Jason Aronson Inc imprint: 443 books
Meditation and Judaism
Exploring the Jewish Meditative Paths
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2004
Meditation and Judaism is a comprehensive work on Jewish meditation, encompassing the entire spectrum of Jewish thought_from the early Kabbalists to the modern Chassidic and Mussar masters, the sages of the Talmud, to the modern philosophers. Both a scholarly, in-depth study of meditative practices,...
To Heal the Soul
The Spiritual Journal of a Chasidic Rebbe
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1995
Within the vast and varied body of chasidic literature, rarely does one find a chasidic rebbe writing about himself. Those rebbes who did choose to put pen to paper tended to write expositions on biblical or rabbinical texts, and in many cases it was their students and followers who copied down their...
Above the Zodiac
Astrology in Jewish Thought
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1996
Above the Zodiac: Astrology in Jewish Thought uncovers the profound connection between Jewish mysticism and classic astrology by citing the many references scattered throughout Jewish literature to the influence of the stars on human destiny. Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson gives a month-by-month rendering...
Jewish History in Conflict
A Study of the Major Discrepancy between Rabbinic and Conventional Chronology
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1997
The author writes:
“According to Seder Olam Rabbah, the work that forms the basis for almost all rabbinic chronology, the .period from the defeat of the Babylonians by the Medeo-Persians until the beginning of Greek rule, encompassed 52 years and spanned the reigns of three Persian kings....
Frumspeak
The First Dictionary of Yeshivish
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1995
Frumspeak examines the unique linguistic habits of Orthodox, native-born Americans. This book seeks to draw comparisons with parallel phenomena of Jewish linguistic creation including Yiddish and Ladino and reaches into the linguistic consciousness of the American Orthodox community to reveal how...
by Simon Glustrom
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000
Jews have long employed a rich, intricate, image-filled Hebrew vocabulary to express both their deepest beliefs and the specific details of their daily religious lives. The Language of Judaism is a lively and unique exposition of that vocabulary's most central terms and concepts.
Responding to the...
In the Image of God
A Feminist Commentary on the Torah
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1997
In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah is a unique blend of traditional Judaism and radical feminism and is a groundbreaking commentary on the Bible, the central document of Jewish life.
Using classical Jewish sources as well as supplementary material from history, anthropology, sociology,...
Men are from Earth, Women are from Earth
A Guide to Winning Cooperation from Your Spouse
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
Men Are from Earth, Women Are from Earth is a self-help book for couples in conflict. Its primary goal is to help couples stop fighting and start living together cooperatively—like true partners in life. Toward this end it shows married people how to overcome their self-defeating, relationship-damaging...
Mothering without a Home
Attachment Representations and Behaviors of Homeless Mothers and Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Homeless women and their children who reside in a transitional housing facility or shelter have experienced multiple traumas and disruptions in their earliest attachments. These multiple, chronic traumas often result in disorganized attachment disorders, which, in turn, affect all future development....
Presence and the Present
Relationship and Time in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011
Presence and the Present: Relationship and Time in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy offers salient points learned from the author’s forty years of practice and teaching, and applies psychodynamic psychotherapy to the contemporary practice climate. Emphasizing the therapeutic relationship and the...
by Stanley R. Palombo, Walter J. Freeman, Jim Grigsby
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2007
This volume addresses itself to the ways in which the so-called 'new sciences of complexity' can deepen and broaden neurobiological and psychological theories of mind. Complexity theory has gained increasing attention over the past 20 years across diverse areas of inquiry, including mathematics, physics,...
The Process of Divorce
Helping Couples Negotiate Settlements
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1997
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Mapping the Terrain of the Heart
Passion, Tenderness, and the Capacity to Love
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1997
If you have read other books about love that have fallen short, read this book. Mapping the Terrain of the Heart is an eloquent guide through love's diverse landscapes that provides a whole new way to think about love relationships. Both descriptive and prescriptive, it is a book for anyone looking...
by Althea J. Horner PhD
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1990
Using object relations theory, the text portrays man's deep ambivalence about power and uncovers the early sources of our wishes and fears about it. It aims to provide a clarification of the essential differences between destructive and creative power and its position in everyday life.