From the original legends of the Bible to the peace accords of today's newspapers, this engaging, one-volume history of the Jews will fascinate and inform. 30 illustrations.

In 'The Chronicles of the Jewish People, ' Professor Raymond P. Scheindlin, of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, presents a comprehensive and panoramic view of the entire history of the Jews, from the earliest beginnings as ...

In this companion volume to Wine, Women, and Death, we see how the surrounding Arabic culture influenced the new poetry that was being written for the synagogue service.

In this delight delightful book, Scheindlin presents the original Hebrew poetry with his own melodic English translations, each followed by commentary that explains its cultural context.

He tells the story of Halevi's journey through selections from these revealing sources and explores its meaning through discussions of his stirring poetry, presented here in new verse translations with full commentary.In Hebrew verse of ...

Most frequently used Arabic verbs are conjugated, one verb to a page. A concentrated review of Arabic verb forms for both beginning and advanced students.

Popular phrases, words, and expressions accompany the complete conjugation of common Arabic verbs.

This "bencher" style book offers the paintings, translations and commentary on the Sabbath table liturgy and customs, taken from the hardback version of Kabbalat Shabbat: the Grand Unification, without the synagogue liturgy and ...