £28.50, 9652237841:9789652237842 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| EXPERIENCE OF IMMIGRATION : A Literary Perspective on Immigration to Israel [Yehoshua S Cohen] The book brings to light, in a social-science framework, the various aspects of the process of social integration and cultural adaptation of the new immigrants arriving in Israel in large numbers in the 1950s. The integration of the new immigrants was well studied in social science research during the relevant years, especially by Israeli sociologists, but Professor Cohen’s study is of a different quality and nature. The study surveys various literary works written in Hebrew by Israeli authors, many of them immigrants themselves. Its main subject matter is the meeting, and often the confrontation, between new-comers and old-timers in Israel, between the cultures of the Jewish Diaspora, and that which evolved among the Jewish population in the country in prior decades. The study of literary works as research materials is a new trend in social sciences, and particularly in the discipline of geography. Professor Cohen’s book is a pioneering study in this new direction. { 164pp, 140x215mm, January 1998; PB, £19.50, 9652239968:9789652239969 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| FAIR PLAY : Violence in Sport & Society [Hillel Ruskin & Manfred Lämmer (eds)] This book includes articles which define relationships between aggression and violence in sport and society; define the role of fair play in educational settings, the mass media, female abuse and the law; and provides policy-makers with clear recommendations to support and enhance the concept of fair play. { 204pp, 155x230mm, January 2001; PB, £25.99, 9655550621:9789655550627 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| FEMALE BODY OF GOD IN KABBALISTIC LITERATURE (HEBREW EDITION) : Embodied Forms of Love & Sexuality in the Divine Feminine [Daniel Abrams] Text in Hebrew. This book is an attempt to explain the traditions in the Kabala which relate to the female body of G-d. { 232pp, 155x230mm, September 2004; HB, £20.99, 9654932032:9789654932035 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| FORMATION OF NABATEAN ART [Joseph Patrich] Unlike the common practice both in the Greco-Roman West and in the Parthian East, to accord the gods a human form, the Nabateans represented their gods in the form of stelae. A systematic survey of Nabatean art indicates that the negation of figurative representation is also evident in all other domains of their creativity, such as rock-carved facades of tombs, painted pottery, oil lamps, coins and jewellery. The archaeological artefacts, inscriptions and literary sources described and discussed in this book reveal a fascinating cultural and religious phenomenon unique within the surrounding milieu and surprisingly in its persistence and durability. This phenomenon should interest not only the student of Nabatean culture as its implications transcends the boundaries of the time and space in which it appeared and are valid for the study of both ancient religions and history of art. { 230pp, 160x230mm, January 1990; HB, £32.50, 9004092854:9789004092853 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| FRANCE & THE MIDDLE EAST : Past, Present & Future [Michel Abitbol (ed)] Rich and multiform, French influence in the Levant and Palestine was predominant until the end of the First World War. While conferring a particular importance upon its religious establishments, France has also always invested in the development of her economic, scientific, and technological relations with the countries in the region. Marking the beginning of her political disengagement from the Holy Land, the British Mandate period saw, notably, the gradual disappearance of the French language from the cultural life of Palestine. France’s return in force to the region would have to await the creation of the State of Israel and decolonisation, first as a close friend of Israel, then, after the Six-Day War, as Europe’s most active political power in the Middle East. { 318pp, 155x230mm, January 2004; HB, £38.50, 9654931931:9789654931939 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| FROM NOAH TO ABRAHAM : A Commentary on the Book of Genesis VI-XI [Umberto Cassuto] This is the second in a series of comprehensive commentaries on the Book of Genesis that the late Professor Umberto Cassuto had planned as part of a magnum opus embracing the whole Pentateuch and also the Book of Psalms. This work is rich in original insights and scholarly illuminations that make it an invaluable guide to the Bible student -- be he an erudite scholar or just a well-read lay enquirer -- irrespective of the opinions he holds with regard to the Higher Critical doctrines. { 386pp, 155x230mm, January 1997; HB, £31.99, 9652235407:9789652235404 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| GERMANY & THE MIDDLE EAST : Past, Present & Future [Haim Goren (ed)] These articles deal with diverse aspects of the changing, complex, and charged relationships of Germany with the Middle East, in general, and with certain of its states, in particular, since the 1830s until the end of the 20th century. { 350pp, 155x230mm, January 2002; HB, £38.50, 9654931591:9789654931595 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| IDENTITY, COMMUNITY, NATION : Essays on Canadian Writing [Denielle Schaub & Christl Verduyn (eds)] This collection of essays by scholars from Canada, England, France, India and Israel explores the intersections of identity, community and nation within Canadian culture. Multiple waves of immigration and the intermingling of histories, memories and cultures have engaged Canadians in cross-cultural exchanges that have rendered definitions of identity, increasingly complex. Modern-day mobility fosters cultural diversity and transnational identities, calling for a redefinition of subjectivity and belonging as well as challenging nationalist discourses. { 220pp, 170x240mm, January 2002; PB, £32.50, 9654931516:9789654931519 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| IDEOLOGY & SETTLEMENT : The Jewish National Fund, 1897-1914 [Zvi Shilony] Since 1901 the Jewish National Fund was the organ of the World Zionist Organization for the purchase of lands in Palestine and settling it with Jewish people. While working towards this goal, the JNF had to design its land and settlement policy, and to decide where to purchase lands, what types of farming and economy to enhance, which types of settlements to develop, which socio-economic sectors of the Jewish people to assist, how to develop national geographic