Dear Friends, Academic Studies Press is pleased to announce the publication of several new titles in the field of Jewish Studies: The Jew in Medieval Iberia: 1100-1500 by Jonathan Ray ISBN 978-1-936235-35-3 350 pp. cloth $70.00
The Jew in Medieval Iberia is an exploration of the richness and diversity of Jewish society in Christian Iberia from 1100-1500, providing a fresh look at the ways in which medieval Jews conceived of themselves and their communities, as well as their relationship to the surrounding society. The essays collected in this volume transcend older stereotypes of Christian persecution and Jewish piety to reveal a complex and vibrant community of merchants and scholars, townsmen and -women, cultural intermediaries and guardians of religious tradition. Taken together, they present a portrait that adds greater nuances to our understanding of both medieval Jewish and medieval Spanish history. Series: Jews in Space and Time Wisdom's Little Sister: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Political Thought by Abraham Melamed ISBN 978-1-936235-32-2 350 pp. cloth $109.00 As a recently established field of Jewish thought, Jewish political philosophy has made increasingly frequent appearances in recently edited histories of Jewish philosophy. Following the pioneering efforts of Leo Strauss, Ralph Lerner and Daniel Elazar, among others, Jewish political philosophy gained its proper place alongside ethics and metaphysics in the study of the history of Jewish philosophy. This volume is another manifestation of this welcomed development. Consisting of selected papers published in English over the last thirty years, Wisdom's Little Sister concentrates on the Medieval and Renaissance periods, from Sa'adiah Gaon in the tenth century to Spinoza in the seventeenth century. These were the formative periods in the development of Jewish political philosophy, when Jewish scholars, versed in the canonical Jewish sources (biblical and rabbinic), encountered Greek political philosophy as transmitted by Muslim philosophers such as Alfarabi, Ibn Bajja and Averroes. In combining Greek, Jewish and Muslim thought, these scholars are the originators of what we now know as Jewish political philosophy. Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah Contemporary Covenantal Thought: Interpretations of Covenant in the Thought of David Hartman and Eugene Borowitz by Simon Cooper ISBN 978-1-936235-69-8 250 pp. cloth $99.00 Refusing to accept anything but ever-increasing levels of human responsibility within a religious framework, covenantal thinkers audaciously suggest that the covenant empowers humanity, as it binds and inhibits divinity. This is a reformulation of recurrent issues within the Jewish tradition, and one which pays homage to the modern context from which it emerges. Hartman and Borowitz grew up in the same mid-century American academic and social environment, and the product of that upbringing has a significant impact on the subsequent theories which they promote. Both thinkers have attracted a considerable following, but very few scholars have discussed them together. Cooper here for the first time works toward understanding their work in comparison with each other, and with covenant as the central focus and framework. Review: "Simon Cooper's valuable study consists of a detailed and sophisticated comparison of the notion of covenant in the thought to two contemporary Jewish theologians, David Hartman and Eugene Borowitz. Other important thinkers who are brought into the discussion in some depth include J.B. Soloveitchik and Irving Greenberg, and, in lesser detail, Maimonides, Hermann Cohen, and Martin Buber. The focus of the comparison is on the relevant weight given to the religious values of authority and of autonomy. Cooper's work represents a significant contribution to our understanding of two outstanding Jewish theologians. It demonstrates familiarity with the scholarship on its subject and is comprehensible and well-written; the topic may be complex, but the presentation is crystal-clear." --Menachem Kellner, Professor of Jewish History and Thought, University of Haifa Survival and Trials of Revival: Psychodynamic Studies of Holocaust Survivors and Their Families in Israel and the Diaspora by Hillel Klein 9781936235896 375 pp. cloth $85.00 This book offers psychodynamic studies of Holocaust survivors and their families in Israel and the Diaspora. It is a most moving account of the desperate struggles of these survivors to overcome the horrendous experiences in the ghettos and concentration camps and their subsequent attempts at the revival of their lives after the Second World War. Hillel Klein, the author, was himself one of these Holocaust survivors. Later, as a psychoanalyst, Klein interviewed survivors in Israel and the United States of America and evaluated the consequences of the Holocaust and its aftermath from a psychoanalytic point of view which, together with his own memories contained in the book, gives it a special depth and contributes to making it a most moving account. Series: The Psychoanalysis and Jewish Life Book Series **To order, please visit our website at <http://www.academicstudiespress.com/> www.academicstudiespress.com, alternatively you can always order online at Amazon** Be sure to mention that you subscribe to HASAFRAN for an additional 15% off! Have a wonderful week! 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