David Biale, Author Schocken Books Inc $18.95 (244p) ISBN 978-0-8052-4015-3
To shed light on the tensions he observed between Jewish perceptions of power versus political realitieswhich ""are often the cause of misguided political decisions,'' like Israel's Lebanese WarBiale analyzes Jewish history from the point of view of
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David Biale, Author Basic Books $24 (319p) ISBN 978-0-465-02033-1
Critiquing a body of texts that runs a wide gamut from the Bible to Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint , this fine, authoritative history of Jewish sexuality may well become a standard reference. Biale ( Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History )...
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David Biale, Author HarperOne $14 (0p) ISBN 978-0-465-02034-8
Critiquing a body of texts that runs a wide gamut from the Bible to Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint , this fine, authoritative history of Jewish sexuality may well become a standard reference. (Oct.)
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David Biale et al. Princeton, $45 (808p) ISBN 978-0-691-17515-7
For this remarkably well-researched and expansive history of Hasidism, a team of scholars has collaborated to produce an intelligent and eminently readable exploration of a branch of Judaism that has made an extraordinary mark on Jewish life. The...
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