and economic systems, how to secure as wide as possible borders for the anticipated Jewish autonomy, and how to create a Jewish demographic majority in Palestine. This book presents the first deep and detailed research conducted on the subject. In a lively and exciting way it relates the process of decision-making, planning, and carrying out of the policies and enterprises of the JNF in the years prior to World War I, all this against the background of the conditions in Palestine and developments in the Zionist world. { 447pp, 155x230mm, January 1998; HB, £51.50, 9652239895:9789652239891 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| IMAGE & REALITY : Jerusalem in Maps & Views [Rehav Rubin] Jerusalem, the city holy to Judaism, Christianity and Islam, has been the subject of numerous volumes of history, chronicles, biblical exegeses and itinerates. Many of these books included maps and views of Jerusalem, their number growing continuously with the development of the printing press. This is a first attempt to collect and present a large number of maps of Jerusalem along with a general discussion on their characteristics, history and content. { 181pp, 240x360mm, January 2000; HB, £49.99, 9654930129:9789654930123 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| IMAGES OF THE JEW IN POLISH FOLK CULTURE [Adam Teller (ed)] The subject in the title of this book has not been taken up too often. Polish historiography and ethnography have avoided delving into the problems of Polish-Jewish relations, probably because it was (and still is) an emotional subject, painful for some and irritating to others. The last half-century has not afforded many opportunities for a dispassionate exchange of opinions as the last war brought about the extermination of the Polish Jews and put an end to the discussion once and for all. The history of the towns and economy of Poland cannot be written without discussing the activities of Jews. Closely connected with this problem is the question of the Jew’s place in the social hierarchy and consequently -- mutual attitudes. This study is an attempt to present the picture of intergroup contacts as it has been preserved in people’s memory. It is also an effort to reconstruct the model of behaviours towards a community seen as alien. { 235pp, 140x215mm, January 1995; PB, £10.50, 9652239003:9789652239006 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| JESUS, 3RD EDITION [David Flusser] Professor David Flusser's biography of the life of Jesus is the fruit of almost fifty years of personal research concerning what may be considered the most well-known figure of the Second Temple Period. His philological-historical approach calls for a reconsideration of how we read the literary sources. He brings to bear the wealth of new information regarding the first-century setting in light of the Dead Sea Scrolls, historical inquiry, and recent archaeological discoveries. What results is a compelling portrait of Jesus which gains additional depth because it is viewed within the context of Jewish thought and life in the first century. Both Jewish and Christian readers will be challenged by the results of Flusser's study. This work is based upon Flusser's 1968 edition of Jesus. Yet, with the passage of 30 years, this new volume has been essentially rewritten to incorporate the wealth of new data. { 324pp, 155x230mm, January 1997; HB, £42.99, 965223978X:9789652239785 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| JEWS OF SANTA COLOMA DE QUERALT : An Economic & Demographic Case Study of a Community at the End of the Thirteenth Century [Yom Tov Assis] This book is an attempt to describe, on the basis of notarial acts found in local archives, Jewish life in a small community, of which little is known. The book shows the immense possibilities available in many provincial Catalan archives for a well-documented economic and demographic study of small communities on which the material from central archives is almost inexistent. { 170pp, 155x230mm, January 1988; HB, £23.50, 965223673X:9789652236739 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| JEWS, ARABS, TURKS : Selected Essays [Jacob M Landau] This selection of essays has been selected among those published by Jacob M. Landau in the last forty years, covering Middle Eastern historical events and related current issues. The studies are grouped according to the following divisions: Jews in Muslim lands; Arabic writings; Ottoman history; Turkish politics; Politicolinguistics; Elections in Israel and Turkey. The focus on the Middle East is the integrating factor. { 490pp, 175x245mm, January 1993; HB, £38.50, 965223818X:9789652238184 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| JEWS, JUDAISM & THE CLASSICAL WORLD [Gedalyahu Alon] These studies cover a span of time beginning with the Hasmoneans and the earliest intervention of Roman power in the land of Israel -- that is, from the second and first pre-Christian centuries -- and extended as far as the third and fourth centuries of the present era. Most of the questions dealt with originate in the inner world of Judaism and Jewish law (halacha). However, the issues are examined in relation to other factors as well, such as the Hellenistic literature of the Jews, early Christian traditions, and classical culture as a whole. { 499pp, 155x230mm, January 1977; HB, £32.50, 9652234680:9789652234681 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| LABOR, CRAFTS & COMMERCE IN ANCIENT ISRAEL [Moshe Aberbach] The purpose of this work is to provide a scholarly but also readable account of the economic activities of the Jews -- as well as their attitudes to labour in general during the Biblical and Talmudic periods. As far as possible, the entire source material, scattered as it is in the Bible, the Apocrypha, the Talmud and Midrash, has been utilised to present a comprehensive picture of this important but relatively neglected subject. The book comprises chapters in the occupational structure of the Talmudic rabbis and their views on physical labour as well as descriptions of Jewish commercial and industrial activities and vocational training in ancient times. { 294pp, 155x230mm, January 1994; HB, £38.50, 9652238600:9789652238603 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| LANGUAGES & LITERATURES IN JEWISH EDUCATION -- 2-VOLUME SET : Studies in Honor of Michael Rosenak [Jonathan Cohen (ed)] Books in Slipcase. Text in Hebrew and English. This festschrift is presented as a gift to Professor Michael Rosenak in tribute to his unique and pioneering contribution to Jewish Education in general and to the Philosophy of Jewish Education in particular. The list of contributors to these volumes includes experts in the different disciplines of Jewish Studies, academics that apply the scholarly tools of the Social Sciences to the study of Jewish education, scholars interested in the interdisciplinary aspects of Jewish Studies and their implications for Jewish education, educational leaders and directors of visionary educational institutions. Colleagues, students and friends have all contributed enquiries into the issues that have stood at the centre of Mike’s professional concerns. 