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Becoming Elijah

Author : Daniel C. Matt
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300242700
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Becoming Elijah written by Daniel C. Matt and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biblical Elijah was a loner, declaring or complaining again and again: I alone remain. Yet gradually, he was welcomed into Jewish ritual life, including some of the family's most meaningful moments. These moments he continues to enrich with his imagined presence. He is anticipated at each Passover seder, the most familial event in the Jewish calendar. When a baby boy is circumcised, Elijah is invited to preside and witness, occupying a ceremonial chair. And every Saturday night, as the Sabbath departs, his name is invoked as part of Havdalah. Each of these is a rite of passage. The seder celebrates liberation from slavery, meant to be experienced anew. Through circumcision, the infant enters the covenant of Abraham. Havdalah distinguishes between light and dark, marking the transition from Sabbath holiness to the mundane weekday world. All three rituals are liminal (threshold) moments, fittingly enhanced by Elijah, the liminal personality-part human, part angel-the mysterious stranger who spans heaven and earth, virtuoso of the in-between. Book jacket.

Becoming Elijah

Author : Daniel C. Matt
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300264925
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Becoming Elijah written by Daniel C. Matt and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the prophet Elijah’s transformation from fierce zealot to compassionate hero and cherished figure in Jewish tradition “In a series on Jewish Lives, this volume is about the Jewish life—the one that goes on forever. Becoming Elijah blends meticulous scholarship with bold literary and poetic imagination. Don’t miss it!”—Arthur Green, author of Judaism for the World “The author’s erudite prose and masterful command of history and faith traditions bring his subject to vibrant life. This is an edifying and accessible chronicle of a towering religious figure.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) In the Bible Elijah is a zealous prophet, attacking idolatry and injustice, championing God. He performs miracles, restoring life and calling down fire. When his earthly life ends, he vanishes in a whirlwind, carried off to heaven in a fiery chariot. Was this a spectacular death, or did Elijah escape death entirely? The latter view prevailed. Though residing in heaven, Elijah revisits earth—to help, rescue, enlighten, and eventually herald the Messiah. Because of his messianic role, Jews open the door for Elijah during each seder—the meal commemorating liberation from slavery and anticipating final redemption. How did this zealot turn into a compassionate hero—apparently the most popular figure in Jewish tradition? Becoming Elijah explores this question, tracing how Elijah develops from the Bible to Rabbinic Judaism, Kabbalah, and Jewish ritual (as well as Christianity and Islam). His transformation is pertinent and inspirational for our polarized, fanatical world.

Tales of Elijah the Prophet

Author : Peninnah Schram
Publisher : Jason Aronson, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 1461630878
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Tales of Elijah the Prophet written by Peninnah Schram and published by Jason Aronson, Incorporated. This book was released on 1997-02-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elijah the Prophet is one of the most popular and beloved figures in all of Jewish literature. Both as a biblical prophet and a folklore hero, Elijah has fascinated Jews all over the world for centuries. He has served in many different roles, offering guidance on how to live Like a mensch, bringing hope, reconciling family members, rewarding goodness while punishing wickedness, rescuing Jewish communities and worthy individuals, seeing that justice prevails, and signaling the coming of the Messiah. Tales of Elijah the Prophet is a brilliant collection of thirty-seven stories selected by the gifted storyteller, Peninnah Schram. In these intriguing tales, we see Elijah as the master of miracles. His chameleon-like disguises are marvelously clever and numerous, using such diverse poses as an old man, a traveler, a matchmaker, a magician, a slave, and even a handsome horseman. He uses these disguises to heighten suspense and fantasy, to test people's behavior, to restore faith, and to bring about a happy resolution to the problems in the story. The tales in this wonder-filled volume cover a range of themes and types of Elijah tales. All are miracle stories, but they vary greatly in mood, character, plot, locale, time, and theme. There are religious stories focusing on restoring faith in God and humorous tales that emphasize resourcefulness. Other stories involve Passover, love, and riddle themes. Peninnah Schram chose thirty-six of these stories, using the Jewish symbolic number of twice eighteen (chai), which is the Hebrew equivalent to "life." And since it is the Jewish custom to add one to a number, perhaps to ensure good luck, she included her favorite story, Elijah and the Three Wishes, in the Introduction. In addition to the stories in Tales of Elijah the Prophet, this volume includes an informative introduction to the character of Elijah the Prophet that explores his various roles in Jewish life and literature. There are also extensive notes to each story, indicating sources a

Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Gold)

Author : Christopher Paul Curtis
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545281199
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (452 download)

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Download or read book Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Gold) written by Christopher Paul Curtis and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master storyteller Christopher Paul Curtis's Newbery Honor novel, featuring his trademark humor and unique narrative voice, is now part of the Scholastic Gold line! Elijah of Buxton, recipient of the Newbery Honor and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. This edition includes exclusive bonus content!Eleven-year-old Elijah lives in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves near the American border. Elijah's the first child in town to be born free, and he ought to be famous just for that -- not to mention for being the best at chunking rocks and catching fish. Unfortunately, all that most people see is a "fra-gile" boy who's scared of snakes and tends to talk too much. But everything changes when a former slave steals money from Elijah's friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Now it's up to Elijah to track down the thief -- and his dangerous journey just might make a hero out of him, if only he can find the courage to get back home.

