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press.princeton.edu Contents Jewish ought | ...... 1 Library of Jewish Ideas ...... 3 Jewish History ...... 4 Jewish Social Science ...... 7 Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World ...... 8 Albert Einstein ...... 10 Lives of Great Religious Books ...... 11 Of Related Interest ...... 12

New Paperback New Paperback New Paperback Eclipse of The Prophetic Hasidism and Studies in the Relation between Martin Buber Modern Man and Philosophy With a new introduction by Martin Buber Martin Buber Jon D. Levenson Edited and translated by With a new introduction by Originally published in English in Maurice Friedman Leora Batnitzky 1949, The Prophetic Faith features With a new introduction by “[Buber] remains a for Martin Buber’s readings of select David Biale our times. As he writes in the pre- biblical prophets—especially First published in 1958, Hasidism lude to this volume, ‘Real listening Isaiah and Deborah, the only fe- and Modern Man examines the has become rare’ . . . . Buber’s words male prophet and judge in the life and religious experiences of could not be more prophetic.” Hebrew . In an approach Hasidic Jews, as well as Buber’s —Leora Batnitzky, Princeton that combines insights from personal response to them. From University biblical prophecy with a concern the autobiographical “My Way Biblical in origin, the expression for events in the here and now, to Hasidism,” to “Hasidism and “eclipse of God” refers to the Jewish Buber outlines his interpretation Modern Man,” and “Love of God concept of hester panim, the act of of biblical revelation. Infused with and Love of Neighbor,” the essays God concealing his face as a way of an anti-institutional—some have span nearly a half a century and punishing his disobedient subjects. said anarchic—sensibility, Buber re ect the evolution of Buber’s Though this idea is deeply trou- discusses the notion of kingship in relation to bling for many people, in this book as portrayed in the Bible and the Hasidic movement. Hasidism Martin Buber uses the expression provides an account of human and Modern Man remains pre- hopefully—for a hiding God is also su ering in an extended discus- scient in its portrayal of a spiritual a God who can be found. sion of the Book of Job. movement that brings God down 2015. 144 pages. 2015. 344 pages. to earth and makes possible a Pa: 978-0-691-16530-1 $24.95 | £16.95 Pa: 978-0-691-16624-7 $24.95 | £16.95 modern philosophy in which the human becomes sacred. Cover art: Golden Ge lte Fish, acrylic on canvas, 2008. © Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern. Featured on the cover of The Golden Age Shtetl: A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe by 2015. 160 pages. Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern (see page 4). Pa: 978-0-691-16541-7 $24.95 | £16.95 New New Paperback New What’s Divine about Reconceiving Infertility Divine Law? Life and Thought Biblical Perspectives on Early Perspectives Moshe Halbertal Procreation and Childlessness Candida R. Moss & Christine Hayes “In a sea of literature about the Joel S. Baden “For anyone interested in the great twelfth-century Jewish history of Western legal thought, sage and philosopher, one could “Moss and Baden do a wonderful this lucid, lively, and meticulously do no better than turn to Moshe job of showing that infertility in argued book is an indispensable Halbertal’s single volume work on the Bible is not just a medical text. With verve and a scholar’s Maimonides. . . . Accessible to both description but also a cultural idea mastery of the sources, Hayes scholar and interested general arising from a complex mixture brilliantly tells the story of an reader, this book should be the of expectations and discourses ancient theological quarrel whose  rst work on Maimonides for an about age, gender, patriotism, echoes can still be heard in every English reader to approach.” economics, politics, and religion. law school classroom today.” —David Tesler, Association of Jew- Reconceiving Infertility is an impor- —Anthony Kronman, Yale Law ish Libraries Reviews tant and exciting contribution.” School 2015. 400 pages. —Jeremy Schipper, author of Dis- Pa: 978-0-691-16566-0 $24.95 | £16.95 ability and Isaiah’s Su ering Servant “Hayes invites us to consider how Cl: 978-0-691-15851-8 $35.00 | £24.95 2015. 328 pages. 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press.princeton.edu Jewish Social Science • 7 Cultural Exchange De ning Neighbors Now Available in Paperback Jews, Christians, and Art in the Religion, Race, and the Early The Scandal of Medieval Marketplace Zionist-Arab Encounter Leon Modena, Jewish Joseph Shatzmiller Jonathan Marc Gribetz Mysticism, Early Modern Venice “Clearly, this book is only the “[F]ortuitously for readers, Yaacob Dweck beginning of a series of works Gribetz’s work . . . contextualize[s] 2011. 296 pages. 12 halftones. Pa: 978-0-691-16215-7 $24.95 | £16.95 dedicated to the study of material a present-day shift toward Cl: 978-0-691-14508-2 $41.95 | £28.95 links between medieval Jewish religious rhetoric, symbols, and Honorable Mention for the 2014 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Medieval and and Christian communities and of organizations in the con ict. He Early Modern Jewish History, Association the interdependence they unveil. shows that religion was once for Jewish Studies And we can only hope that its central for Jews and seek- Finalist, 2012 Best First Book in the History of Award, American Academy successors will keep up the high ing to understand each other, of Religion standards of writing and meth- and that nationality is in fact a odological expertise established latecomer to that encounter. But in Cultural Exchange by Joseph more importantly, he shows that Shatzmiller.” a religious encounter need not —Andor Kelenhegyi, European mean a holy war.” Review of History —Raphael Magarik, Haaretz Demonstrating that similarities “In this meticulously researched between Jewish and Christian book, Gribetz o ers a fresh look at art in the Middle Ages were early relations between Zionists more than coincidental, Cultural and Arabs in Palestine. Examining Exchange meticulously combines what he terms their ‘textual con- a wide range of sources to versation,’ he highlights the role of show how Jews and Christians religion and race in the develop- Now Available in Paperback exchanged artistic and mate- ment of mutual perceptions. The rial culture. Joseph Shatzmiller British used religion to separate The Bible in Arabic The Scriptures of the “People focuses on communities in the communities; race could have of the Book” in the Language northern Europe, Iberia, and other served to break down barriers of of Islam Mediterranean societies where identity. Gribetz reminds us that Sidney H. Gri th Jews and Christians coexisted for the way people understand each 2015. 272 pages. 6 halftones. centuries, and he synthesizes the other is not  xed or immutable.” Pa: 978-0-691-16808-1 $24.95 | £16.95 most current research to describe —Ambassador (Ret.) Daniel Cl: 978-0-691-15082-6 $29.95 | £19.95 the daily encounters that enabled Kurtzer, Princeton University both societies to appreciate com- 2014. 312 pages. 4 halftones. mon artistic values. Cl: 978-0-691-15950-8 $35.00 | £24.95 Imperialism and Jewish 2013. 208 pages. 29 halftones. 1 line illus. Society, Cl: 978-0-691-15699-6 $35.00 | £24.95 200 B.C.E. to 640 C.E. Seth Schwartz See page 6 for details.

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