This book examines major Russian TV series focusing on three major issues: Russian television’s transition to digital... Læs mere
The late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have been a period of mass production and proliferation of Jewish ideas, and have witnessed major changes in Jewish life and... Læs mere
Between 1840 and 1880, a mature, increasingly comfortable, native-born Jewish community emerged and... Læs mere
This book implements a multidisciplinary approach in describing language both in its ontogenetic development and in its close interrelationship... Læs mere
When Maimonides' Mishneh Torah reached Lunel, France, scholars composed twenty-four objections to his positions. Maimonides'... Læs mere
The Great War is still seen as a mostly European war. The Middle Eastern theatre is, at best, considered a... Læs mere
Addresses the conundrum of how Jewish believers in the divine character of the Sinaitic revelation confront the questions raised by academic biblical... Læs mere
This volume of collected essays brings forth new paradigms in the exploration between the intersection of Judaism’s concern with eating, dignity, food ethics, and animal... Læs mere
This volume presents the concepts of sin and failure in Jewish thought, weaving together biblical and rabbinic studies to reveal a holistic portrait of the notion of sin and failure within Jewish thought.
The powerful prose of Dostoevsky continues to fascinate readers today. A Dostoevsky Companion: Texts and Contexts aims to help students and readers navigate... Læs mere
Demonstrates how descriptions and evocations of New York City are connected to various stylistic modes and topical questions urgent to Ukrainian poetry... Læs mere
Isaak Babel (1894-1940) is arguably one of the greatest modern short-story writers of the early 20th century. This is the first book in English to study the... Læs mere