Edited by Harold B Segel A vibrant Jewish community flourished in Poland from late in the tenth century until it was virtually annihilated in World War II. In this remarkable...

Johann Reuchlin Reuchlin’s keen interest in Jewish mysticism resulted in the original publication of this work in 1517. The first part of this dialogue reflects on messianism, the second part...

John J Collins (Editor) This is a psychological and historical exploration of belief in a spirit world, imperceptible to the senses, as a pervasive and deeply-rooted characteristic of religion. Belief in...

Michael Walzer Examines the political ramifications of Exodus and interprets the biblical story in terms of a framework for modern political radicalism January 1, 1985 by Basic Books, Inc.

Mark R Cohen, translator, editor Leon (Judah Aryeh) Modena was a major intellectual figure of the early modern Italian Jewish community--a complex and intriguing personality who was famous among contemporary...

Celia Green and Charles McCreery Lucid dreams are dreams in which a person becomes aware that they are dreaming. They are different from ordinary dreams, not just because of the...

J Allan Hobson A Harvard Medical School psychiatrist and neuroscientist shows how dream science draws on psychology and neurobiology to provide new insight into the nature of the human mind....

Daniel Beresniak There are over ten million freemasons in the world. The supposed power of their occult network is often feared, and yet freemasonry is not a closed doctrine. Richly...

Fred Alan Wolf From Simon & Schuster, The Eagles Quest is a story of a physicist finding the scientific truth at the heart of the Shamanic world.The Eagle's Quest is...

John GrishamJohn Grisham has a new hero . . . and she’s full of surprisesThe year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is...

William Dalrymple A rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymple’s previous work.In AD 587, two...

Elliot K Ginsburg This now-classic study is concerned with the richly imagined world of kabbalistic myth concerning the sabbath as it developed from the late twelfth century to the early...