Written and produced under martial law in 1980’s Communist Poland, Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Decalogue ... more

The fundamental basis of Judaism, as is well known, is the Torah, the teachings contained in the Pen... more

Judaism, the origin of which dates from the rejection of polytheism by the patriarch Abraham nearly ... more

This book is a continuation of an earlier work, Reading Genesis Politically, the primary focus of wh... more

The central theme of this study is the eschatology of Judaism as conceived by its proponents from re... more

Dr. Sicker offers a concise overview of the 3,000-year intellectual history of Jewish nationalism, within which modern...... more

their impressions and of Joyce s prismatic narrative styles, Philip Sicker explores the phenomenon of sight from a...... more

have mislabeled it as Platonic," "infantile," and "asexual," Philip Sicker shows that romantic love played a substantial...... more

have mislabeled it as Platonic," "infantile," and "asexual," Philip Sicker shows that romantic love played a substantial...... more

Although there are numerous diverse aspects to Daniel, eschatological, theological, historical, and ... more

Geography and Politics Among Nations is intended to assist the general reader to grasp the significa... more

Pondering the Imponderable explores the philosophical and theological problems of God and their impl... more

Pondering the Imponderable explores the philosophical and theological problems of God and their impl... more

According to the biblical narrative, in addition to the Ten Commandments, Moses received a series of... more

According to the biblical narrative, in addition to the Ten Commandments, Moses received a series of... more

The Book of Deuteronomy, the last of the Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, consists in the main of ... more

The Book of Deuteronomy, the last of the Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, consists in the main of ... more

, Sicker provides readers with insight into the nature and history of Judaic thought and its literature through illustrative...... more

The biblical author had to demonstrate that the founding fathers of the model civilization-envisione... more

This study of the biblical creation narrative, and the wide variety of ways in which it has been int... more

By subjecting biblical writings to a political analysis, Sicker constructs a plausible political history of the ancient...... more

Sicker argues that it is the achievement of orthocracy as the motivating concept of the state rather than democracy as...... more

. The critical question Sicker poses is, will there be enough appropriate employment opportunities for a growing number of...... more

Sicker asserts that the Mosaic canon, the Pentateuch, is first and foremost a library of essentially political...... more

Sicker examines the role of the United States within the Western Hemisphere and the geopolitical and geostrategic...... more

Sicker examines the fundamental norms of civic conduct considered essential to the emergence and moral viability of the...... more

Sicker examines the fundamental norms of civic conduct considered essential to the emergence and moral viability of the...... more

Sicker presents a personal attempt to come to grips with the awesome question, Where was God at Auschwitz? and with it...... more

The geopolitical history of the Middle East in the twentieth century, which falls into three relativ... more

Sicker sheds new light on the political circumstances surrounding the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity...... more

centuries. As Sicker shows, the problems faced by the Ottoman Empire were also faced by the Persian Empire and both underwent an...... more

In the view of Dr. Martin Sicker, it was with the emergence of Islam that the combination of geopolitics and religion...... more

Sicker explores the political history of the Middle East from antiquity to the Arab conquest from a geopolitical...... more

Sicker provides a synthesis from a wide range of sources that have not previously been integrated to present an...... more

Sicker examines the early stages of the process by which Palestine, an obscure and relatively miniscule backwater of...... more

posed unacceptable risks to Israel’s security. Sicker shows that there has been a remarkable consistency in actual security...... more

In his provocative analysis of Soviet goals in Southwest Asia, particularly Iran, Sicker argues that Soviet imperialism...... more

outside Eastern Europe and areas non-contiguous with the borders of the USSR. Sicker defines and clarifies the two major...... more

Rabbinic political thinking has a long and comparatively well documented history extending back to t... more