For the first time the reader of the Hebrew language is presented with a book uncovering the unique activity of the German-Catholics in 19th century Eretz Israel. Those are the builders, for example, of the Dormition in Jerusalem and the Hospice in Tabgha.

This book explores the life and work of Issac Orobio de Castro, a converso who returned to Judaism openly and became one of the Sephardic Jewish leaders in Western Europe in the seventeenth century. His personal fate and work embody the fate of the whole community with its problems, internal conflicts, aspirations and dreams. The study of his image brings to the surface the problematics of the Marranos who re-embraced the doctrine of their forefathers and established a model community in Amsterdam, one of the important cultural centers of the time. Orobio's way of blending in with the normative Judaism in the time of Spinoza's excommunication, his ideological and spiritual doubts, his constant arguments with those who break through the fence from within and with his Christian surroundings from outside - all represent the vitality of a particular community, which was called to the test and stood many trials at the turning point of the history of Jewish people in the modern era.

The present work is based upon Flusser’s 1968 edition of Jesus. Yet, with the passage of 30 years, the new volume has been essentially rewritten to incorporate the wealth of new data. Whereas the previous book, now out of print, represented the beginnings of Flusser’s investigation into the historical Jesus, the present volume is its culmination.

This book is a continuation of the previous book History of Poetry in Muslim Spain . It describes the history of Hebrew poetry in Spain from the 12th century up to the 15th century. Shirman and Fleisher, important researchers in the field, tell a story of poets and story tellers that continued the huge Andalusian literary tradition. The book describes very well known poets as well as tens of forgotten less known ones.

This collection of essays is meant to introduce the Christian Kabbalah and its evolution. One of the main interests of this book is the analysis of Latin texts translations written by Flavius Mitridates of the Kabbalah. Wirszubski found that Mitridates divided the texts into two currents: Christianity and sorcery. He also found that Pico Dela Mirendulas writings about the Christian Kabbalah were very much influenced by the Mitridates translations and full of misunderstandings.

Malcolm Hay, a Scottish Catholic, witnessed the hatred against the Jews and decided to look for the root of anti-semitism within Christianity. The Catholic author chronicles the appalling and brutal experiences of Jews through the centuries at the hand of professing Christians. Then in a startling and shocking manner directly compares them to their experiences at the hand of the Nazis, and then the Germans, the French and the British in the 20th century. He of course does not equate the first party with the last three, but he spares none from sifting criticism.