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Eusebius of Caesarea against Paganism

By: Aryeh Kofsky

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Eusebius of Caesarea against Paganism

By: Aryeh Kofsky

Dealing with the subject of apologetics and polemics against the pagans in Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 260-340), this volume discusses his response to the vigorous political, cultural and religious campaign launched against Christianity in his time. The first part of the book examines the background for Eusebius' apologetic enterprise and his early apologetic writings. The second and main part of the study analyzes major topics in Eusebius' great two-part apologetic work, the Praeparatio Evangelica and the Demonstratio Evangelica, such as the concept of Christian prehistory, prophecy and miracles. The last part deals with Eusebius' tactics and rhetoric and the place of Porphyry - the outstanding pagan polemicist against Christianity - in Eusebius' work. This part closes with a discussion of Eusebius' final apologetic statement in his work The Theophany, reflecting already the recent triumph of Christianity. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

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9004421408

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The Monastic School of Gaza

By: Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony,Aryeh Kofsky

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The Monastic School of Gaza

By: Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony,Aryeh Kofsky

This book studies one of the most striking chapters in the history of late antique monastic culture, provided by the monastic legacy of Gaza. A monastic intellectual community flourished in the region of Gaza from the fourth to the seventh century, producing a wealth of literary works. In this diverse and exciting literary corpus—especially in the unique correspondence between spiritual leaders and their clientele—matters that are usually only hinted at in monastic sources, are vividly portrayed. Distinct from the dry and matter-of-fact monastic instructions and the stereotypes of hagiography, this corpus exposes the psychological tensions, moods, frustrations, and elations in the daily existence of the monks, revealing them as creatures of flesh and blood. This book seeks to frame the historical development of this community and endeavours to analyze the spiritual and intellectual context of what may be termed the monastic school of Gaza. The legacy of this complex and thriving centre cuts across theological differences and boundaries. Shedding light on these neglected educated circles enhances and somewhat balances the overall historical picture of late antique ascetic culture and Palestinian Christianity.

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9047408446

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Syriac Idiosyncrasies

Theology and Hermeneutics in Early Syriac Literature

By: Serge Ruzer,Aryeh Kofsky

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Syriac Idiosyncrasies

Theology and Hermeneutics in Early Syriac Literature

By: Serge Ruzer,Aryeh Kofsky

The study of early Syriac Christianity has for decades been steadily expanding, yet its scope still lags way behind that of research relating to Greek and Latin Christianity. One of the intriguing and understudied topics here is the nature of Syriac Christianity's autonomous identity in late antiquity. This question is intrinsically connected to its genesis from an indigenous Christian Aramaic background as well as its interaction with the neighboring Jewish milieu. This volume unearthes some of the idiosyncracies -- mainly pertaining to trinitarian theology, christology and hermeneutics -- to be found in early Syriac literature before the onslaught of Greek hegemony. The idiosyncrasies analyzed here offer new insights into the nature of that peculiar brand of early Christianity, confirming a model of an indigenous early Syriac tradition gradually entering into a dynamic interaction with Greek influence.

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9004191119

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9789004191112

The Nusayrī-ʿAlawī Religion

An enquiry into its theology and liturgy

By: Meir M. Bar-Asher,Aryeh Kofsky

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The Nusayrī-ʿAlawī Religion

An enquiry into its theology and liturgy

By: Meir M. Bar-Asher,Aryeh Kofsky

The Nusayrīs - also known as ʿAlawīs -have been in power in Syria for the past three decades. Little is known of their origins or their long history, while their religious creeds and thought are somewhat better known. The main reason for our fragmentary knowledge of the Nusayrī religion is that, since its beginnings, it has always been the secret faith of a self-conscious elite that zealously guarded its sectarian literature. The Nusayrī-ʿAlawī faith is a clear example of a syncretistic religion. It combines and fuses elements of cults and creeds of very disparate, and remote, origins. Among these are various pagan beliefs (residues of ancient Mesopotamian and Syrian cults), as well as Persian, Christian, Gnostic, and Muslim - both Sunnī and Shīʿī - religious precepts and practices. All these components have been brought together in a syncretistic religious system that has assumed a heterodox Shīʿī garb. The present volume presents a mosaic of fundamental aspects of Nusayrī theology and liturgy. It demonstrates the complexity of Nusayrī theology and the diversity of religious thought within the Nusayrī fold.

