As a Driven Leaf

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Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 : 9780876689943
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (899 download)

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Book Synopsis As a Driven Leaf by : Milton Steinberg

Download or read book As a Driven Leaf written by Milton Steinberg and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1987 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spirited classic of American Jewish literature, a historical novel about ancient sage-turned-apostate Elisha ben Abuyah in the late first century C.E. At the heart of the tale are questions about faith and the loss of faith and the repression and rebellion of the Jews of Palestine. Elisha is a leading scholar in Palestine, elected to the Sanhedrin, the highest Jewish court in the land. But two tragedies awaken doubt about God in Elisha's mind, and doubt eats away at his faith. Declared a heretic and excommunicated from the Jewish community, he journeys to Antioch in nearby Syria to begin a quest through Greek and Roman culture for some fundamental irrefutable truth. The pace of the narrative picks up as Elisha directly encounters the full force of the ancient Romans' all-consuming culture. Ultimately, Elisha is forced by the power of Rome to choose between loyalty to his people, who are rebelling against the emperor's domination, and loyalty to his own quest for truth.--Publishers Weekly

Ruby of Cochin

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Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 9780827607491
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis Ruby of Cochin by : Ruby Daniel

Download or read book Ruby of Cochin written by Ruby Daniel and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Coherent Judaism

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Publisher : Academic Studies PRess
ISBN 13 : 1644693429
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (446 download)

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Book Synopsis Coherent Judaism by : Shai Cherry

Download or read book Coherent Judaism written by Shai Cherry and published by Academic Studies PRess. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coherent Judaism begins by excavating the theologies within the Torah and tracing their careers through the Jewish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. Any compelling, contemporary Judaism must cohere as much as possible with traditional Judaism and everything else we believe to be true about our world. The challenge is that over the past two centuries, our understandings of both the Torah and nature have radically changed. Nevertheless, much Jewish wisdom can be translated into a contemporary idiom that both coheres with all that we believe and enriches our lives as individuals and within our communities. Coherent Judaism explains why pre-modern Judaism opted to privilege consensus around Jewish behavior (halakhah) over belief. The stresses of modernity have conspired to reveal the incoherence of that traditional approach. In our post-Darwinian and post-Holocaust world, theology must be able to withstand the challenges of science and history. Traditional Jewish theologies have the resources to meet those challenges. Coherent Judaism concludes by presenting a philosophy of halakhah that is faithful to the covenantal aspiration to live long on the land that the Lord, our God, has given us.

Animal to Edible

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521466721
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (667 download)

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Book Synopsis Animal to Edible by : Noélie Vialles

Download or read book Animal to Edible written by Noélie Vialles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-06-16 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we find it necessary to slaughter living animals in order to enjoy their flesh? And why does this act offend our sensibilities, without necessarily making us into vegetarians? We no longer tolerate sacrifices, public butchering during festivals, butchers operating openly in the middle of our cities. Today, animals are killed in invisible abattoirs, set a good distance from our normal activities. This recent separation between the slaughter-house and the butcher's establishment is somehow essential to the modern meat diet. In her study of abattoirs in south-west France, Noélie Vialles brings to light a complex system of avoidances. Her analysis reveals that beyond the specific denial of the work of the abattoirs lies a whole system of symbolic representations of blood, human beings and animals, a symbolic code that determines the way in which we prepare domestic animals for the table.

A History of Modern India

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316165175
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of Modern India by : Ishita Banerjee-Dube

Download or read book A History of Modern India written by Ishita Banerjee-Dube and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an interpretive and comprehensive account of the history of India between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, a crucial epoch characterized by colonialism, nationalism and the emergence of the independent Indian Union. It explores significant historiographical debates concerning the period while highlighting important new issues, especially those of gender, ecology, caste, and labour. The work combines an analysis of colonial and independent India in order to underscore ideologies, policies, and processes that shaped the colonial state and continue to mould the Indian nation.

The Food Industries of Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1472408268
Total Pages : 435 pages
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Book Synopsis The Food Industries of Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by : Professor Alain Drouard

Download or read book The Food Industries of Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries written by Professor Alain Drouard and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The industrialization of food preservation and processing has been a dramatic development across Europe during modern times. This book sets out its story from the beginning of the nineteenth century when preservation of food from one harvest to another was essential to prevent hunger and even famine. Population growth and urbanization depended upon a break out from the ‘biological ancien regime’ in which hunger was an ever-present threat. The application of mass production techniques by the food industries was essential to the modernization of Europe. From the mid-nineteenth century the development of food industries followed a marked regional pattern. After an initial growth in north-west Europe, the spread towards south-east Europe was slowed by social, cultural and political constraints. This was notable in the post-Second World War era. The picture of change in this volume is presented by case studies of countries ranging from the United Kingdom in the west to Romania in the east. All illustrate the role of food industries in creating new products that expanded the traditional cereal-based diet of pre-industrial Europe. Industrially preserved and processed foods provided new flavours and appetizing novelties which led to brand names recognized by consumers everywhere. Product marketing and advertising became fundamental to modern food retailing so that Europe’s largest food producers, Danone, Nestlé and Unilever, are numbered amongst the world’s biggest companies.