'Languages and Literatures in Jewish Education' thus invites the reader to participate in the ongoing dialogue on the key issues of Jewish existence and education today. { 833pp, 155x230mm, December 2006; HB, £50.99, 9654933020:9789654933025 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| LAST BEST WEST : Essays on the Historical Geography of the Canadian Prairies [Yossi Katz & John C Lehr] Based on revised articles by Yossi Katz and John C. Lehr, first published in a variety of prestigious academic journals, this book analyses the pattern and process of ethnic group settlement in western Canada from 1874 until the 1920s from the perspective of historical geography and in the context of time, space and society. Through consideration of six major ethnic groups, the Mennonites, Jews, Mormons, Ukrainians, Doukhobors and Hutterites, the book describes how and why these groups created a series of distinctive cultural landscapes across the prairies. At the centre of this explanation is an appreciation of the roles played by the immigrants, their societies, cultures, and institutions. The ways in which these interacted with the institutions of the host society and with the politics of the Canadian government determined many settlement outcomes. It was this interaction that created the complex cultural mosaic of the contemporary prairie landscape in Canada. { 243pp, 170x240mm, January 1999; PB, £32.50, 9654930285:9789654930284 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| LEIBU LEVIN : Word & Melody -- Yiddish Poetry Set to Music [Ruth Levin (ed)] Here Ruth Levin presents to the public the best creations of her father Leibu Levin, Czernowitz born actor and composer and the last of the great Yiddish Troubadours and also called the Jewish Schubert. This anthology includes most of Levin's lifetime work and its variety paints a musical portrait of the Jewish epos in the 20th Century. { 342pp, 245x285mm, December 2005; HB, £37.99, 9657012597:9789657012598 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| LEISURE EDUCATION IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS [Hillel Ruskin & Atara Sivan] This book is for anyone who has an interest in the area of leisure and especially in the process of leisure education. It aims to serve as a practical guide for anyone wishing to be involved in leisure education by initiating, developing, facilitating and implementing it in educational frameworks. It is based upon the collaborative efforts of the authors over the last decade in initiating and undertaking several large-scale projects in this area, especially in the development and implementation of leisure education curricula in the school system of the State of Israel. The book brings theory into practice through a process, which can contribute to the wise use of leisure time, thus enhancing people's well-being and quality of life. { 209pp, 155x230mm, January 2002; PB, £38.50, 9659040210:9789659040216 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| LET'S HEAR ONLY GOOD NEWS : Yiddish Blessings & Curses [Yosef Guri] A first attempt is made here to portray this folklore genre in Yiddish lexicography. The 200 blessings and around 450 curses included in this dictionary are arranged alphabetically. The Yiddish entries are accompanied by their equivalent in Hebrew, Russian and English. Also added are literal translations (in Hebrew and English), for readers whose knowledge of the Yiddish language is at a minimum, but who would still like to know the actual ideas and images behind the Yiddish expressions. { 280pp, 155x230mm, January 2004; PB, £17.50, 9659025025:9789659025022 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| LIFE'S MEANING IN THE FACE OF SUFFERING : Testimonies of Holocaust Survivors [Teria Shantall] What do we do when we are suddenly subjected to traffic and senseless suffering -- suffering we did not bring upon ourselves, that we feel we do not deserve? This book is about the suffering of Jewish men, women and children who were singled out as targets of senseless hatred and ruthless persecution by the Nazi’s during the Second World War. The struggle of Holocaust survivors to come to terms with what happened to them in the Nazi concentration and death camps gives us a poignant picture of the human struggle to understand what life is all about in the face of its tragedies and hardships, and of the evil of man’s inhumanity to man. { 321pp, 180x260mm, January 2002; HB, £48.99, 9654931427:9789654931427 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| MANASSEH OF ILYA : Precurser of Modernity Among the Jews of Eastern Europe [YitzhakBarzilay] This is not the first biography of Menashe of Ilya, however it claims to be the most embracing and authoritative one, offering new details of Menashe's life and work and the influences that moulded them. The distinctiveness of the book is not only the chapter on the library at Vyasin, but also a thorough analysis of Menashe's attitude to Hasidism, a problem raised by scholars before but never solved satisfactorily. Another contribution to this work is the description of Menashe's indebtedness to the thought and ideals of the European Enlightenment. In terms of rabbinic Judaism, Menashe was no doubt an Illuy (genius), but as had happened to others before him, the use of his talmudic erudition was not in the realm of rabbinic studies, but in support of his reformist ideals, which aimed at cardinal changes in the economic, social and cultural aspects of Jewry. It was, however, the tragedy of his life that he was unable to bridge the abyss between ideal and reality. In other words, his Torah experience was unable to provide him with the tools needed for the articulation and even less so for the implementation of his ideals. { 225pp, 140x215mm, January 1999; PB, £23.50, 9652239909:9789652239907 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| MAPPING CANADIAN CULTURAL SPACE : Essays on Canadian Literature [Danielle Schaub (ed)] This collection of essays by scholars from Canada, Croatia, India, Italy and Israel maps an