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Library of Jewish Thought

​​​​​​​The center launched a new book series in 2004 under the general editorship of Haim Kreisel and has already published thirty one books.

The series is published by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press and can be ordered through Mossad Bialik.

Last publication: 

Tradition in Times of Crisis: The Relationship Between the Process of Modernization and the Crystallization of Halakha (Hebrew) by Eliezer Sariel (2023) See Here

Trough the analysis of several case studies in Poznań in the first half of the nineteenth century, this volume contributes to our understanding  of the process of the development of Halacha in the pre-modern period.

 

There are two main series:

Tradition in Times of Crisis: The Relationship Between the Process of Modernization and the Crystallization of Halakha (Hebrew) by Eliezer Sariel​

Reading the Bible in the Pre-Modern World: Interpretation, Performance and Image (English), edited by Chanita Goodblatt and Howard Kreisel​.​

The Cosmic Movement: Sources,Contexts, Impact (English), edited by Julie Chajes and Boaz Huss

​Talmudic Stories: Narrative Art, Composition and Culture (habrew), by Jeffrey L. Rubenstein

Salomon Had a Vineyard: God, the Torah and Israel in R. Shlomo Alkabetz's Writings (Hebrew), By Bracha Sack 

'Upon Them We Shall Meditate' Studies on Maimonides' 'Laws of the Study of Torah (Hebrew) by Gerald J. Blidstein

Theosophical Appropriations: Esotericism, Kabbalah, and the Transformation of Traditions, edited by Julie Chajes and Boaz Huss. To the book page.

Jewish Prayer: New Perspectives (Hebrew), edited by Uri Ehrlich. To the book page.

Studies in Kabbalah and Prayer (Hebrew), by Moshe Hallamish​. To the book page.

Jewish Thought and Jewish Belief (hebrew and English), edited by Daniel J. Lasker. To the book page.

Kabbalah and Comtemporary Spiritual Revival, edited by Boaz Huss. To the book page.

A Beloved-Despised Tradition: Modern Jewish Identity and Neo Hasidic Writing at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century (Hebrew), by Nicham Ross. To the book page.

Studies in Repentance: Law, Philosophy and Educational Thought in Maimonides Hilkhot Tshuvah (Hebrew) by Adiel Kadari. To the book page.

Spiritual Authority: Struggles over Cultural Power in Jewish Thought (Hebrew and English), edited by  Haim (Howard) Kreisel, Boaz Huss and Uri Ehrlich. To the book page.

By the Well (Al Pi Habeer), Studies in Jewish Philosophy and Halakhic Thought, Presented to Gerald J. Blidstein (Hebrew), edited by Uri Ehrlich, Haim (Howard) Kreisel and Daniel J. Lasker. To the book page.

Tradition, Heterodoxy and Religious Culture: Judaism and Christianity in the Early Modern Period (English), edited by Chanita Goodblatt and Haim (Howard) Kreisel. Now in full-text. . To the book page.

Study and Knowledge in Jewish Thought (2 volumes, one in Hebrew and the other in English), edited by Haim (Howard) Kreisel. Now in full-text. . To the book page.

Shefa Tal: Studies in Jewish Thought and Culture in Honor of Bracha Sack (Hebrew), edited by Zeev Gries, Haim (Howard) Kreisel, Boaz Huss. Now in full-text. To the book page.

Studies in Halakhic and Midrashic Thought (Hebrew), by Gerald J. Blidstein. To the book page.

Sabbath – Idea, History, Reality (Hebrew and English) edited by Gerald J. Blidstein. Now in full-text.  To the book page.

  • Milḥamot Ha-Shem (The Wars of the Lord) by  Book Five, Part Two and Part Three, Book Six​ by R. Levi Ben Gersh​om (Gersonides) ​ (Hebrew), edited by Ofer Elior. &​​
  • ​Eben Ha-'Ezer, Supecommentary on Ibn Ezra's Torah Commentary, by R. Judah Leon ben Moses Moskoni (3 volumes, hebrew), edited by Haim (Howard) Kreisel

  • Five Early Commentators on R. Abraham Ibn Ezra (Hebrew), editor-in-Chief: Howard Kreisel, editors: David Ben-Zazon, Eliezwe Davodovich, Ofer Elior, Orly Shoshan.

    R. Judah Halevi, The Book of Kuzari The Book of Rejoinder and Proof of the Despised Religion, translated from Judeo-Arabic into modern Hebrew and annonated by Michael Shwarz with an introduction by Daniel J. Lasker

    Livyat Hen by Levi Ben Avraham, The Secrets of the Faith, The Gate of the Haggadah (Hebrew), edited by and introduction and notes by Haim (Howard) Kreisel

    From the Fountains of Sefer Elimah by R. Moshe Cordovero and Studies in his Kabbalah (Hebrew) by Bracha Sack

    The Sermons of R. Zerahya Halevi Saladin (Hebrew), edited with an introduction and notes by Ari Ackerman

    The Writings of R. Moshe Ibn Tibbon (Hebrew), edited by Haim (Howard) Kreisel, Colette Sirat and Avraham Israel.

    Ma'yan Ein Ya'acov, The Fourth Fountain of the Book 'Elimah, by R. Moshe Cordovero  (Hebrew), edited with notes by Bracha Sack, introductions by Shifra Asulin, Melila Hellner-Eshed, Bracha Sack, Esther Liebes and Lea Morris.

    Livyat Hen by Levi ben Avraham: The Quality of Prophecy and the Secrets of the Torah (Hebrew), by Haim (Howard) Kreisel.