Author: Michael Fishbane
Publisher: University Of Chicago Pre
Keywords: theology, jewish, attunement, sacred
Number of Pages: 246
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0226251713
ISBN-13: 9780226251714

Contemporary theology, and Jewish theology in particular, Michael Fishbane asserts, now lies fallow, beset by strong critiques from within and without. For Jewish reality, a coherent and wide-ranging response in thoroughly modern terms is needed. Sacred Attunement is Fishbane’s attempt to renew Jewish theology for our time, in the larger context of modern and postmodern challenges to theology and theological thought in the broadest sense. The first part of the book regrounds theology in this setting and opens up new pathways through nature, art, and the theological dimension as a whole. In t

Author: Michael Fishbane
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: biblical, series, literature, indiana, hermeneutics, essays, garments, torah
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1992-09-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0253207525
ISBN-13: 9780253207524

"In this almost painfully beautiful book... Fishbane... explores the question of the kind of canon, privileged status, or Logos, the Torah actually has for the post-modern Western Jew. " -- Theology Today"A book well worth reading." -- The Jerusalem Post"This wonderful volume documents the intellectual and spiritual odyssey of one of North America’s foremost Jewish biblical scholars." -- Shofar

Author: Michael Fishbane
Publisher: HarperOne
Keywords: traditions, series, world, religious, judaism, revelation
Number of Pages: 149
Published: 1987-12-23
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0060626550
ISBN-13: 9780060626556

An authoritative look at Judaism’s historical sweep and distinctive religious dimensions, showing how it developed out of the Hebrew Bible and has diversified throughout history and throughout the world.

Author: Michael Fishbane
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Keywords: stroum, althea, lectures, jewish, studies, samuel, judaism, god, spiritual, mystical, death, kiss
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1996-09
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 0295975555
ISBN-13: 9780295975559

Author: Michael Fishbane
Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
Keywords: thought, history, exegesis, jewish, imagination, midrashic
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 1993-07
List price: $57.50
ISBN-10: 079141521X
ISBN-13: 9780791415214

Author: Michael Fishbane
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society of America
Keywords: english, hebrew, haftarot, commentary, bible, jps
Number of Pages: 700
Published: 2002-06
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0827606915
ISBN-13: 9780827606913

Authors:John J. Collins, Michael Fishbane,
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: series, religious, studies, suny, journeys, ecstasy, worldly, death
Number of Pages: 423
Published: 1995-03
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0791423468
ISBN-13: 9780791423462

This is a psychological and historical exploration of belief in a spirit world, imperceptible to the senses, as a pervasive and deeply-rooted characteristic of religion. Belief in a spirit world, and a blissful or agonizing afterlife, is one of the most pervasive and deeply-rooted characteristics of religion. This volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of this basic religious theme. Most of the case studies are drawn from Jewish and Christian tradition, providing in-depth coverage of Judaism and Christianity from late Antiquity through the Medieval period. There are also examples from Isl