Subject Area: Religion-Judaism

An English Translation of Johann Reuchlin's Defense Against the Cologne Calumniators

Koitzsch, Kerry
2024 1-4955-1253-3 416 pages
"Further investment in the study of Reuchlin's work will add the considerable value of a new and somewhat under-studied view of the formative years of European understanding of the Hebrew language, theosophy, and mysticism. The Christian mutation of Kabbalism as understood in the nineteenth century is a direct consequence of Reuchlin's thought and interpretive writings, and variants of Christianized Kabbalah have been promulgated into the twenty-first century." -Kerry Koitzsch ("Preface")

Fire Symbolism in Jewish Law and Ritual

Fishbane, Simcha
2021 1-4955-0867-6 85 pages
Dr. Fishbane explores the nature and importance of fire in Jewish rituals, and its roots in Jewish religious text.

Jewish Mourning Customs During the Spring Season (Sefirat Haomer): A Ritual Act of Collective Memory

Fishbane, Simcha
2017 1-4955-0617-7 52 pages
Dr. Fishbane’s monograph seeks to employ social scientific theory to understand the significance and evolution of Jewish mourning customs practiced between Passover (Pesach) and the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) holidays.

The American Jewish Community in the 20th and 21st Century

Falk, Gerhard
2021 1-4955-0899-4 392 pages
This book seeks to demonstrate how a small, impoverished group of immigrants rose from the slums of America’s big cities to wealth, education, and political power in the course of one century. It describes the challenging and rewarding path taken by American Jews throughout the twentieth century.

The Meaning of the Jewish Festival of Purim: What Its Rituals and Customs Symbolize

Fishbane, Simcha
2017 1-4955-0616-9 128 pages
Dr. Fishbane’s monograph seeks to decode the implicit message encoded within some of the practices and customs of the holiday of Purim.

The Mirific Word by Johann Reuchlin: An English Translation of De Verbo Mirifico (1514)

Koitzsch, Kerry
2024 1-4955-1209-6 888 pages
"Johann Reuchlin's De Verbo Mirifico remains a crucially significant document in the history of Western esotericism, religion, and philosophy. First published in 1494, De Verbo is a testament to the enduring fascination with the Kaballah and its traditions. Reuchlin's first Kaballistic works as a foundation to his later Kaballistic study, De Arte Cabalistica." -Kerry Koitzsch

The Pilgrimage to the Temple and the Giving of the Torah: Rabbinical Interpretations of the Festival of Shavuot

Fishbane, Simcha
2017 1-4955-0620-7 76 pages
Professor Fishbane explains the Jewish festival of Shavuot, a holiday heavily associated with harvests and the Temple. once the Temple was destroyed the traditions of Shavuot continued to be celebrated thanks to Rabbinical interest that kept the traditions of the festival alive.

The Slaughter of a Rooster at the Jewish Festival of Yom Kippur: An Explanation of the Ritual of Kapparot

Fishbane, Simcha
2017 1-4955-0619-3 56 pages
Dr. Fishbane’s monograph explores the development and history of the Jewish tradition and custom of kapparot, where a rooster is sacrificed before Yom Kippur. The sacrificed fowl is given to the poor or the money that is the fowl’s worth.

Why Jewish Women are not Permitted to Work on the Festival of Rosh Hodesh: An Anthropological Explanation

Fishbane, Simcha
2017 1-4955-0618-5 64 pages
Dr. Fishbane's monograph explores the cultural and theological reasons behind the Jewish ritual of not allowing women work on the festival of Rosh Hodesh. Rabbinic Judaism is patriarchal in nature and the ritual appears to be an exemption to cultural norms.