Dostoevsky attached introductions to his most challenging narratives. Despite his clever attempts to call his readers’ attention to these introductions, they... Læs mere
Groundbreaking interpretations of classical rabbinic texts lead the reader through an exploration of “attuned learning”,... Læs mere
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Describes the history of Jews in Kiev from the tenth century to the February 1917 Revolution. The book... Læs mere
Situated on the intersection of comparative literary criticism, political history and theory, and cultural analysis,... Læs mere
This book will stimulate scholarly interest in the Ukrainian language and literature that have faced... Læs mere
Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra's commentary is one of the great biblical exegeses produced by medieval Jewry. His commentary... Læs mere
This book looks into the creative minds of some recent, mostly “defunct” economists. Economists such as Keynes and Lowe represent world-class... Læs mere
Conflict and change are fundamental elements of social reality and of the Jewish historical experience.... Læs mere
Conflict and change are fundamental elements of social reality and of the Jewish historical experience.... Læs mere
Presents a sketch of the Meaning-Text linguistic approach, richly illustrated by examples borrowed mainly from English. The text covers the basic idea that underlies this... Læs mere
Georgy Ivanov’s brilliant and controversial Petersburg Winters (1927), a memoir of blended fact and fiction, and the surrealistic Disintegration of the Atom (1937), a prose poem of Parisian émigré life moving erotically in war’s shadow “at the speed of darkness.”