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Rabbis of our Time

Authorities of Judaism in the Religious and Political Ferment of Modern Times

By: Marek Čejka,Roman Kořan

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Rabbis of our Time

Authorities of Judaism in the Religious and Political Ferment of Modern Times

By: Marek Čejka,Roman Kořan

The term ‘rabbi’ predominantly denotes Jewish men qualified to interpret the Torah and apply halacha, or those entrusted with the religious leadership of a Jewish community. However, the role of the rabbi has been understood differently across the Jewish world. While in Israel they control legally powerful rabbinical courts and major religious political parties, in the Jewish communities of the Diaspora this role is often limited by legal regulations of individual countries. However, the significance of past and present rabbis and their religious and political influence endures across the world. Rabbis of Our Time provides a comprehensive overview of the most influential rabbinical authorities of Judaism in the 20th and 21st Century. Through focussing on the most theologically influential rabbis of the contemporary era and examining their political impact, it opens a broader discussion of the relationship between Judaism and politics. It looks at the various centres of current Judaism and Jewish thinking, especially the State of Israel and the USA, as well as locating rabbis in various time periods. Through interviews and extracts from religious texts and books authored by rabbis, readers will discover more about a range of rabbis, from those before the formation of Israel to the most famous Chief Rabbis of Israel, as well as those who did not reach the highest state religious functions, but influenced the relation between Judaism and Israel by other means. The rabbis selected represent all major contemporary streams of Judaism, from ultra-Orthodox/Haredi to Reform and Liberal currents, and together create a broader picture of the scope of contemporary Jewish thinking in a theological and political context. An extensive and detailed source of information on the varieties of Jewish thinking influencing contemporary Judaism and the modern State of Israel, this book is of interest to students and scholars of Jewish Studies, as well as Religion and Politics.

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Routledge

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1317605446

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Economic Analysis in Talmudic Literature

Rabbinic Thought in the Light of Modern Economics

By: Roman A. Ohrenstein,Barry J.. Gordon,Barry Lewis John Gordon

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Economic Analysis in Talmudic Literature

Rabbinic Thought in the Light of Modern Economics

By: Roman A. Ohrenstein,Barry J.. Gordon,Barry Lewis John Gordon

This lucidly written study is unique in that there is no book extant by an economic historian that discusses Talmudic economics in the light of modern economics. Its major focus is on the intricate debates, statements and principles that were forged by the Talmudic Rabbis. This ancient storehouse of learning includes a wealth of economic knowledge of modern sophistication. The book taps these "economic treasures" by way of analytic inquiry. The authors, both economic historians and economists, through their study of the original dialectics in the Talmud, were able to discern a wide range of macro- and micro-economic ideas of major significance. These concepts when viewed from either a contemporary or a modern perspective, display an extraordinary degree of insight and sophistication. Indeed, sections of the Talmud and the reflections of subsequent commentators on those passages, embody a wealth of economic thought that was later to become significant in the reasoning of political economists, or of their professional academic successors.

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BRILL

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9004174621

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9789004174627

The Hebrew Falcon

Adya Horon and the Birth of the Canaanite Idea

By: Roman Vater

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The Hebrew Falcon

Adya Horon and the Birth of the Canaanite Idea

By: Roman Vater

Adya Gur Horon (1907–1972) was a provocative public intellectual and historical and geopolitical thinker who called for the overthrow of the Israeli non-democratic state-order in favor of an "imperial" Hebrew national vision based on the domination of the whole Levant. Drawing on Horon's private archive, Roman Vater studies the intellectual sources of the mid-twentieth century Hebrew national ideology, known as "Canaanism," contending this vision can only be properly understood in light of Horon's articulation of its historical "foundation myth." The intellectual and political rivalry between Jewish ethnic nationalism and Hebrew civic nationalism, represented by the "Canaanite" challenge to Zionism, continues to inform current debates about Israel’s identity and its relation to world Jewry on the one hand and the Arab world on the other—and largely determines Israel's global political alliances to this day. The Hebrew Falcon is indispensable reading for scholars and students of nationalism, Israel, Zionism, and the intellectual and political history of the modern Middle East.

