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  • The Emergence of Tribalism in the Pentateuchal Narratives
    Dr. Martin Sicker
    Tribalism in the twenty-first century, as it has since prehistoric times, implies the possession of a strong cultural or ethnic identity that separates one member of a group from the members of another group. Based on strong relations of proximity and kinship, as well as relations based on the mutual survival of both the individual members of the tribe and for the tribe itself,...
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    19,71 €

  • Reflections on Issues in Judaic Law and Lore
    Dr. Martin Sicker
    The fundamental basis of Judaism, as is well known, is the Torah, the teachings contained in the Pentateuch, the five biblical books the composition of which is traditionally attributed to Moses. These teachings may be grouped in two basic categories, matters between man and man, individually as well as societally, and matters between man and God. The basic guidelines that ap...
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    19,96 €

  • A Study of Jewish Worship
    Dr. Martin Sicker
    Judaism, the origin of which dates from the rejection of polytheism by the patriarch Abraham nearly four thousand years ago, is committed to the worship of the one and only God. In the course of that long period of devotion, the character of that worship has evolved from a primitive form to progressively more sophisticated approaches necessitated by historical circumstances. ...
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    19,88 €

  • The Afterlife in Judaic Thought
    Dr. Martin Sicker
    The central theme of this study is the eschatology of Judaism as conceived by its proponents from remote antiquity to the present day, eschatology being a branch of theology concerned with the end of history and time as we know it. Eschatological theories and beliefs will be found in every culture where its thinkers struggle to make sense of their lives and history, and most p...
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    19,97 €

  • Reflections on the Evolution of Jewish Mysticism
    Dr. Martin Sicker
    It has been asserted that monotheism, in the Jewish tradition, has long been understood both exoterically and esoterically. In the exoteric Scripture-based rabbinic tradition, monotheism is the belief in a one and only God, a belief which goes hand in hand with the affirmation of distinct individual and divine existences, so that there is a dualism between humanity and God. I...
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    19,87 €

  • A Political History of Judea from 609 Bce to 135 Ce
    Martin Sicker
    The geopolitical history of the Middle East in antiquity is principally the story of the continuing struggle for domination of the trade routes of the eastern littoral of the Mediterranean Sea, some of the most valued of which passed through the relatively narrow strip of territory stretching from the Egyptian frontier in the Sinai desert to southern Syria, and from there to Me...
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    20,82 €

  • Studies in the Five Books of Moses
    Dr. Martin Sicker / DrMartin Sicker
    The five studies in this volume focus on aspects of the narratives in the Five Books of Moses (The Pentateuch) that have frequently been glossed over by commentators, ancient and modern, and remain contentious to this very day. These studies address issues such as the complex triangular relationships between Sarah, Abraham, and Hagar as depicted in the book of Genesis; the ’b...
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    21,08 €

  • Between Faith and Reason
    Dr. Martin Sicker / DrMartin Sicker
    The studies in this volume discuss some of the issues implicit but not resolved in the Hebrew Scriptures including the problems inherent in the topics of theology and religious philosophy as discussed and argued by scholars for more than two millennia. The studies address the problem of philosophy, the troublesome issues of moral autonomy and divine omniscience and theodicy, f...
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    23,06 €

  • Reflections on the Major Holy Days of Judaism
    Dr. Martin Sicker / DrMartin Sicker
    It should come as no surprise that Judaism, which has existed as the religion and culture of the children of Israel since the days of Moses, more than three millennia ago, has had occasion to institute markers reflective of its development and history from then to the present day. The present work, ’Reflections on the Major Holy Days of Judaism,’ is intentionally limited in sc...
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    23,56 €

  • Further Studies of the Narratives in the Book of Genesis
    Dr. Martin Sicker / DrMartin Sicker
    The stories in the Book of Genesis have been studied intensely for more than two millennia, providing a virtual mountain of commentary on every aspect of the narratives contained therein. Viewed from a traditional perspective, the stories related in Genesis are essentially graphic philosophical and theological narratives designed to convey profound ideas and insights that woul...
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    18,66 €

  • The Evolution of Judaism from Ezra to the Present
    Martin Sicker
    Pharisaic Judaism, discussed in part 1 of this study, was an inseparable element in the political history of the Second Hebrew Commonwealth. With the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, along with the skeleton of what was once a Jewish state, Judaism entered a period of crisis far more severe than experienced with the destruction of the First Temple, along with the F...
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    18,39 €

  • The Evolution of Judaism from Ezra to the Present
    Martin Sicker
    The story of the evolution of Judaism from its origins in the remote past into the complex and various forms by which it is known in the present day does not lend itself to a straightforward historical narrative. The following study attempts to understand how the Second Hebrew Commonwealth came into being and the critical role that Mosaic religion played in the process, which r...
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    15,58 €

  • Studies of the Narratives in the Book of Genesis
    Martin Sicker
    The stories in the book of Genesis have been studied intensely for more than two millennia, providing a virtual mountain of commentary on every aspect of the narratives contained therein. Viewed from a traditional perspective, the stories related in Genesis are essentially graphic philosophical and theological narratives designed to convey profound ideas and insights that would...
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    15,49 €

  • The Second Book of Kings
    Martin Sicker
    The subject of this study is the continuing story of the transition of the ancient Israelites from a loose confederation of ethnically related tribes into a territorially based nation and state and its subsequent transition to a monarchy, as depicted in the biblical books of Samuel. The work that follows begins with the succession of Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, to the throne of t...
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    15,39 €