important aspect of Canadian culture by exploring the inherent relation between space and questions of subjectivity. Location at first stood out in Canadian Literature because survival depended on control of the land; today owing to the technological advances that have eased human exploitation of the ground and its resources, and to some extent enhanced protection against adverse climatic conditions, the preoccupation with space has shifted to incorporate other realities. As manifest in contemporary writing throughout Canada, humans interact with place in order to strengthen their sense of belonging and selfhood. The essays in 'Mapping Canadian Cultural Space' examine a variety of literary texts by writers from different origins -- whether old-timers or newcomers -- all aiming at contextualising subjecthood. { 162pp, 165x240mm, December 2000; PB, £29.50, 9654930870:9789654930871 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| MEDICINE & MEDICAL ETHICS IN MEDIEVAL & EARLY MODERN SPAIN : An Intercultural Approach [Samuel S Kottek & Luis Garcia-Ballester (eds)] This volume presents expanded versions of papers read at a bi-national symposium convened in Jerusalem in December 1992. Organised within the framework of meetings held world-wide in remembrance of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, this conference focused on aspects of the profession and ethics of medicine. The major topics explored at the symposium were the relationships among physicians of different denominations and between them and the authorities; the image and status of the converso physician; questions of medical licensing and compensation; attitudes regarding suffering, pain and the care of infants; and the influence of medieval Jewish and Moslem religious law concepts underlying the care and treatment of patients. Other papers relate to the early modern period and to current problems of medical ethics, illustrating the impact of historical approaches on the development of the discipline of medical ethics today. { 291pp, 155x230mm, December 1996; HB, £36.50, 9652239305:9789652239303 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| MEDIEVAL ENGLISH JEWS & ROYAL OFFICIALS : Entries of Jewish Interest in the English Memoranda Rolls, 1266-1293 [Zefira Entin Rokéah (ed)] This book reflects the daily activities of both the English government and the last generation of English Jews before the expulsion of 1290. It reveals the activities of well-known Jews, such as master Moses of London and his family. As well as those Jews so poor they could not pay their taxes. It shows the severe measures employed by the crown -- such as imprisonment of their children -- to force Jews to pay taxes. Sharp practices (such as forging debt-bonds or defrauding Christian merchants) are alleged against Jews, and there are frequent references to the (trumped-up) charges of coinage violations made up against Jews in the late 1720s that led to the execution of nearly 300 Jews. This book tells how the justices of the Jews came to the home of master Elias, son of the master Moses of London, bearing their records in order to make changes to them there, and gives details of corrupt practices attributed to some justices of the Jews. After the expulsion, it reports carefully on the profits derived from the sale of the Jews' houses and of the personal effects of Norfolk Jews who, sailing into exile in 1290, were robbed and murdered. Based on the voluminous manuscript records, this work provides data about a medieval kingdom and a wealth of detailed information for all students of medieval history. { 514pp, 175x245mm, January 1999; HB, £57.99, 965493034X:9789654930345 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| MEDIEVAL KETUBOT FROM SEFARAD [Jose Luis Lacave] Gathered here are thirty ketubot from various medieval Hispanic kingdoms: twelve from Catalonia, four from Majorca, eight Navarrese and three from Castile. The book presents illustrations of the ketubot, some handsomely decorated in full colour and gives a description of the ornamental motifs included. Some of the ketubot appear here for the first time. { 268pp, 155x230mm, January 2002; HB, £40.99, 9654931362:9789654931366 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| NAZARENE JEWISH CHRISTIANITY : From the End of the New Testament Period Until its Disappearance in the Fourth Century [Ray A Pritz] This is a comprehensive study of the heirs of the earliest Jerusalem church, their history and doctrines, their relations with both synagogue and the growing Gentile church. The author analyses all sources, Jewish, Christian, and Pagan, which can throw light on the sect and its ultimate mysterious disappearance. He also deals with the Birkat haMinim and historicity of the flight to Pella. { 154pp, 155x230mm, January 1992; HB, £23.50, 9652237981:9789652237989 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| NIETZSCHE'S ENTICING PSYCHOLOGY OF POWER [Jacob Golomb] Nietzsche described himself as the first psychologist of the West. His interpreters, however, have seldom regarded his works as contributions to psychology. This book gives the psychological perspective a central role and uses it as a guide through Nietzsche's aphoristic maze toward the centre of his thought, method, aims and ramifications. Psychology thus serves as the path to his philosophy and leads to a reconstruction of his substantive theses, including the morality of positive power. By exploring Nietzsche's depth psychology in detail, the book clarifies his basic purpose: to entice readers into uncovering and reactivating their own sources of creative power. { 350pp, 155x230mm, January 1989; HB, £25.99, 0813811228:9780813811222 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| ON CHARIOTS WITH HORSES OF FIRE & IRON : The Excursionists & the Narrow Gauge Railroad From Jaffa to Jerusalem [Anthony S Travis] This book deals with the arrival of modernity in the Holy Land in the form of the 86 km Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway. Befitting the completion of such a substantial undertaking, the inauguration, in September 1892, was a grand affair, attended by representatives of the Ottoman Empire, consuls, religious leaders, and foreign delegations. The tracks approached Jerusalem from the southwest through the Judean Mountains, taking advantage of the deep, winding river bed of the Soreq Valley. This afforded the least steep route, though even then the grades were a challenge for the locomotives. Since the tracks were of narrow meter-gauge they could easily follow the natural contours of the land on the ascent to Jerusalem, the highest