Hebrew Union College Press

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the intellectual, academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism.

The Hebrew Union College Press, now in its 85th year, has from its inception devoted its resources and efforts to the publication of works of the highest caliber for a discerning international academic readership. The following titles are distributed by Wayne State University Press.

Monographs (No.19-14)

No Way Out: The Politics of Polish Jewry 1935–1939

Emanuel Melzer

Monograph No. 19

An examination of the efforts of Polish Jewry to secure its existence in the late 1930s.

“Your Voice Like a Ram’s Horn”: Themes and Texts in Traditional Jewish Preaching

Marc Saperstein

Monograph No. 18

An examination of the Jewish sermon from the High Middle Ages to the Emancipation.

“To Write the Lips of Sleepers”: The Poetry of Amir Gilboa

Warren Bargad

Monograph No. 17

In this comprehensive study, Warren Bargad describes and interprets Gilboa’s works at the various stages of his career and defines his place in the tradition of modern Hebrew poetry.

Karaite Separatism in Nineteenth Century Russia: Joseph Solomon Lutski’s Epistle of Israel’s Deliverance

Phillip E. Miller

Monograph No. 16

Miller surveys the history of the Russian Karaites, examines theories about their origins, and discusses their fate from the late eighteenth century until the present.

Baraita De-Melekhet Ha-Mishkan: A Critical Edition with Introduction and Translation

Robert Kirschner

Monograph No. 15

A scientific edition of the rabbinic work concerned with the desert tabernacle described in Exodus 25–36, 35–39, and Numbers 3–4.

Jewish Lore in Manichaean Cosmogony: Studies in the Book of Giants Traditions

John C. Reeves

Monograph No. 14

Reeves demonstrates that the fundamental structure of Manichaean cosmogony is ultimately indebted to Jewish Enochic literature.