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Torah & Text

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Lilith’s Ark: Teenage Tales of Bib­li­cal Women
Deborah Bodin Cohen
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Non­fic­tion
From With­in the Tent: The Haftarot
Daniel Z. Feldman and Stuart W. Halpern, eds.
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The Phi­los­o­phy of Hebrew Scrip­ture: An Introduction
Yoram Hazony
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Jew­ish Text
Koren Tal­mud Bavli
Rab­bi Adin Steinsaltz
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The JPS Com­men­tary on the Hag­gadah: His­tor­i­cal Intro­duc­tion, Trans­la­tion, and Commentary
Joseph Tabory; David Stern, fwd.
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Very Near to You: Human Read­ings of the Torah
Avra­ham Burg
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Love Peace: Blue­prints for Last­ing Relationships
Hershel Becker
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Rav His­da’s Daugh­ter: A Nov­el of Love, the Tal­mud, and Sorcery
Mag­gie Anton
Cover of Understanding the Hebrew Bible: A Reader's Guide
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Under­stand­ing the Hebrew Bible: A Read­er’s Guide
Elliot Rabin
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Chil­dren’s
A Taste of Torah: An Intro­duc­tion to Thir­teen Chal­leng­ing Bible Stories
Rabbi Ronald H. Isaacs
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Wrestling Jacob: Decep­tion, Iden­ti­ty and Freudi­an Slips in Genesis
Shmuel Klitsner
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Chil­dren’s
The Fam­i­ly Book of Midrash: Fifty-Two Jew­ish Sto­ries From the Sages
Barbara Diamond Goldin
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The Wis­dom of Judaism: An Intro­duc­tion to the Val­ues of the Talmud
Dov Peretz Elkins
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Jesus in the Talmud
Peter Schäfer
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The Zohar: Pritzk­er Edi­tion, Vol­ume Six
Daniel C. Matt, trans. and commentary
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Scrib­al Cul­ture and the Mak­ing of the Hebrew Bible
Karel Van Der Toorn
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