Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Academic Studies Press is pleased to announce the publication of three new titles in July, August, and September! Hebrew Classics: A Journey Through Israel's Timeless Fiction and Poetry By Dvir Abramovich ISBN 978-1-936235-94-0 162pp. (cloth) $55.00 In this book, Dvir Abramovich brings together a batch of timeless classical Hebrew novels, short stories, and poems, and furnishes readers with commentaries and critical readings of each landmark work. The selection of seminal texts includes masterpieces from Yehuda Amichai, Haim Gouri, Amos Oz, Dvorah Baron, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Chaim Nachman Bialik, Hanoch Bartov, Shulamit Hareven and Aharon Megged. The collection will prove exceptionally useful for any teacher or lecturer who wishes to introduce their students to the treasures of contemporary Israeli fiction and are searching for reflective analyses and searching insights. Guaranteed to ignite discussion and debate, this informative and entertaining volume, written in an accessible and lively style, will appeal to a general and academic audience and will tempt readers to read or re-read these great works. Review: "Abramovich has done a scrupulous job in scrutinizing these key texts of contemporary Hebrew fiction. The care with which he sets them in their historical and cultural contexts should be instructive for all readers interested in Israel and its predicaments."-Robert Alter, Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, The University of California at Berkeley Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History Living Jewishly: A Snapshot of a Generation By Stefanie Pervos Bregman ISBN 978-1-618111-63-0 155pp. (cloth) $49.00 In the Jewish communal world, engaging 20- and 30-somethings is a hot button issue: How do we get young Jews to feel connected to Israel? To affiliate with traditional Jewish institutions? To care about Jewish continuity, ritual and tradition? As a member of this elusive generation, Stefanie Bregman set out to tackle these questions and sought out to compile a collection of personal essays and memoirs from Jewish 20- and 30-somethings across the country. Review: "At once confrontational, comforting, and hilarious this is the definitive 'Who am I? and why am I?' book for Jews of our generation. I can only hope to one day contribute to a collection this rigorous, this touching, and this important for the question of our identity as Jews."-Mayim Bialik Ph.D. author of Beyond the Sling Series: Jewish Identity in Post-Modern Society Zohar HaRakia By Shimon Duran Translated by Phillip Caplan ISBN 978-1-936235-57-5 530pp. (cloth) $75.00 This text consists of an English translation of the medieval book, Zohar Harakia, an important source work on the analysis of the 613 commandments of the Torah. The Zohar Harakia takes as a point of departure the poetic enumeration of the commandments by Solomon ibn Gabirol. The author, Shimon ben Zemach Duran, explains the often obscure language of ibn Gabirol. As an accomplished Talmudic authority, he also explains the foundational theoretical work on the enumeration by Maimonides, and the dissenting views of Nachmanides. Thus, it serves as a summary of work on the enumeration of the commandments up to the modern period. Duran's style is user friendly, and the translation provides useful notes. Review: "Philip Caplan's translation of Zohar Harakia by Shimon ben Zemach Duran is a learned and faithful rendition of an important Jewish religious classic. The work consists of a commentary by a major medieval rabbi on a major liturgical poem by the great Solomon ibn Gabirol dealing with the 613 commandments. Mr. Caplan's translation will be studied and appreciated by anyone who is interested in medieval Jewish halakha, poetry, and liturgy."-Raymond P. Scheindlin, Professor of Medieval Hebrew Literature, Jewish Theological Seminary of America Series: Judaism and Jewish Life **To order, please visit our website at <http://www.academicstudiespress.com/> www.academicstudiespress.com, alternatively you can always order online at Amazon or through most major retailers including Ingram and Baker &Taylor** Have a wonderful week! Best, Lauren Taylor Sales and Marketing Academic Studies Press Lauren Taylor Sales and Marketing Coordinator Academic Studies Press 28 Montfern Avenue Brighton, MA 02135 Tel: 617.782.6290 Fax: 857.241.3149 www.academicstudiespress.com Check us out on Facebook! <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Academic-Studies-Press/166726100027151> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Academic-Studies-Press/
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