Richard Elliott Friedman Books

Call it batida, kuduro, Afro house, Lisbon bass: anyone with a keen ear for contemporary developments in global electronic dance music can't fail to have noticed the rise in popularity and influence of Lisbon-based DJs such as DJ Marfox, DJ Nervoso and Nidia Minaj. These DJs and producers are bringing the sound of the Lisbon projects to wider world via international club nights, festival appearances, recordings and remix projects for artists such as Panda Bear, Fever Ray and Elza Soares. This book uses the 2006 compilation DJs do Guetto as a prism for exploring this music's aesthetics and its roots in Lusophone Africa, its evolution in the immigrant communities of Lisbon and its journey from there to the world. The story is one of encounters: between people, sounds, neighborhoods, technologies and cultural contexts.

When a skinned body is discovered on the side of the railway line deep in the Matabele bush, Detective Inspector Jabulani Sibanda, along with his sidekicks, Sergeant Ncube and the troublesome Land Rover, Miss Daisy, are back on the trail of a murderer.

The contemporary classic The New York Times Book Review called "a thought-provoking [and] perceptive guide," Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard E. Friedman is a fascinating, intellectual, yet highly readable analysis and investigation into the authorship of the Old Testament. The author of Commentary on the Torah, Friedman delves deeply into the history of the Bible in a scholarly work that is as exciting and surprising as a good detective novel. Who Wrote the Bible? is enlightening, riveting, an important contribution to religious literature, and as the Los Angeles Times aptly observed in its rave review, "There is no other book like this one."

Renowned biblical scholar Richard Elliott Friedman unveils a groundbreaking discovery: a continuous narrative embedded within the Bible, disrupted by ancient editors who interspersed it with various stories, laws, and poetry. This core prose work, which has not been read as a single narrative for nearly three millennia, is presented in a fresh translation. While previous works have introduced the concept of "J," Friedman argues that it is not merely a standalone piece but the beginning of a larger, intricately connected composition filled with artistry and depth. His detective-like approach reveals a complex saga of love, deception, war, and redemption, tracing a family's journey through twelve generations. Friedman illustrates how unique language and recurring themes—such as the "coat of many colors" and references to Sheol—connect different parts of the Bible, suggesting a singular author's voice guiding more of the text than previously recognized. The narrative begins with the creation of a paradise and unfolds into the evolution of a family into a nation, culminating in the rise of a kingdom under Solomon, son of David. This work, described as a treasure and the foundation of prose literature, offers readers a chance to appreciate the full achievement of its author. Friedman's insights promise to transform our understanding of the Bible, blending excitement with scholarly rigor.

In a beautiful part of Yorkshire... four children go on an adventure through the idyllic village of Oxenhope, but all is not as it seems as they stray further and further from the railway station. Join Connor, Morgan, Tyler and Alyssa as they make a new friend, but as they step into the world of the Goblin they discover all is not as it seems.

Kniha, která se tematicky pojí s již Argem vydanými publikacemi Dějiny Boha a Obecné dějiny ďábla, pojednává o proměnách Boha v lidském vědomí od dávných dob po dnešek. Autor, profesor hebrejské literatury a komparatistiky, čerpá z vynikající znalosti problematiky. Poutavým způsobem podává výklad o postupném mizení Boha v biblických textech Starého i Nového zákona, přes Nietzscheho výrok "Bůh je mrtev" až po duchovní krizi dvacátého století, spojenou se závratným rozvojem vědy.