point, at about 700 meters above sea level. The railroad was the largest civil engineering project ever undertaken in the modern Holy Land. It was built to exploit the tremendous growth of pilgrim traffic and tourism during the second half of the nineteenth century. Though several proposals had been put forward since the 1850s, it was only in the 1880s that two young Jewish entrepreneurs, Joseph Navon of Jerusalem and Joseph Amzalak of Jaffa, backed by the Protestant banker Johannes Frutiger, were enabled to take the first steps leading to the acquisition of a license from the Ottoman government for laying down the iron rails. Unable to raise sufficient capital in Europe, Navon sold the license to a group of Catholic businessmen in Paris, who established the Société du Chemin de Fer Ottoman de Jaffa à Jérusalem et Prolongements. When the first locomotive was tested on a short length of track at Jaffa half the population turned up to witness the event, such was the novelty of the sight and sounds of the horse of fire and iron. Despite difficulties due to the low cost of construction and poor traffic during the early years, the railroad opened up Jerusalem to modern tourism, brought greater numbers of pilgrims, and contributed to the growth of the city. It also delivered fresh water in times of drought. This is the most thoroughly researched publication ever to appear on the first railroad in the Holy Land. Moreover, it relies extensively on the one resource that best captures the spirit of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway: magnificent photographs, mainly taken between 1891 and 1914. These early photographs, gathered from archives in Israel, the United States, England and Germany, are supplemented with those taken by British forces from December 1917 on, from Israel, Australia and England, and a number of colour images dating from the mid-1980s. Details of locomotives and rolling stock, maps, tables of statistics, track plans, extensive notes, a bibliography, and index are included. The intended audiences, apart from general readers and railway enthusiasts, are historical geographers, historians of the Holy Land in modern times, and transport and tourism historians. { November 2008; HB, £33.50, 9659114702:9789659114702 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| ON GERMANS & JEWS UNDER THE NAZI REGIME : Essays by Three Generations of Historians [Moshe Zimmermann (ed)] This unique volume, which is sure to engage the attention of both scholars and the general public, is an unparalleled cross-generational and international dialogue among eminent historians about three central aspects of the unfathomable enigma of the Holocaust. In the first section, beyond a seminal overview of sixty years of research, the writers reflect on historiography and historical thought ranging from contemporaries of the Third Reich to the ongoing discussion about the controversial role post-war West German historians played in Holocaust research. This is followed by a section focusing on social anti-semitism until the 1950s and the German public’s awareness of the Holocaust, including the posture of the German Resistance Movement. The third major theme is the Jewish society, from its initial attempts to develop new forms of societal life under the Nazi regime until the brink of annihilation during the mass deportation from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka. The concluding chapter sheds light on the unresolved tension between reflective personal memory and impersonal historical research of this dark period in human history. { 435pp, 175x245mm, January 2006; HB, £37.99, 9654932547:9789654932547 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| ON THE SITUATION OF THE POLISH WRITER OF JEWISH DESCENT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY [Artur Sandauer] A leading critic of Polish literature, Artur Sandauer (1913-1989) takes a hard, at times painful, look at the critical role that Jews and individuals of 'Jewish descent' played as both creators and objects of literature and culture in twentieth-century Poland. Through an engaging series of essays, Sandauer analyses major figures in Polish literature via the prism of one central, if at times muted, issue: 'the Jews'. Sandauer begins his analysis by looking at such classics of Polish literature as Mickiewicz, continues by discussing the experiences of writers in the inter-war era such as Tuwim and Schulz, challenges reigning myths of the war years with critical examinations of works by Andrzejewski and Milosz, exposes the problematic relationship between writers and the Communist regime through the career of Wazyk, and concludes with hope for Poland’s future with discussions of Szymborska and, in a bold display of intellectual honesty, himself. Written during the period of martial law, Sandauer’s work stands as a testimony to the power of the written word as well as the renaissance in Jewish studies taking place in contemporary Poland. { 102pp, 140x215mm, January 2005; PB, £9.99, 9654932105:9789654932103 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| ON THE TIP OF THE TONGUE : 500 Yiddish Proverbs [Yosef Guri] The collection of Yiddish proverbs has been collected over a hundreds of years. Sources are the bible, the Talmud, the people's folklore from Eastern Europe and Germany, and there are also proverbs from Yiddish speakers themselves. Parallel proverbs in Hebrew, English and Russian accompany the Yiddish proverbs as well as literal translations of the proverbs into those languages. The dictionary also contains alphabetical indexes of the parallel proverbs in Hebrew, English and Russian together with referrals to the original Yiddish proverb, this making it a combined two-way dictionary: Yiddish to Hebrew, English and Russian; and in the other direction: Hebrew to Yiddish, English to Yiddish and Russian to Yiddish. The folklore of Eastern European Jewry is characterised by an unusual degree of self criticism and this shows up in the proverbs. A large proportion of Yiddish proverbs are humorous, perspicacious and sophisticated and some make opposite statements about the same matter. { 240pp, 155x230mm, January 2006; PB, £18.99, 9659025033:9789659025039 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| PALESTINE IN THE 18TH CENTURY : Patterns of Government & Administration [Amnon Cohen] Napoleon’s defeat at Acre in 1799 is one of the best known episodes of recent world history. The significance of this event -- usually seen only within its European or Ottoman context -- in this historic development of Palestine itself is seldom recognised. The