Books published by Hebrew Union College Press,U.S.

The report of the Avraham Biran (1975-1982) and Rudolf Cohen (1975-1976) archaeological excavations of Tel 'Aroer in the Negev Desert. The excavations and this account of them, add much new data and a more nuanced understanding of the Negev in the biblical and Roman periods.

The story of Bar Qamtza is one of the most famous in all rabbinic literature. In this tragic tale, a private feud at a Jerusalem banquet triggers a series of events which culminates in the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Amram Tropper enlists this well-known rabbinic tale as a window into the world of its authors and early audiences.

Solomon Bennett Freehof (1892-1990) was one of America's most distinguished, influential, and beloved rabbis. This book analyses Freehof's views on a number of crucial issues that illustrate the evolution of American Reform Judaism.

Wallace Stevens' dark rabbi, from his poem "Le Monocle de Mon Oncle", provides a title for this work on modern Jewish poetry in English. Norman Finkelstein here offers a passionate argument for the importance of Jewish-American poetry to modern Jewish culture-and to American poetry.

In A Collage of Customs, Mark Podwal's imaginative and inventive interpretations of woodcuts from a 16th-century Sefer Minhagim (Book of Customs) allow us to see these historic images in a new light. Podwal brings humour and whimsy to religious objects and practices and delivers a nuanced commentary on Jewish customs and history.

Eminent Jewish scholars from around the world present introductions to the different parts of the Bible for the wider public. The essays encompass a general introduction to the Torah in Jewish life, and include specific essays on each of the Five Books of Moses, as well as on the Haftarot, Neviim, and Ketuvim.

Draws on a wide range of primary sources, incl. classical rabbinic and geonic works, liturgical documents, medieval codes, responsa, and siddur commentaries, minhag books, medieval siddur manuscripts, and early printed siddurim. Provides an in-depth account of the history and history of interpretation of many prayers and liturgical practices.

The Journal of the Hebrew Union College, an anthology of scholarly articles concerning Jewish history, religion and culture from antiquity to the present.

Hebrew Union College Annual is the journal of the Hebrew Union College. Published annually, it is an anthology of scholarly articles concerning Jewish history, religion and culture from antiquity to the present.

This final report presents the archaeological finds from the Iron Age I (circa 1200-950 BCE) levels at Tel Dan, located on a tributary of the Jordan River, in the northeastern Hula Valley in northern Israel. The early Iron Age levels at Tel Dan show material evidence for the presence of local peoples, Egyptians, Cypriots, Aegeans and Syrians.

Hebrew Union College Annual is the flagship journal of Hebrew Union College Press and the primary face of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion to the academic world.

A synopsis and analysis of The Report of the Assembly of Tomar. An assembly convened at the Convent of Christ in the city of Tomar, northeast of Lisbon, in the Spring of 1629. This assembly of ecclesiastical dignitaries and professors of theology and canon law met with the mission to formulate a solution to Portugal's "Jewish problem".

The history of a relatively unknown and short-lived Jewish collegiate organization, Yavneh (The National Jewish Religious Students Association) particularly during its heyday in the 1960s: Yavneh's appearance in 1960, its mission and organizational efflorescence, its educational innovations, its problematic engagement with inter-Jewish pluralism.

Since the period in which the Jewish liturgy was standardized, there has hardly been a time when it was not in a state of flux. Friedland explores the countless ways that the Siddur, Mahzor and Haggadah have been adjusted or transformed so as to faithfully mirror modern Jews' understanding of themselves, their place in society, and their sancta.

Filled with vivid, often dreamlike pictures from the natural world, the poems of Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky, known to her Hebrew readers simply as Zelda, are unlike anything else in Hebrew literature. The Spectacular Difference is the first full-length book of her poems to appear in English translation.

The 19th century neo-Kantian philosopher Hermann Cohen has provided significant underpinnings for understanding Judaism as a religion with a rational and universal character, as a religion of hope for the future. The essays selected here lay out his exposition of God as the Uniquely One and explore the universal implications of this idea.

Describes the many achievements of this extraordinary man whose life straddled two distinct Jewish worlds: he excavated remains of the ancient Nabataeans in Transjordan, described a biblical copper-mining industry at the shore of the Red Sea, and showed how the Negev could support a large population if proper irrigation techniques were used.

This first-ever bilingual edition of the poems of Tuvia Ruebner, published as Ruebner marks his 90th birthday, gives readers in both Hebrew and English access to stunning poetry that insists on shared humanity across all border lines and divides.

The work of a coterie of dynamic women, Women of Reform Judaism has been a force in the shaping of American Jewish life since its founding as the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods in 1913. This collection of new scholarly essays looks back at its history in order to understand how the hopes and dreams of its founders have come to fruition.