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  1. Book ImageThe Book of Splendor: A Novel

    Frances Sherwood

    A historical novel about the most unlikely of lovers, interwoven with the mysticism of the Jewish occult.More

  2. Book ImageNothing Makes You Free: Writings by Descendants of Jewish Holocaust Survivors

    Melvin Jules Bukiet

    A groundbreaking collection of Holocaust literature by the heirs to the greatest evil of our time.More

  3. Book ImageThe Muslim Discovery of Europe

    Bernard Lewis

    "Full of rare and exact information.... A distinguished work."—New York Review of BooksMore

  4. Book ImageUnfinished People: Eastern European Jews Encounter America

    Ruth Gay

    Winner of the National Jewish Book Award, a seminal work of history on immigrant Jewish life in early twentieth-century New York.More

  5. Book ImageReligion in American Public Life: Living with Our Deepest Differences

    Jean Bethke Elshtain, Charles C. Haynes, Azizah Y. al-Hibri, Et Al.

    A thought-provoking discussion of the public and political expression of America's diverse religious beliefs.More

  6. Book ImageThe Book of Margery Kempe

    Margery Kempe, Lynn Staley

    The text presented here remains as faithful to the original Middle English as possible, without sounding archaic.More

  7. Book ImageThe David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel

    Robert Alter

    "A masterpiece of contemporary Bible translation and commentary."—Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books of 1999More

  8. Book ImageSemites and Anti-Semites: An Inquiry into Conflict and Prejudice

    Bernard Lewis

    "A powerful book. It combines the coolness of scholarship with conclusions that cannot fail to engage the passions."—Saul BellowMore

  9. Book ImageThe Book of Job

    Raymond P. Scheindlin

    "An extraordinary and invaluable version of this great biblical treasure."—David R. Slavitt, Philadelphia InquirerMore

  10. Book ImagePaul: The Mind of the Apostle

    A. N. Wilson

    "Wilson . . . does a tremendous job here of not only examining all that is known about Paul's life but also putting it into context with what was happening throughout the Roman Empire. As always, Wilson's insights fascinate and provoke."—BooklistMore

  11. Book ImageGenesis: Translation and Commentary

    Robert Alter

    Robert Alter sets a new standard in the translation of this formative book of the Hebrew Bible.More

  12. Book ImagePythagoras's Trousers: God, Physics, and the Gender War

    Margaret Wertheim

    A spirited look at the relationship between physics and religion—and the implications for both sexes.More

  13. Book ImageThe Spanish Inquisition

    Cecil Roth

    No other organization for religious persecution ever equaled the Spanish Inquisition in intensity, scope, ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.More

  14. Book ImagePsalms: Poems

    April Bernard

    Moving easily between high and low diction, evoking at once the language of the King James Bible and the sharp psalms of Bertolt Brecht, these lyrics offer a spirituality rooted in the daunting pressures of late-twentieth-century life-living in cities, disease, war, sexual love, friendship, and, always, wandering.More

  15. Book ImageTeachings from the American Earth: Indian Religion and Philosophy

    Dennis Tedlock, Barbara Tedlock

    "A much needed book. It not only provides the proper orientation to its material, but its humanistic approach is more perceptive and illuminating than technical scholarship." —Theodore H. Gaster, Columbia UniversityMore

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