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    Modern Jewish Thought

    Cover of The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible
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    The Alep­po Codex: A True Sto­ry of Obses­sion, Faith, and the Pur­suit of an Ancient Bible
    Mat­ti Friedman
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    Under­stand­ing the Hebrew Bible: A Read­er’s Guide
    Elliot Rabin
    Cover of The Family Book of Midrash: Fifty-Two Jewish Stories From the Sages
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    The Fam­i­ly Book of Midrash: Fifty-Two Jew­ish Sto­ries From the Sages
    Barbara Diamond Goldin
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    The Mys­ti­cal Ori­gins of Hasidism
    Rachel Elior; Shalom Carmy, trans.
    Cover of A Mosaic of Israel's Traditions: Unity Through Diversity
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    A Mosa­ic of Israel’s Tra­di­tions: Uni­ty Through Diversity
    Esther Shkalim; Diana Schiowitz; Frieda Horwitz, eds.
    Cover of Wrestling Jacob: Deception, Identity and Freudian Slips in Genesis
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    Wrestling Jacob: Decep­tion, Iden­ti­ty and Freudi­an Slips in Genesis
    Shmuel Klitsner
    Cover of Men of Silk: The Hasidic Conquest of Polish Jewish Society
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    Men of Silk: The Hasidic Con­quest of Pol­ish Jew­ish Society
    Glenn Dyn­ner
    Cover of Moses Mendelssohn: Writings on Judaism, Christianity & The Bible
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    Moses Mendelssohn: Writ­ings on Judaism, Chris­tian­i­ty & The Bible
    Michah Gottlieb, ed.
    Cover of The Wisdom of Judaism: An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud
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    The Wis­dom of Judaism: An Intro­duc­tion to the Val­ues of the Talmud
    Dov Peretz Elkins
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    Jon­ah: A Mod­ern Commentary
    Leonard S. Kravitz; Kerry M. Olitzky
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    Rab­binic and Lay Com­mu­nal Authority
    Suzanne Last Stone
    Cover of Jewish Thought: An Introduction
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    Jew­ish Thought: An Introduction
    Oliver Leaman
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    Scrib­al Cul­ture and the Mak­ing of the Hebrew Bible
    Karel Van Der Toorn
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    A King­dom of Priests: Ances­try and Mer­it in Ancient Judaism
    Martha Himmelfarb
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    Mishkan T’Fi­lah: A Reform Siddur
    Elyse D. Frishman, ed.
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    Eter­nal­ly Eve: Images of Eve in the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and Mod­ern Jew­ish Poetry
    Anne Lapidus Lerner
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