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State University of New York Press

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1438497679

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The Secret File of Joseph Stalin

A Hidden Life

By: Roman Brackman

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The Secret File of Joseph Stalin

A Hidden Life

By: Roman Brackman

This account of Stalin's life begins with his early years, the family breakup caused by the suspicion that the boy was the result of an adulterous affair, the abuse by his father and the growth of the traumatized boy into criminal, spy, and finally one of the 20th century's political monsters.

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Routledge

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1135758409

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Iterative Functional Equations

By: Marek Kuczma,Bogdan Choczewski,Roman Ger

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Iterative Functional Equations

By: Marek Kuczma,Bogdan Choczewski,Roman Ger

A cohesive and comprehensive account of the modern theory of iterative functional equations. Many of the results included have appeared before only in research literature, making this an essential volume for all those working in functional equations and in such areas as dynamical systems and chaos, to which the theory is closely related. The authors introduce the reader to the theory and then explore the most recent developments and general results. Fundamental notions such as the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the equations are stressed throughout, as are applications of the theory to such areas as branching processes, differential equations, ergodic theory, functional analysis and geometry. Other topics covered include systems of linear and nonlinear equations of finite and infinite ORD various function classes, conjugate and commutable functions, linearization, iterative roots of functions, and special functional equations.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521355613

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Economic Analysis in Talmudic Literature

Rabbinic Thought in the Light of Modern Economics

By: Barry Gordon,Roman A. Ohrenstein

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Economic Analysis in Talmudic Literature

Rabbinic Thought in the Light of Modern Economics

By: Barry Gordon,Roman A. Ohrenstein

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BRILL

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9004509119

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9789004509115

From Kaifeng to Shanghai

Jews in China

By: Roman Malek

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From Kaifeng to Shanghai

Jews in China

By: Roman Malek

The collection presents the proceedings of the international colloquium held in Sankt Augustin in 1997 and additional materials. The articles are written in English, German or Chinese (with English abstracts). The volume includes a general index with glossary.

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Routledge

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1351566288

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9781351566285

Roman Polanski

Interviews

By: Roman Polanski

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Roman Polanski

Interviews

By: Roman Polanski

Collected interviews with the controversial European filmmaker of Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, and The Pianist

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1578068002

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9781578068005

Redemptive Almsgiving in Early Christianity

By: Roman Garrison

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Redemptive Almsgiving in Early Christianity

By: Roman Garrison

In the light of the New Testament's conviction that Jesus Christ died for sins, and that the Cross is a 'once for all' act that makes the Temple cult unnecessary, this challenging work probes the reasons for the emerging doctrine of redemptive almsgiving in early Christianity. Do the New Testament writers themselves (even Jesus!) implicitly endorse the view that a 'supplementary' or alternative means of atonement is necessary? What is the background of this theme in Graeco-Roman sources and in the Hebrew Bible? What are the principal texts in early Christian literature that advocate almsgiving as a 'ransom' for sin? These questions firmly govern this investigation of the social and theological forces that gave legitimacy to a doctrine that at first appears to contradict the primary New Testament soteriology, namely that the death of Jesus Christ is the exclusive means of redemption from sin.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474230644

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Roman's Journey

By: Roman Halter

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Roman's Journey

By: Roman Halter

Roman Halter is an optimistic and boisterous schoolboy in 1939 when he and his family gather behind net curtains to watch the Volksdeutsch neighbours of their small town in western Poland greeting the arrival of Hitler's armies with kisses and swastika flags. Within days, the family home has been seized, and twelve-year-old Roman becomes a slave of the local SS chief and, returning from an errand, silently witnesses his Jewish classmates being bayoneted to death by soldiers at the edge of town. And then there begins the remarkable six-year journey through some of the darkest caverns of Nazi Europe, and the loss of every other member of his family and the 800-strong community of his boyhood. Roman tells his story with a simplicity and grace that allow his suffering and survival to speak for themselves.

