The Book Company: New Products - Judaism

The Future of Judaism (A Warning and a Way Forward)

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:35:47 +0000

Could the Jewish People disappear? Through violence? Or internal indifference?

THE WORLD IS FACING A DANGEROUS MOMENT IN HISTORY FOR ISRAEL AND WORLD-WIDE JEWRY AND THE FUTURE OF JUDAISM

About a quarter of the way into the 21st Century, Charles Dickens’ famous referenc..

Price: $29.99

Even God Had Bad Parenting Days (ancient Jewish wisdom for new parents)

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:45:57 +0000

For all new parents who get overwhelmed, regularly pushed to their limits and confused by contradictory feelings of elation and near-despair.

This collection draws on Alicia Jo Rabins' years of experience as a writer, Bible scholar, and feminist Jewish educator, and is based on her..

Price: $19.95

From Sermon to Commentary (Expounding the Bible in Talmudic Babylonia)

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:22:34 +0000

The Bible has always been vital to Jewish religious life, and it has been expounded in diverse ways. Perhaps the most influential body of Jewish biblical interpretation is the Midrash that was produced by expositors during the first five centuries CE. Many such teachings are collected in the Ba..

Price: $89.99

Truth and Compassion (Essays on Judaism and Religion in Memory of Rabbi Dr Solomon Frank)

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:00:44 +0000

These essays represent a multidisciplinary approach to the study of religion and, especially, Judaism.

Setting aside common scholarly concerns with source criticism and history of interpretation, Shimon Levy argues that in Numbers 11 the redactor has forged diverse elements into a unity...

Price: $34.99

Mishnah and the Social Formation of the Early Rabbinic Guild (A Socio-Rhetorical Approach)

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:59:31 +0000

Where do the origins of the rabbinic movement lie, and how might evidence from the early rabbinic literature be made to reveal those origins?
In order to shed light on the early social formation of the rabbinic guild of masters, Lightstone brings the theoretical and methodological insight..

Price: $45.99

Society, the Sacred and Scripture in Ancient Judaism (A Sociology of Knowledge)

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:59:23 +0000

This work explores the relationship between religion, social patterns, and the perception of the character of scripture in four modes of Ancient Judaism: (1) the Jerusalem community of the fifth to fourth centuries B.C.E. (ie, the Early Second Temple Period); (2) the Judaism of the Graeco-Roman..

Price: $41.99

Law in Religious Communities in the Roman Period (The Debate over Torah and Nomos in Post-Biblical Judaism and Early Christianity)

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:03 +0000

The role and function of law in religious communities in the Roman period—especially in Judaism—has been a key issue among scholars in recent years. This thought-provoking work is the first full-scale attempt to write a historical assessment of the scholarly debate concerning this question, foc..

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Let My People Celebrate (A Storytelling Haggadah for the Whole Family)

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:47:52 +0000

Make this seder different from other seders. This year, keep younger children around the Passover table rather than hiding under it by transforming your seder into an interactive, playful, and affecting experience that everybody in attendance can enjoy. Celebrate across generations!

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Price: $9.95

To Imagine Other Solitudes (The Work of Mussar)

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:34:42 +0000

Lively exploration of a Jewish spiritual and ethical tradition.

Often simplistically referred to as simply Jewish ethics, Mussar is better understood in Boettiger’s hands as an orbiting around the great questions of what it means to be a human being—especially in regard to how we ..

Price: $25.95

Wise Blasphemy (Profound and Dangerous Insights from Ancient Jewish Sages and Pirke Avot)

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:34:36 +0000

The wise essence of Pirke Avot—ancient maxims of Jewish wisdom.

Life can feel like a wild and unpredictable rush from one moment to the next, all within the equally wild and unpredictable reality of God. This is why living righteously is not about trying to escape from chan..

Price: $17.95