Bernard Lewis For many centuries, Islam was the world's greatest, most open, most enlightened, most creative, most powerful civilisation. And then everything changed, as the previously despised West won victory...

Baruch Halpern An important reinterpretation of the Hebrew Bible as historiography, now available in paper. August 1, 1996 by Penn State University Press

Howard M Sachar First published in 1976, Howard M. Sachar’s  A History of From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time was regarded one of the most valuable works available...

Gedalyah Nigal The first study of its kind, Magic, Mysticism, and Hasidism explores the supernatural motifs and elements in Jewish folktales and hasidic stories through the ages. Thoroughly researched and...

Shmuel Boteach In its Hebrew translation, Widsom, Understanding and Knowledge is the acronym for Chabad--the hasidic movement dedicated to the affirmation of Judaism's fundamental and mystical beliefs. This book is...

Avraham Yaakov Finkel The Great Chasidic Masters by Avraham Yaakov Finkel is a scholarly exploration of the foundational figures and teachings that shaped Hasidic Judaism. Finkel examines the lives, philosophies,...

Robert Hayward Robert Hayward offers a careful analysis of surviving accounts of the Temple and its service. All the central texts are provided in translation, with a detailed commentary. While...

Wolfgang Behringer Shaman of Oberstdorf tells the fascinating story of a sixteenth-century mountain village caught in a panic of its own making. Four hundred years ago the Bavarian alpine town of...

Jack Friedman Perhaps no other city has been spoken of as often or as passionately as Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Book of Quotations brings together the kaleidoscopic impressions and perspectives of...

Yehudah Chayoun A discussion of Messianic principles, from two points of Halacha is Jewish legal discussion and ruling, while Aggadah is Jewish theological/narrative discussion. August 1, 1994 by Targum Press

Elijah Judah Schochet January 1, 1984 by Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc

Martin Sicker This book provides unique insights into the profound religious and cultural issues underlying the increasingly ideological divisions within Israeli society over the questions of territorial concessions and the...