The history and writings of the Samaritans remain an often overlooked subject in the field of biblical studies. This volume, which assembles papers presented at a 2010 symposium held in Zurich, illuminates the history of the Samaritans as well as passages that address them in bi…
Review text: "Scholars will benefit from Wilson's meticulous commentary, and anyone interested in the complicated dynamic of Greco-Jewish interactions in the Hellenistic period will find this book most helpful."Ruth M. Gais in: Religious Studies Review 4/2007 "Der Kommentar leis…
The Grammar is intended as a textbook to support Hebrew classes which gives the teachers the maximum latitude for the selection and application of different teaching methods and for the students simplifies the tasks of learning, looking up and repetition with its clear and trans…
Biographical note: Daphna V. Arbel, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Andrei A. Orlov, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
This book is first of its kind to deal with the interwar Jewish emigration from Germany in a comparative framework and follows the entire migration process from the point of view of the emigrants. It combines the usage of social and economic measures with the individual stories …
"What are rituals, if not ancient practices, unchanged throughout generations? Yet, if we compare the rituals described in late Second Temple texts to those in the Hebrew Bible it is apparent that rituals do change. Were such rituals practiced, or were they forms of textual imag…
During the era of Jewish mass migration from Eastern Europe (from the 1880s until the First World War), Switzerland with its liberal policies on foreigners became a key destination for students, revolutionaries, and travelers. The micro-studies and more general approaches of thi…
Texte zum Rechts- und Wirtschaftsleben
Juden in Deutschland befinden sich heute an einem Wendepunkt: Die Überlebenden des Holocaust sterben und mit ihnen die authentische Erinnerung. Heute sind es die Kinder der russischsprachigen Einwanderer, die zahlreich nach Deutschland gekommen sind und hier mit grossem Elan ein…
