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“david bleich”

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  • Subjective Criticism

    by David Bleich ...
    Originally published in 1981. The meaning and objectives of literature, argues David Bleich, are created by the reader, who depends on community consensus to validate his or her judgements. Bleich proposes that the study of English be consciously reoriented from a knowledge-finding to a knowledge-making enterprise. This involves a new explanation of language acquisition in childhood, a ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • The Materiality of Language

    Gender, Politics, and the University

    by David Bleich ...
    A critique of male-dominated modes of language use, their roots in higher education, their effects, and their spill over into popular culture.David Bleich sees the human body, its affective life, social life, and political functions as belonging to the study of language. In The Materiality of Language, Bleich addresses the need to end centuries of limiting access to language and its many contexts ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Contemporary Halakhic Problems: Volume VIII

    by Bleich, J. David ...
    Understanding Halakhah requires appreciating the subtle interplay betweentimeless principles and complex, ever-changing realities. The contemporarystudent of Halakhah must assess not only the questions of today, but also anticipate the questions of tomorrow. In this volume of Contemporary Halakhic Problems, Rabbi J. David Bleich not only offers a compelling analysis of the principles and ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • The Philosophical Quest

    Of Philosophy, Ethics, Law and Halakhah

    by Bleich, J. David ...
    This volume includes discussions of the axiological principles of faith that define the essence of Judaism, analyses of particular principles such as the nature of the Deity, providence, prophecy and revelation. Other topics addressed are tikkun olam and Jewish responsibilities in a non-Jewish society and obligations derived from natural law or a moral conscience. ... Read more

    $12.35 CAD

  • Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues

    by J. David Bleich, Arthur J. Jacobson ...
    Organized as a series of authoritative discussions, this book presents the application of Jewish law - or Halakhah - to contemporary social and political issues. Beginning with the principle of divine revelation, it describes the contents and canons of interpretation of Jewish law. Though divinely received, the law must still be interpreted and 'completed' by human minds, often leading to the ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • The Diabetes LIFEMAP

    Data Driven Diabetes Care for the 21st Century

    by David Bleich, MD ...
    The Diabetes LIFEMAP changes the way chronic diabetes care is delivered forever.The LIFEMAP raises diabetes care for the primary care and ancillary healthcare provider to the level of world renown diabetes expert, David Bleich, MD. For patients, the LIFEMAP provides real-time diabetes care that changes a “tough-to-manage” disease into a shared, personal, and efficient management experience. The ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Autobiographical Writing Across the Disciplines

    A Reader

    by Ruth Behar, David Bleich ...
    Autobiographical Writing Across the Disciplines reveals the extraordinary breadth of the intellectual movement toward self-inclusive scholarship. Presenting exemplary works of criticism incorporating personal narratives, this volume brings together twenty-seven essays from scholars in literary studies and history, mathematics and medicine, philosophy, music, film, ethnic studies, law, education, ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Judaism and Environmental Ethics

    A Reader

    by E L. Allen, Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, Jeremy Benstein, Philip J. Bentley, J David Bleich, Gerald Blidstein, Jeremy Cohen, David Ehrenfeld, Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Hans Jonas, Leon R. Kass, Eric Katz, Jeanne Kay, Aldo Leopold, Ze'ev Levy, Eric Rosenblum, RobertD Sacks, Arthur Schaeffer, Eilon Schwartz, Steven S. Schwarzschild, Lawrence Troster, Michael Wyschogrod ...
    Martin D. Yaffe's Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader is a well-conceived exploration of three interrelated questions: Does the Hebrew Bible, or subsequent Jewish tradition, teach environmental responsibility or not? What Jewish teachings, if any, appropriately address today's environmental crisis? Do ecology, Judaism, and philosophy work together, or are they at odds with each other in ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

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    A Study of Interactional Patterns, Pathologies and Paradoxes

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  • Jesus Before the Gospels

    How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior

    by Bart D. Ehrman ...
    The bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus, one of the most renowned and controversial Bible scholars in the world today examines oral tradition and its role in shaping the stories about Jesus we encounter in the New Testament—and ultimately in our understanding of early Christianity.Throughout much of human history, our most important stories were passed down orally—including the stories about ... Read more

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  • Why I Believed: Reflections of a Former Missionary

    by Kenneth W Daniels ...
    This is a story of a true Christian who believed for nearly three decades, having grown up the son of evangelical missionary parents, later becoming a missionary himself. Yet he slowly lost his faith and now no longer holds it. In this part-autobiography, part-exposé, Ken traces his journey from evangelical missionary to secular humanist while remaining part of a committed Christian family. He ... Read more

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