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Portobello Books

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1846275067

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Postoperative Orthopaedic Rehabilitation

By: Andrew Gree,Roman Hayda

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Postoperative Orthopaedic Rehabilitation

By: Andrew Gree,Roman Hayda

Bridge the gap between orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation! Postoperative Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, published in partnership with the AAOS, is the first clinical reference designed to empower both orthopaedic surgeons and rehabilitation specialists by transcending the traditional boundaries between these two phases of patient management to achieve better outcomes.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496385209

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Habad

The Hasidism of R. Shneur Zalman of Lyady

By: Roman A. Foxbrunner

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Habad

The Hasidism of R. Shneur Zalman of Lyady

By: Roman A. Foxbrunner

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Jason Aronson

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0876685262

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9780876685266

Courage was My Only Option

The Autobiography of Roman Kent

By: Roman Kent

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Courage was My Only Option

The Autobiography of Roman Kent

By: Roman Kent

Roman Kent is a survivor in every sense of the word. Born Roman Kniker and raised in Lodz, Poland, his happy, carefree youth was turned upside down in 1939 with the arrival of the German Army literally at his familys doorsteps. Courage Was My Only Option is the heartrending but ultimately uplifting story of one man's journey to hell and back. In classic rags to riches style, Kent uses the hard-learned lessons of his youth and time spent in concentration camps to become first a successful businessman in the U.S., then an internationally known voice for Holocaust survivors. Whether he is relating the story of the beloved family dog, Lala (who would also fall victim to Nazi cruelty) or recounting his work with Presidents, Senators, Ambassadors, and a multitude of foreign dignitaries (Bill Clinton and Al Gore among them) to restore the rights and lost dignity of his fellow survivors, Kent's tale will become an inspiration to all who read his life story.

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Vantage Press, Inc

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053315653X

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9780533156535

Jesus’s Manifesto

The Sermon on the Plain

By: Roman A. Montero

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Jesus’s Manifesto

The Sermon on the Plain

By: Roman A. Montero

Jesus's Manifesto: The Sermon on the Plain is a historical analysis and exegesis of the Sermon on the Plain found in Luke 6:20-49. Going into the historical and literary context of the Sermon on the Plain, it examines how the message fits into the world of Jesus and his audience. Jesus's Manifesto demonstrates how the Sermon's ethical injunctions and eschatological message interacted with contemporary ideologies, and how these injunctions were meant to be taken as normative commandments by Jesus in light of his eschatological message. Many have attempted to dampen the ethical teachings of Jesus by trying to relativize them, or by trying to make them compatible with the wider culture and the dominant ideologies; however, when understood in its historical context, the Sermon's message was not only incompatible with the wider culture and the dominant ideologies, but it stood in opposition to them. Jesus's Manifesto provides the necessary historical and anthropological tools to fully appreciate the profound and seemingly radical message of the Sermon of the Plain.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532676050

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Evidence Based Labor and Delivery Management

By: Vincenzo Berghella,Gabriele Saccone,Tullio Ghi,Amanda Roman

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Evidence Based Labor and Delivery Management

By: Vincenzo Berghella,Gabriele Saccone,Tullio Ghi,Amanda Roman

This book is a guide to labour and delivery management for trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology, and midwives. Divided into three sections, the text begins with detailed discussion on labour, from preparation before labour and delivery, through the different stages of labour, to postpartum care. The next section covers caesarean delivery, and the third, ‘special labour’ which explains labour complications, twins, prelabour rupture of membranes, and more. The book is authored by recognised experts from the USA and Italy, and is based on evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Clinical photographs, diagrams and tables further enhance learning. Key points Guide to labour and delivery management for trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology, and midwives Text based on evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) Recognised author team from USA and Italy Includes clinical photographs, diagrams and tables

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Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

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9352701607

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9789352701605

Perspectives in Electronic Structure Theory

By: Roman F. Nalewajski

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Perspectives in Electronic Structure Theory

By: Roman F. Nalewajski

The understanding in science implies insights from several different points of view. Alternative modern outlooks on electronic structure of atoms and molecules, all rooted in quantum mechanics, are presented in a single text. Together these complementary perspectives provide a deeper understanding of the localization of electrons and bonds, the origins of chemical interaction and reactivity behavior, the interaction between the geometric and electronic structure of molecules, etc. In the opening two parts the basic principles and techniques of the contemporary computational and conceptual quantum chemistry are presented, within both the wave-function and electron-density theories. This background material is followed by a discussion of chemical concepts, including stages of the bond-formation processes, chemical valence and bond-multiplicity indices, the hardness/softness descriptors of molecules and reactants, and general chemical reactivity/stability principles. The insights from Information Theory, the basic elements of which are briefly introduced, including the entropic origins and Orbital Communication Theory of the chemical bond, are the subject of Part IV. The importance of the non-additive (interference) information tools in exploring patterns of chemical bonds and their covalent and ionic components will be emphasized.

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