Ishmael on the Border

Ishmael on the BorderExplores rabbinic views of Ishmael, the biblical figure seen as the first Arab. Ishmael on the Border is an in depth study of the rabbinic treatment of Abraham's firstborn son, Ishmael. This book examines Ishmael's conflicted portrayal over a thousand year period and traces the shifts and nuances in his representation within the Jewish tradition before and after the emergence of Islam. In classical rabbinic texts, Ishmael is depicted in a variety of

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Welfare and sustainability are now major issues in egg production

This volume contributes a Latin American perspective to the global debate on populism

This study explores how the themes of the disperata genre - including hopelessness

and calligraphy played much the same role in the development of thought in China as science did for philosophy in the west

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the essays diagnose the problems faced by women workers across the world and assess the progress that unions in various countries have made in responding to those problems

the book explores an approach to language that rethinks its role as a mere tool for communication or for the dissemination of knowledge

This accessible early childhood education text offers an in-depth look at the creation and implementation of a series of civic-minded

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China's first imperial dynasty (221–206 BCE)