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The Kab­bal­is­tic Tree / האילן הקבלי
J. H. Chajes
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Leav­ing the Jew­ish Fold: Con­ver­sa­tion and Rad­i­cal Assim­i­la­tion in Mod­ern Jew­ish History
Todd M. Endelman
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Jews and Islam­ic Law in Ear­ly 20th Cen­tu­ry Yemen
Mark S. Wagner
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Young Lions: How Jew­ish Authors Rein­vent­ed the Amer­i­can War Novel
Leah Garrett
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Rev­e­la­tion and Author­i­ty: Sinai in Jew­ish Scrip­ture and Tradition
Benjamin S. Sommer
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Rab­bis, Sor­cer­ers, Kings, and Priests: The Cul­ture of the Tal­mud in Ancient Iran
Jason Sion Mokhtarian
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The Bur­dens of Broth­er­hood: Jews and Mus­lims from North Africa to France
Ethan B. Katz
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Birth, Sex and Abuse: Wom­en’s Voic­es Under Nazi Rule
Bev­er­ley Chalmers
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What’s Divine about Divine Law? Ear­ly Perspectives
Christine Hayes
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The Lost Book of Moses: The Hunt for the World’s Old­est Bible
Chanan Tigay
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Look­ing Jew­ish: Visu­al Cul­ture and Mod­ern Diaspora
Carol Zemel
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The Def­i­n­i­tion of Anti-Semitism
Kenneth Marcus
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The Love of God
Jon D. Levenson
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Jews and the Indi­an Nation­al Art Project
Kenneth X. Robbins, Marvin Tokayer, eds.
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Skies of Parch­ment, Seas of Ink: Jew­ish Illu­mi­nat­ed Manuscripts
Marc Michael Epstein, ed.
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Ruth: From Alien­ation to Monarchy
Yael Ziegler
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