various processes which led to this turning point in Palestine are described and analysed here for the first time. The book is based mainly on the rich contemporary evidence left by the Ottoman administrators and French consular agents in Palestine. It unfolds the story of the rise and fall of the local Arab potentate, Dahir al-Umar, and his successor, the ruthless Turkish governor, Jezzar Ahmed Pasha. The book also describes the many facets of 18th century life in the area -- internal political and military strife, the intricate relationship between the Ottoman State and its provinces, administrative institutions and their special local features, and the development of trade with Europe. It was in this period that the first seeds of Westernisation were sown in Palestine and in the Middle East. { 344pp, 175x245mm, January 1973; HB, £25.99, 9652234834:9789652234834 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| PERUSH RABI SHEMUEL BEN MEIR (RASHBAM) LE-KOHELET [Omry Roen] Text in Hebrew. { 420pp, 155x230mm, December 2007; PB, £17.99, 9652235431:9789652235435 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| PRECARIOUS PRESENT / PROMISING FUTURE? : Ethnicity & Identities in Canadian Literature [Danielle Schaub, Janice Kulyk Keefer & Richard E Sherwin (eds)] This collection of essays by feminist scholars from Canada and Israel explores the various aspects of Canadian identities and ethnic realities. A major source of tension and political conflict today, ethnicity and the problematics of identities inspire Canadian writers of all origins; to give a true picture of their society, they feel the urge to express their difference. The essays examine the voices of minority writers and of established writers from the two solitudes, whose views with regard to their identities and place in society highlight the specificity of the Canadian context. The book throws light on the paramount need to define ones’ position and identity in contrast to others, a need that may deny others the right to their own space. Foregrounding the diversity of perspectives characterising Canada’s society, this volume will prove useful to students and researchers of Canadian Literature, Comparative Literature and the Social sciences. { 182pp, 180x260mm, January 1996; PB, £32.50, 9652239577:9789652239570 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| RELATIONS BETWEEN JEWS & POLES IN S Y AGNON'S WORK [Shmuel Werses] This monograph is a revised and expanded version of an article entitled, 'Between Historical Reality and Literary Fantasy -- Polish-Jewish Relations in the writings of S Y Agnon' which was first published in Hebrew in Gal-Ed XI (1989), pp109-160. The text was translated by Ora Wiskind. For ease of reference all titles of Agnon's work quoted in the text appear in transliterated form; the original Hebrew titles and translations are included. The illustrations present in the text are from the 'Yad Agnon' collection. { 128pp, 140x215mm, January 1994; PB, £10.50, 9652238732:9789652238733 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| RELIGION & ZIONISM : First Encounters [Yosef Salmon] Along with a description of the evolving religious organisations within the Zionist movement and the ensuing tensions, this study presents biographical sketches of some of the most prominent Jewish religious and nationalist figures of the period. { 399pp, 175x245mm, January 2001; HB, £48.99, 965493101X:9789654931014 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| RELIGIOUS KIBBUTZ MOVEMENT IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL [Yossi Katz] This book looks at how kibbutzim fit into their surroundings and interact with their non-religious neighbours and explores the religious settlement enterprise in the context of all Zionist settlements in Palestine between 1936 and 1948. { 358pp, 155x230mm, January 1999; HB, £45.50, 9654930072:9789654930079 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| ROTHSCHILD & EARLY JEWISH COLONIZATION [Ran Aaronsohn] It is commonly accepted that the initial Jewish resettlement of the Holy Land in the late nineteenth century laid the foundations of the State of Israel. But what were the key elements of that process, and who implemented it? What did the new enterprise look like, and what was its significance? These important yet often poorly understood issues are reconstructed and analysed in this unique study. Ran Aaronsohn provides fresh insight into the role played by Baron Edmond de Rothschild through his many and diverse agents (the administration) in the Jewish settlement movement and places the endeavour in global perspective by comparing it to the phenomenon of colonisation throughout the world. The author draws upon a wide array of sources -- including primary archival material from Israel and France -- and illustrates his narrative with maps and historical photos to create a richly detailed picture of a crucial period in Jewish history. { 330pp, 160x225mm, January 2000; HB, £48.99, 9654930587:9789654930581 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| SAGES -- TWO VOLUME SET : Their Concepts & Beliefs [Ephraim E Urbach] Two volumes in slipcase. The author presents in this work, which is based on an exhaustive study of the sources by means of philological-historical methods, a vivid picture of the religious and social thoughts of the Tanna’im and Amora’im, their absorption and rejection of extraneous concepts, their spiritual struggles and the goals they sought to achieve. The intellectual ferment marking this era crystallised principles that fashioned the Jewish national and religious image for generations. { 1088pp, 155x230mm, January 1975; HB, £57.99, 9652233196:9789652233196 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| SCHOOLING AS A SOCIO-POLITICAL EXPRESSION [Shimon Frost] Of all the religious-cultural expressions in Jewish life in Poland between the First and Second World Wars, education is by far the most neglected. The few studies published in this area are largely limited to the descriptive and the statistical without venturing into an in depth analysis of the various school networks which functioned within the pluralistic Jewish community of Poland's Second Republic. This study, based on published and archival material, seeks to fill that gap. It postulates that education, most particularly that of a minority group, is an expression of communal aspirations for cultural distinctiveness and continuity. The Jewish educational system is viewed in relation to the social, cultural and political dynamics of Jewish life of the period. { 176pp, 155x230mm, January 1998; PB, £19.50, 