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Modern Jewish Thought

Cover of The Good and the Good Book: Revelation As A Guide To Life
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The Good and the Good Book: Rev­e­la­tion As A Guide To Life
Samuel Fleischacker
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The Good Book: Writ­ers Reflect On Favorite Bible Verses
Andrew Blauner
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The Sages: Char­ac­ter, Con­text and Cre­ativ­i­ty, Vol. IV: From the Mish­na to the Talmud
Binyamin Lau; Ilana Kurshan, trans.
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The Bible Does­n’t Say That: 40 Bib­li­cal Mis­trans­la­tions, Mis­con­cep­tions, and Oth­er Misunderstandings
Joel Hoff­man
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Nam­ing God: Avinu Malkeinu, Our Father, Our King
Lawrence A. Hoffman
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Bewil­der­ments: Reflec­tions on the Book of Numbers
Avi­vah Got­tlieb Zornberg
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Leav­ing the Jew­ish Fold: Con­ver­sa­tion and Rad­i­cal Assim­i­la­tion in Mod­ern Jew­ish History
Todd M. Endelman
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The Secret of Chabad: Inside the World’s Most Suc­cess­ful Jew­ish Movement
David Eliezrie
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Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty: The Chal­lenge of Peo­ple­hood Today
Ruth Shamir Popkin
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In Search of The­o­log­i­cal Mod­esty: Bib­li­cal Lessons
William Liss-Levinson
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Abra­ham Joshua Hes­chel: The Call of Transcendence
Shai Held
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The Chutz­pah Imper­a­tive: Empow­er­ing Today’s Jews for a Life That Matters
Edward Feinstein
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The Reli­gious Genius in Rab­bi Kook’s Thought: Nation­al Saint?
Dov Schwartz; Edward Levin, trans.
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Head­lines: Halachic Debates of Cur­rent Events
Dovid Lichtenstein
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At Home in Exile: Why Dias­po­ra is Good for the Jews
Alan Wolfe
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Not In God’s Name: Con­fronting Reli­gious Violence
Jonathan Sacks
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