Examines the thought of Li Guangdi, an exponent of the Cheng-Zhu school of Confucianism and a powerful statesman during the Qing dynasty.

A fascinating collection of tales and lore from the ancient Oracle at Delphi, this book provides both a collection of good stories and finds spiritual enlightenment weaved throughout these diverse offerings.

A selection of his more important writings.

A selection of his more important writings.

Examines each rabbinic text or sequence of homilies in order to uncover specific value concepts which are reflected in them either explicitly or implicitly.

Explores how modern Judaism has balanced between universalism and particularism.

Explores the religious experience of Judaism through the perceptions and teachings of ordinary Jews and the creative elite.

Describes the actual mode of thought of the Rabbis of the Midrash and the Talmud, and indicates how they derived their own moral teachings from the Bible.

Essays in honor of Oskar Brecher.

Explores the wider aspects of the rabbinic mind.

Describes how Halakah, or Jewish Law, enables the individual to achieve religious experience.

Examines the notion of divine incarnations as a central element of the portrait of God that came into focus through the Judaism of the dual Torah.

An Arabic-language treatise on usury from a theological and philosophical perspective.

Explores Western and Muslim scholarship on multiple aspects of the Twelver Shi’ite tradition.

Attempts to discover a coherent unity in rabbinic theology.

Argues that the religious movement of Mormonism branched off from mainstream Calvinist Christianity in a slow and deliberate process.

Explores the history of how the Eden story in Genesis has been understood.

Explores the canon of Rabbinic literature.

Explores the canon of Rabbinic literature.

Explores the canon of Rabbinic literature.

Thorough analysis of rabbinic thought.

Translation of an Arabic work extolling the person and mission of Jesus.

Illustrates how the American Conservative Movement in Judaism can continue to prosper amidst ideological and institutional challenges.

Drawing on textual and anthropological research, this book demonstrates how popular ritual texts and stories have shaped the religion and culture of the only surviving Mahayana Buddhist society, the Newars of Kathmandu.

Discusses the relationship between the secularization of American society and Supreme Court decisions regarding the separation of church and state and offers a judicial alternative.