9652239887:9789652239884 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| SEMANTIC TRUTH THEORIES [Yael Cohen] "Semantic Truth Theories" uses the techniques of mathematical logic to develop a new semantic treatment of the concept of truth based on ideas of Saul Kripke. Yael Cohen goes on to solve the Liar paradox, Hempel's raven paradox in the philosophy of science, and other classical problems of philosophy. She does this by enlarging the scope of formal logic to include concepts of presupposition besides the usual implication. The book thus provides a unified treatment of many topics having to do with truth, topics whose deep and unsuspected interconnections are not visible without the insights of mathematical knowledge which the author elaborates. The early chapters of the book contain an accessible introduction to semantic paradoxes which should be useful to students. { 214pp, 155x230mm, January 1994; PB, £7.99, 9652238813:9789652238818 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| SOCIAL CONTROL & JUSTICE : Inside or Outside the Law? [Leslie Sabba (ed)] This book comprises: Historical and Theoretical Studies -- including articles on the control of women and police research; a section interrelating Penal, Welfare and Psychiatric Control; and 'Post-Socialist Societies' -- raising issues at the cutting edge of contemporary discussions on social control. The final and largest section incorporates a variety of approaches on the amorphous concept of 'Community', both on a general conceptual level and as applied to particular societies, such as Norway, Nigeria and the Israeli kibbutz. { 356pp, 155x230mm, January 1996; HB, £38.50, 9652239488:9789652239488 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| SOCIAL JUSTICE IN ANCIENT ISRAEL & IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST [Moshe Weinfeld] This book deals with the concept of justice and righteousness in ancient Israelite literature in comparison with identical concepts in ancient Near East. Various aspects of this ideal concept are taken into consideration: philological, historical, sociological and theological. Moshe Weinfeld surveys social reforms in the ancient Near East from the third millennium BCE to the Hellenistic period. The first chapters discuss semantics and centre in terms that denote social justice, such as social reforms embodied in the terms justice and righteousness and their equivalents in cognate languages. A separate chapter discusses the institutions of Shemitta and Jubilee in ancient Israel. A special discussion is dedicated to justice and righteousness on the individual level. Just as the ruler is commanded to do justice and righteousness -- to free his subjects from oppression, so every individual is asked to help the poor and the needy in their distress, which is to do justice and righteousness with others. { 300pp, 165x230mm, January 1995; HB, £35.99, 080062596X:9780800625962 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| STORY OF JOB'S BEGINNING [Meir Weiss] This is an analysis of the biblical narrative of Job 1-2, differing from other studies in its concern with the existing story and not its literary history. Through careful scrutiny of every detail, stylistic as well as structural, the tale is presented as a work of literary art. The author uses his method of 'Total Interpretation' to reveal to the fullest the intent of the Biblical story, examining the expressive function of every aspect. Written primarily for teacher and student, it is offered to scholar and layman as well. { 84pp, 160x230mm, January 1983; HB, £12.99, 9652234389:9789652234384 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| STORYTELLING IN THE BIBLE [Jacob Licht] Modern techniques of literary criticism, combined with a deep love of the Bible, have been employed by the author in this profound and original work. In six chapters and an Epilogue, the author analyses the aesthetic means by which the narrators achieved their ends. He shows us mimesis in the story of Saul and the witch of En-Dor. He shows how intense emotion led up to and conveyed as David hears the news of Absalom’s death. He uses the story of the floating Axehead (2 Kings 6, 1-7) to demonstrate the way the narrator creates scenes (and invites the reader to stage it as a play in his head). The author allows the Old Testament narrative to speak for itself. In his own comments there is an arresting freshness combined with a vigour which enlivens the scholarship which illuminates the book. { 154pp, 155x230mm, January 1978; HB, £15.99, 9652235423:9789652235428 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| STUDIES IN ISLAMIC ATOMISM [Shlomo Pines] The late Shlomo Pines (1908-1990) was this century’s outstanding historian of Islamic philosophy and science. This volume offers, for the first time in English. Pines’ doctoral dissertation on Islamic atomism; the German version appeared in 1936. Pines presents the atomic theories of matter, time and space, as they are found in the literature of kalam, as well their exposition in the writings of Abu Bakr al-Râzî; and then investigates in detail possible sources in the Greek, Indian, and other traditions. The present publication incorporates a few revisions which Pines himself had made in a draft translation. A number of the texts, which Pines consulted in the manuscript, have since been published, and some important studies on the kalam have appeared. Nonetheless, it can be stated in confidence that, sixty years after its first publication, Pines’ monograph is till today the most significant work on the subject. { 212pp, 155x230mm, January 1997; HB, £25.99, 9652238759:9789652238757 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| STUDIES IN SEMITIC LINGUISTICS [Gideon Goldenberg] Collected in this volume are articles published over the last three decades, which deal with various aspects of Semitic languages in general, the structure of Hebrew, history of Arab grammatical tradition, Aramaic and Neo-Aramaic, Syriac syntax, and particularly with Ethiopian languages (Amharic and Old Amharic Gurage, Harari and Comparative Ethiopian). While discussing general, language-specific and comparative issues, special attention is devoted in these studies to syntax, to the examination of linguistic methodology and to the contribution of Semitics to the Science of language. { 664pp, 175x245mm, January 1998; HB, £64.50, 9652239925:9789652239921 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF ARABIC PHILOSOPHY [Shlomo Pines] This volume covers some fifty years of Pines' work in the field of Islamic philosophy, from the very first article he published