Elijah

Author : Jeff Lucas
Publisher : Chariot Victor Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781564767141
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Elijah written by Jeff Lucas and published by Chariot Victor Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elijah A leader called by God, a hero of the faith, champion of God's cause, fearless opponent of the forces of evil. A man racked by self-doubt, stressed out, and ready to give up. You know that you've been called by God to stand up for Him in an evil age, to be unpopular--even persecuted--at times, yet to bring people into the Christian faith. Let Elijah's story encourage you. Welcome to reality, where victory stems from honesty, not denial.

The Genius

Author : Eliyahu Stern
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300179308
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Genius written by Eliyahu Stern and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elijah ben Solomon, the "Genius of Vilna,” was perhaps the best-known and most understudied figure in modern Jewish history. This book offers a new narrative of Jewish modernity based on Elijah's life and influence. While the experience of Jews in modernity has often been described as a process of Western European secularization—with Jews becoming citizens of Western nation-states, congregants of reformed synagogues, and assimilated members of society—Stern uses Elijah’s story to highlight a different theory of modernization for European life. Religious movements such as Hasidism and anti-secular institutions such as the yeshiva emerged from the same democratization of knowledge and privatization of religion that gave rise to secular and universal movements and institutions. Claimed by traditionalists, enlighteners, Zionists, and the Orthodox, Elijah’s genius and its afterlife capture an all-embracing interpretation of the modern Jewish experience. Through the story of the “Vilna Gaon,” Stern presents a new model for understanding modern Jewish history and more generally the place of traditionalism and religious radicalism in modern Western life and thought.

Faith and You, Volume 1

Author : Terry Pluto
Publisher : Gray & Company
ISBN 13 : 1598510371
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Faith and You, Volume 1 written by Terry Pluto and published by Gray & Company. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ¿Sometimes I wish my minister would read his column instead of the sermon!¿ That¿s the kind of response Plain Dealer columnist Terry Pluto draws from devoted readers of his faith column. Although best known as an award-winning sportswriter, Pluto has also earned a reputation¿and a growing audience¿for his down-to-earth musings on more heavenly subjects. Here he offers 28 thoughtful essays on faith in everyday life¿practical topics such as choosing a church, lending money to friends, dealing with jerks, sharing your faith, visiting the sick, even planning a funeral.

Elijah and the Rabbis

Author : Kristen H. Lindbeck
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231130805
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Elijah and the Rabbis written by Kristen H. Lindbeck and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sabbath. --Book Jacket.

All Aboard!

Author : Monica Kulling
Publisher : Tundra Books
ISBN 13 : 1770495142
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book All Aboard! written by Monica Kulling and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second of Tundra's Great Idea Series, biographies for children who are just starting to read, Monica Kulling presents the life of an extraordinary man. There were few opportunities for the son of slaves, but Elijah McCoy's dreams led him to study mechanical engineering in Scotland. He learned everything there was to know about engines - how to design them and how to build them. But when he returned to the United States to look for work at the Michigan Central Railroad, the only job Elijah could get was shoveling coal into a train's firebox. Undaunted, he went on to invent a means of oiling the engine while the train was running, changing the face of travel around the world. With playful text and lively illustrations, All Aboard! Elijah McCoy's Steam Engine may be the first biography a child discovers, and it will whet the appetite for many more.

The Call: Elijah the Great Prophet

Author : Patricia Grant
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 148084490X
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Call: Elijah the Great Prophet written by Patricia Grant and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty years ago, Patricia Grant was called to the prophetic ministry and instructed by the Lord to become familiar with the lives and functions of the prophets in the Bible. Now after being called once again to teach others about the five people in the Bible who were named for specific missions and trained by the Lord, Grant brings to light the story of Elijah, one of the five, and compares his trials with her own. Grant relies on her personal spiritual experiences to share how, through Gods wisdom, she discovered commonalities with ancient people who also faced hardships on the way to becoming prophets of nations. While highlighting Elijahs challenges and revealing her own struggles throughout childhood and her lifetime, Grant not only demonstrates how faith and Gods love have the power to bring one through darkness and into a healing light, but also provides spiritual guidance for anyone seeking to overcome hardships and accomplish great things for the Lord. The Call: Elijah the Great Prophet shares a true story of Gods love and power as a woman is called to study ancient people and discovers they have more in common than she ever realized.

