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Modern Jewish Thought

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Yirat Shamay­im: The Awe, Rev­er­ence and Fear of God
Marc D. Stern, ed.
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The Part­ing of the Sea: How Vol­ca­noes, Earth­quakes, and Plagues Shaped the Sto­ry of Exodus
Barbara J. Sivertsen
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In the Shad­ow of a Burn­ing Bush: Poems on Exodus
Yakov Azriel
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A Mod­ern Ortho­dox Life: Ser­mons and Columns
Emanuel Rackman
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How Judaism Became a Reli­gion: An Intro­duc­tion to Mod­ern Jew­ish Thought
Leora Batnitzky
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A Code of Jew­ish Ethics: Vol­ume 2 — Love Your Neigh­bor As Yourself
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
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What God Can Do For You Now: For Seek­ers Who Want to Believe
Robert N. Levine
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How God Changes Your Brain
Andrew Newberg; Mark Robert Waldman
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Nehama Lei­bowitz: Teacher and Bible Scholar
Yael Unterman
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Mekhil­ta De-Rab­bi Shi­mon Bar Yohai
W. David Nelson, trans.
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The Tal­mud: What It Is and What It Says
Jacob Neusner
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Let There Be Light
Howard A. Smith
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Jew­ish Choic­es, Jew­ish Voic­es: Power
Elliot N. Dorff and Louis E. Newman, ed.
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How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scrip­ture, Then and Now
James L. Kugel
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Torah Through Time: Under­stand­ing Bible Com­men­tary From the Rab­binic Peri­od to Mod­ern Times
Shai Cherry
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The Shape of Revelation
Zachary Braiterman
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