The Scandal of Kabbalah(1st Edition) Leon Modena, Jewish Mysticism, Early Modern Venice (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World) by Yaacob Dweck, MichaelCook, Peter Schäfer, William Jordan Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2011 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-14508-2, ISBN: 0-691-14508-3
" The Scandal of Kabbalah is the first book about the origins of a culture war that began in early modern Europe and continues to this day: the debate between kabbalists and their critics on the nature of Judaism and the meaning of religious tradition. From its medieval beginnings as an esoteric form of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah spread throughout the early modern world and became a central feature of Jewish life. Scholars have l ..."
"How old is prejudice against black people? Were the racist attitudes that fueled the Atlantic slave trade firmly in place 700 years before the European discovery of sub-Saharan Africa? In this groundbreaking book, David Goldenberg seeks to discover how dark-skinned peoples, especially black Africans, were portrayed in the Bible and by those who interpreted the Bible--Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Unprecedented in rigor and breadth, his ..."
"In this beautifully realized study, Peter Schäfer investigates the origins of a female manifestation of God in Jewish mysticism. The search itself is a fascinating exploration of the idea of a feminine divinity. And Schäfer's surprising but persuasive conclusions yield deeper understanding of the complex but frequently intimate relationship between Christianity and Judaism--and of the development of religious concepts more generally. ..."
"Bringing together essays on topics related to Islamic law, this book is composed of articles by prominent legal scholars and historians of Islam. They exemplify a critical development in the field of Islamic Studies: the proliferation of methodological approaches that employ a broad variety of sources to analyze social and political developments."
Beautiful Death(Updated) Jewish Poetry and Martyrdom in Medieval France (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World) by Susan L. Einbinder, MichaelCook, Peter Schäfer, William Jordan Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 2002 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-09053-5, ISBN: 0-691-09053-X
" When Crusader armies on their way to the Holy Land attacked Jewish communities in the Rhine Valley, many Jews chose suicide over death at the hands of Christian mobs. With their defiant deaths, the medieval Jewish martyr was born. With the literary commemoration of the victims, Jewish martyrology followed. Beautiful Death examines the evolution of a long-neglected corpus of Hebrew poetry, the laments reflecting the specific conditio ..."
Defining Neighbors Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World) by Jonathan Marc Gribetz, MichaelCook, Peter Schäfer, William Jordan Hardcover, 312 Pages, Published 2014 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-15950-8, ISBN: 0-691-15950-5
" As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict persists, aspiring peacemakers continue to search for the precise territorial dividing line that will satisfy both Israeli and Palestinian nationalist demands. The prevailing view assumes that this struggle is nothing more than a dispute over real estate. Defining Neighbors boldly challenges this view, shedding new light on how Zionists and Arabs understood each other in the earliest years of Zion ..."
The Diocese of Exeter in 1821 Devon v. 2: Bishop Carey's Replies to Queries Before Visitation (New) by MichaelCook Paperback, Published by Devon & Cornwall Record Society ISBN-13: 978-0-901853-07-3, ISBN: 0-901853-07-0
The Diocese of Exeter in 1821 Cornwall v. 1: Bishop Carey's Replies to Queries Before Visitation (New) by MichaelCook Paperback, Published by Devon & Cornwall Record Society ISBN-13: 978-0-901853-06-6, ISBN: 0-901853-06-2
Managing Archives (Management of Public Sector Records: A Study Programme) by MichaelCook, Laura Agnes Millar, Michael Roper Spiral, 177 Pages, Published 2000 by International Records Management Trust ISBN-13: 978-0-9537881-4-9, ISBN: 0-9537881-4-8
Managing Archives A Procedures Manual (Management of Public Sector Records: A Study Programme) by Laura Agnes Millar, Michael Roper, MichaelCook Spiral, 109 Pages, Published by International Records Management Trust ISBN-13: 978-1-903354-11-7, ISBN: 1-903354-11-0