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9004453504

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9789004453500

Syriac Idiosyncrasies

Theology and Hermeneutics in Early Syriac Literature

By: Serge Ruzer,Aryeh Kofsky

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Theology and Hermeneutics in Early Syriac Literature

By: Serge Ruzer,Aryeh Kofsky

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The Monastic School of Gaza

By: Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony,Aryeh Kofsky

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By: Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony,Aryeh Kofsky

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Eusebius of Caesarea against Paganism

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The Aryeh Kaplan Reader

The Gift He Left Behind : Collected Essays on Jewish Themes from the Noted Writer and Thinker

By: Aryeh Kaplan

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The Gift He Left Behind : Collected Essays on Jewish Themes from the Noted Writer and Thinker

By: Aryeh Kaplan

Collected essays on Jewish themes.

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Mesorah Publications

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0899061737

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9780899061733

Sefer Yetzirah

The Book of Creation in Theory and Practice

By: Aryeh Kaplan

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Sefer Yetzirah

The Book of Creation in Theory and Practice

By: Aryeh Kaplan

The Sefer Yetzirah is perhaps the oldest and most mysterious of all kabbalistic texts. In this landmark work of mystical studies, Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan brings the text’s theoretical, meditative, and magical implications to light. The book explores the dynamics of the spiritual domain, the worlds of the sefirot, souls and angels. Rabbi Kaplan explains that when properly understood the Sefer Yetzirah becomes an instruction manual for a very special type of meditation meant to strengthen concentration and to aid in the development of telekinetic and telepathic powers. Through the use of various signs, incantations, and divine names, initiates could also influence or alter natural events. This translation includes the meditation in five dimensions, the transition from binah to chakhmah consciousness, the point of infinity, kabbalistic astrology, Ezekiel’s vision according to the Sefer Yetzirah, and the mystery of the 231 gates. Also included is a digest of all major commentaries on the text of the Sefer Yetzirah and a bibliography of many of the major kabbalistic works that discus it, as well as extensive notes regarding the various aspects of the translation. Rabbi Kaplan’s translation is based on the Gra version of the text, which is thought to eb the most authentic. Also included is the short version, the long version, and the Saadia version, making this volume the most complete work on the Sefer Yetzirah available in English.

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Weiser Books

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1609254481

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דרך ה׳

By: Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto

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דרך ה׳

By: Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto

Explores Divine regulation of the world. With Rabbi Yosef Begun's marginal notes. Vowelized, facing Hebrew and English texts.

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Feldheim Publishers

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087306769X

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Ethical Tales from the Kabbalah

Stories from the Kabbalistic Ethical Writings

By: Aryeh Wineman

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Ethical Tales from the Kabbalah

Stories from the Kabbalistic Ethical Writings

By: Aryeh Wineman

Selected and translated from the Hebrew by Aryeh Wineman Originally published under the title Beyond Appearances, these 54 tales recapture a rich yet virtually forgotten chapter in the history of Jewish narrative, forming the important transitional link between the esoteric mystical teachings of the sixteenth-century Kabbalists and the popular tales of the eighteenth-century Eastern European Hasidim.

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Jewish Publication Society

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0827606818

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9780827606814

If You Were God

Immortality and the Soul ; A World of Love

By: Aryeh Kaplan

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If You Were God

Immortality and the Soul ; A World of Love

By: Aryeh Kaplan

Three of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan's notable essays: If You Were G-d, Immortality and the Soul, and A World of Love.

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Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America/National Conference of Synagogue Youth

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1879016133

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9781879016132

Reaching Out

By: Aryeh Kaplan

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Reaching Out

By: Aryeh Kaplan

Demonstrates the responsibility of each Jew to join the effort to "reach out" to the unaffiliated.

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Book's by Aryeh Kofsky

Eusebius of Caesarea against Paganism

Eusebius of Caesarea against Paganism

The Monastic School of Gaza

The Monastic School of Gaza

Syriac Idiosyncrasies

Syriac Idiosyncrasies

The Nusayrī-ʿAlawī Religion

The Nusayrī-ʿAlawī Religion

Syriac Idiosyncrasies

Syriac Idiosyncrasies

The Monastic School of Gaza

The Monastic School of Gaza

Eusebius of Caesarea against Paganism

Eusebius of Caesarea against Paganism

The Aryeh Kaplan Reader

The Aryeh Kaplan Reader

Sefer Yetzirah

Sefer Yetzirah

דרך ה׳

דרך ה׳

Ethical Tales from the Kabbalah

Ethical Tales from the Kabbalah

If You Were God

If You Were God

Reaching Out

Reaching Out

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