  • The Book of Judges
    Martin Sicker
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    17,90 €

  • The Book of Joshua
    Martin Sicker
    The subject of this study is the prophetic history of Joshua and the first stages of the conquest of the Promised Land, as presented in the Masoretic text of the biblical Book of Joshua. The term prophetic history is employed to describe the subject because prophecy in biblical thought is not fatalistic and does not predict future events. What it does do is assert that the ...
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    24,16 €

  • Reflections on the Book of Numbers
    Martin Sicker
    Perusing this biblical book through a theopolitical prism, it may be seen that another unifying theme that courses through the diverse contents of this biblical work is that of molding the diverse tribes of the children of Israel into a functioning confederacy presided over by an increasingly strong central authority. For forty years, Moses wrestled with the problem of retainin...
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    30,69 €

  • Reflections on the Book of Leviticus
    Martin Sicker
    The theme that unifies the diverse contents of this biblical work is that of holiness, as the text asserts: Ye shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy (Lev. 19:2). The burden of the work is set forth guidelines as to how the children of Israel were to attain that goal. One of the great practical issues dealt with in Leviticus is the problem of connecting with the one and...
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    30,57 €

  • The Second Book of Samuel
    Martin Sicker
    The subject of this study is the story of the rise of David to become the king of Judah and subsequently king of all Israel, and the anything but smooth transition from a tribal confederacy to a centralized state, from the ethnic kingdom of the Israelites to the territorial kingdom of Israel that also included numerous minority groups, as presented in the Masoretic text of the ...
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    27,46 €

  • The Book of Daniel
    Martin Sicker
    Although there are numerous diverse aspects to Daniel, eschatological, theological, historical, and philological that have long engaged scholars of the work, this study of the text reads it as having a single overarching theme, an exposition of the implicit biblical philosophy of history, which posits the divine role in history as understood from a prophetic perspective. The p...
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    23,30 €

  • The First Book of Samuel
    Martin Sicker
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    18,56 €

  • Geography and Politics Among Nations
    Martin Sicker
    Geography and Politics Among Nations is intended to assist the general reader to grasp the significance of geopolitical awareness in the conduct of foreign relations. Toward this end, the book begins with a cursory review of selected examples of geopolitical thought from antiquity to the present, which illustrates some of the main tendencies in geopolitical thinking throughout ...
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    15,10 €

  • The Moral Philosophy of Judaism
    Martin Sicker
    The concern of The Moral Philosophy of Judaism is with the first principles that underlie the approach of Judaic ethics to the manifold issues confronting mankind generally and adherents of Judaism in particular in the contemporary world. The book explores the fundamental biblical concept of man’s moral autonomy and its implications, the meaning and significance of the fundame...
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    13,58 €

  • Pondering the Imponderable
    Martin Sicker / Sicker Martin Sicker
    Pondering the Imponderable explores the philosophical and theological problems of God and their implications from a Judaic perspective including the attempts at ’knowing the unknowable’ and ’naming the unnamable’ that have been articulated over the course of some two millennia, as well as how the chasm between man and ...
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    14,34 €

  • The Book of the Covenant
    Martin Sicker
    According to the biblical narrative, in addition to the Ten Commandments, Moses received a series of supplementary instructions to guide the people as they set about establishing a society in conformity with the covenant that are to be found in the so-called the Book of the Covenant. The book, which is imbedded in the biblical book of Exodus essentially contains addenda or amen...
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    14,39 €

  • The Theopolitical Discourses of Moses
    Martin Sicker
    The Book of Deuteronomy, the last of the Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, consists in the main of Moses’ final discourses delivered to the children of Israel as they stood poised to begin the conquest and settlement of the land upon which they were to build a national society.The central concern of Moses, as reflected in these discourses, is with the challenge of nation build...
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    20,81 €

  • The Theopolitical Discourses of Moses
    Martin Sicker
    The Book of Deuteronomy, the last of the Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, consists in the main of Moses’ final discourses delivered to the children of Israel as they stood poised to begin the conquest and settlement of the land upon which they were to build a national society.The central concern of Moses, as reflected in these discourses, is with the challenge of nation build...
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    17,87 €

  • The Convocation at Sinai
    Martin Sicker
    The biblical narrative of the revelatory events at Mount Sinai, and the covenant with God entered into by the children of Israel, deals with the critical formative event in the religious and cultural history of ancient Israel. However, the narrative also contains a number of enigmatic passages that have long troubled readers of Scripture.In this book, the author undertakes to u...
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    14,34 €

  • The Ten Commandments
    Martin Sicker
    The Ten Commandments is an exploration into the background, meaning, and implications of the Decalogue from a Judaic perspective. Although they have become a universal symbol of Judeo-Christian civilization, it is only within Judaism that the Ten Commandments have a juridical function that goes beyond the mere announcement of a set of key precepts for man and society. In Judais...
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    12,85 €

  • The Exodus and the Reluctant Prophet
    Martin Sicker
    The biblical narrative of the Exodus and of Moses, the reluctant prophet who was chosen to lead it, deals with the critical formative event in the history of ancient Israel. However, the narrative also contains a number of enigmatic passages as well as some seemingly unrelated episodes.In this book, the author undertakes to unravel the enigmas and show how the various disparate...
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    15,14 €


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