in 1937 to an article that was found in his paper after his death and is published here for the first time: "The origin of the Tale of Salâmân and Absâl". { 452pp, 155x230mm, January 1996; HB, £38.50, 9652238295:9789652238290 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF JEWISH THOUGHT [Shlomo Pines] This is the fifth volume in the 'Collected Works of the late Professor Shlomo Pines'. The studies reprinted in this volume have been divided into two categories. In the first part have been reprinted essays dealing with various topics in the history of religion in antiquity. The second part includes seminal studies published by Pines on aspects of Jewish Christianity. { 821pp, 155x230mm, January 1998; HB, £64.50, 9652239100:9789652239105 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGION [Shlomo Pines] The studies reprinted in this volume have been divided into two categories. In the first part have been reprinted essays dealing with various topics in the history of religion in antiquity. The second part includes seminal studies published by Pines on aspects of Jewish Christianity. { 519pp, 155x230mm, January 1996; HB, £51.50, 9652238309:9789652238306 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| TORONTO SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION THEORY : Interpretations, Extensions, Applications [Rita Watson & Menahem Blondheim (eds)] While never formally recognised as a school of thought in its time, the work of a number of University of Toronto scholars over several decades -- most notably Harold Adams Innis and Marshall McLuhan -- formulated a number of original attempts to conceptualise communication as a phenomenon, and launched radical and innovative conjectures about its consequences. This landmark collection of essays re-assesses the existence, and re-evaluates the contribution, of the so-called Toronto School of Communication. While the theories of Innis and McLuhan are notoriously resistant to neat encapsulation, some general themes have emerged in scholarly attempts to situate them within the discipline of communications studies that they helped to define. Three such themes -- focus on the effects and consequences of communications, emphasis on communications as a process rather than as structure, and a sharp focus on the technology of communication, or the 'medium' -- are the most fundamental in characterising the unique perspective of the Toronto School. This collection not only represents a crucial step in defining the 'Toronto School', it also provides close analysis of the ideas of its individual members. REVIEW: "This collection aims to re-assess the existence and re-evaluate the contribution of the Toronto School of Communication. Both editors and contributors are to be commended for assembling a well researched and timely study featuring excellent papers, insightful views, and vigorous critical assessment. The Toronto School of Communication Theory will certainly appeal to media students and scholars, as well as anyone interested in the individuals who come under discussion." -- Derrick de Kerckhove, Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture & Technology, University of Toronto "The Toronto School of Communication Theory is an interesting and important collection that succeeds in extending the classic theories of the Toronto School into contemporary studies of media. Anyone who is currently working in the field of Communication Studies and in the cognate social sciences will find this a fascinating volume. As well, those interested in the work of Marshall McLuhan and Harold Innis will find this to be enjoyable reading." -- Peter Simonson, University of Colorado at Boulder { 366pp, 155x230mm, February 2008; PB, £21.99, 0802095291:9780802095299 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| TREASURES ON CAMELS' HUMPS : Historical & Literary Studies from the Ancient Near East Presented to Israel Eph'al [Mordechai Cogan & Dan'el Kahn (eds)] The twenty-five new studies in this volume present the reader with an up-to-date picture of some of the issues and the methodologies that engage scholars of the Ancient Near East. These essays reflect the broad span of the field, both geographically and chronologically, from Sumerian texts of the third millennium BCE, to the town of Nuzi in Iraqi Kurdistan in the mid-second millennium, from there to inquiries into Assyrian and Babylonian documents and inscriptions, as well as into recently recovered Aramaic ostraca from Idumea in southern Israel dating to the fourth century BCE. Rounding off this varied and rich collection are several investigations concerning Ancient Israel and biblical matters. Specialists from Israel, Europe, the United States, Canada and Japan have joined together in this together in this volume to honor Israel Eph'al, professor emeritus of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, whose many scholarly achievements are hereby noted. { 338pp, 180x260mm, April 2008; HB, £29.99, 965493311X:9789654933117 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| UMBERTO (MOSHE DAVID) CASSUTO [Robert Bonfil (ed)] Text in Italian & Hebrew. { 164pp, 155x230mm, December 2007; HB, £17.99, 9654933071:9789654933070 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |
| UNVEILED FACES OF MEDIEVAL HEBREW BOOKS : The Evolution of Manuscript Production -- Progression or Regression? [Malachi Beit-Arie] With the demise of the Soviet Union and the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, a number of questions regarding the conventional understanding of totalitarianism could now be viewed in the new light, ergometrically amelioration of the technical production procedures, growing efficiency in copying, greater comfort of reading and clarity of the text hierarchy, and greater faithfulness to the copied text. The study addresses the question whether the history of Jewish hand-written book production and consumption until the beginning of Hebrew printing mirrors compromises between economic constrains and functional needs or optimisation of the production process, as it is claimed by Ezio Ornato concerning Western manuscripts, or it is possible to discern the dominant impact of interests other than economic or functional in the history of the fabrication of Hebrew books, such as the esthetical and the "rhetorical". These aspects are analysed while deploying the unique empirical procedure of Hebrew quantitative codicology, based on a database of codicological features of all the extant dated Hebrew manuscripts. { 90pp, 155x230mm, January 2003; HB, £19.50, 9654931605:9789654931601 , Hebrew University Magnes Press } |