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    Modern Jewish Thought

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    Break­ing the Tablets: Jew­ish The­ol­o­gy After the Shoah
    David Weiss Halivni; Peter Ochs, ed.
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    Mes­sil­lat Yesharim: The Path of the Upright
    Moses Hayyim Luzzatto; Mordecai Kaplan, trans.; Ira F. Stone, commentary
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    Cre­ativ­i­ty and Tra­di­tion: Stud­ies in Medieval Rab­binic Schol­ar­ship, Lit­er­a­ture, and Thought
    Israel M. Ta-Shma
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    The Kab­bal­ah Hand­book: A Con­cise Ency­clo­pe­dia of Terms and Con­cepts in Jew­ish Mysticism
    Gabriella Samuel
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    Who’s Who in the Jew­ish Bible
    David Mandel
    Cover of Inward Bound: A Guide to Understanding Kabbalah
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    Inward Bound: A Guide to Under­stand­ing Kabbalah
    Rabbi Nissan Dovid Dubov
    Cover of Redemptions: Contemporary Chassidic Essays on the Parsha and the Festivals
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    Redemp­tions: Con­tem­po­rary Chas­sidic Essays on the Par­sha and the Festivals
    Rabbi Zvi Leshem
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    The Book of Psalms
    Robert Alter
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    Blood and Belief: The Cir­cu­la­tion of a Sym­bol Between Jews and Christians
    David Biale
    Cover of Judaism's Great Debates: Timeless Controversies from Abraham to Herzl
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    Judais­m’s Great Debates: Time­less Con­tro­ver­sies from Abra­ham to Herzl
    Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz
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    Pirke Avot: Time­less Wis­dom for Mod­ern Life
    William Berkson; Menachem Fisch, trans.
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    After Eman­ci­pa­tion: Jew­ish Reli­gious Respons­es to Modernity
    David Ellenson
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    Change & Renew­al: The Essence of the Jew­ish Hol­i­days, Fes­ti­vals & Days of Remembrance
    Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz; Daniel Haberman, trans.; Yehudit Shabta, ed.
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    A Prophet­ic Peace: Judaism, Reli­gion and Politics
    Alick Isaacs
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    Res­ur­rec­tion: The Pow­er of God for Chris­tians and Jews
    Kevin J. Madigan and Jon D. Levenson
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    Trans­form­ing Iden­ti­ty: The Rit­u­al Trans­for­ma­tion from Gen­tile to Jew-Struc­ture and Meaning
    Avi Sagi and Zvi Zohar
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