Father Elijah

Author : Michael D. O'Brien
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1681491729
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Father Elijah written by Michael D. O'Brien and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael O'Brien presents a thrilling apocalyptic novel about the condition of the Roman Catholic Church at the end of time. It explores the state of the modern world, and the strengths and weaknesses of the contemporary religious scene, by taking his central character, Father Elijah Schäfer, a Carmelite priest, on a secret mission for the Vatican which embroils him in a series of crises and subterfuges affecting the ultimate destiny of the Church. Father Elijah is a convert from Judaism, a survivor of the Holocaust, a man once powerful in Israel. For twenty years he has been "buried in the dark night of Carmel" on the mountain of the prophet Elijah. The Pope and the Cardinal Secretary of State call him out of obscurity and give him a task of the highest sensitivity: to penetrate into the inner circles of a man whom they believe may be the Antichrist. Their purpose: to call the Man of Sin to repentance, and thus to postpone the great tribulation long enough to preach the Gospel to the whole world. In this richly textured tale, Father Elijah crosses Europe and the Middle East, moves through the echelons of world power, meets saints and sinners, presidents, judges, mystics, embattled Catholic journalists, faithful priests and a conspiracy of traitors within the very House of God. This is an apocalypse in the old literary sense, but one that was written in the light of Christian revelation.

Men of Character: Elijah

Author : Gene A. Getz
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433675153
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book Men of Character: Elijah written by Gene A. Getz and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 1995-06-08 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One in a series of twelve books by Gene Getz examining role models of the Old and New Testaments in situations relevant to modern times.

God and the Big Bang, (2nd Edition)

Author : Daniel C. Matt
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1580238475
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book God and the Big Bang, (2nd Edition) written by Daniel C. Matt and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mysticism and science: What do they have in common? How can one enlighten the other? By drawing on modern cosmology and ancient Kabbalah, Matt shows how science and religion can together enrich our spiritual awareness and help us recover a sense of wonder and find our place in the universe. Drawing on the insights of physics and Jewish mysticism, Daniel Matt uncovers the sense of wonder and oneness that connects us with the universe and God. He describes in understandable terms the parallels between modern cosmology and ancient Kabbalah. He shows how science and religion together can enrich our spiritual understanding. We “embody the energy” of the big bang, writes Matt. Furthermore, “God is not somewhere else, hidden from us. God is right here hidden from us.” To discover the presence of God, Matt draws on both science and theology, fact and belief, and on the truths embodied in Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity, as well as Judaism. A rich dialogue between the physical and the spiritual, God & the Big Bangtakes us on a deeply personal, thoughtful and inspiring journey that helps us find our place in the universe—and the universe in ourselves.

Judaism for the World

Author : Arthur Green
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300256000
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Judaism for the World written by Arthur Green and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An internationally recognized scholar and theologian shares a Jewish mysticism for our times Judaism, one of the world’s great spiritual traditions, is not addressed to Jews alone. In this masterful book, Arthur Green calls out to seekers of all sorts, offering a universal response to the eternal human questions of who we are, why we exist, where we are going, and how to live. Drawing on over half a century as a Jewish seeker and teacher, he shows us a Judaism that cultivates the life of the spirit, that inspires an inward journey leading precisely toward self-transcendence, to an awareness of the universal Self in whose presence we exist. As a neo-hasidic seeker, he is both devotional and boldly questioning in his understanding of God and tradition. Engaging with the mystical sources, he translates the insights of the Hasidic masters into a new religious language accessible to all those eager to build an inner life and a human society that treasures the divine spark in each person and throughout Creation.

Elijah & the Prophets of Baal

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Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780880700436
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Elijah & the Prophets of Baal written by and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1985 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God's prophet, Elijah, confronts the priests of the pagan idols, Baal and Astarte, in an attempt to prove who is the true God.

Empowering Hispanic Leaders

Author : Victor H. Cuartas
Publisher : Victor H Cuartas
ISBN 13 : 0982087551
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Empowering Hispanic Leaders written by Victor H. Cuartas and published by Victor H Cuartas. This book was released on 2009 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The estimated Hispanic population of the United States was 45.5 million in 2007, making people of Hispanic origin the nation's largest ethnic or race minority. Hispanics constitute 15 percent of the nation's total population.The Latino population in the United States will triple in size, and according to the Census projections, Hispanics will make up 29 percent of the United States population by 2050.This book offers suggestions for training Hispanic leaders who will be involved in ministry in various regions of the United States. The findings of this research project produced information, understanding, and direction that can contribute to the imperative efforts to train emerging leaders for Hispanic groups everywhere.The principles revealed in this study of Hispanic leadership training will prove effective in empowering leaders of other groups in the United States and other countries.

Nalini Singh: Guild Hunters Novels 1-4

Author : Nalini Singh
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101579056
Total Pages : 1555 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Nalini Singh: Guild Hunters Novels 1-4 written by Nalini Singh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 1555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angels rule, vampires serve, and passions ignite in the first four novels of the Guild Hunter series by New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh. Angels’ Blood Archangel’s Kiss Archangel’s Consort Archangel’s Blade