{"title":"Shalom Spiegel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHALOM SPIEGEL held the William Prager Professorship of Medieval Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America from 1944 until his retirement in 1973. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe Last Trial\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHebrew Reborn\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpiegel was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1983 and received an honorary doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1973. In 1996, the Seminary established the Shalom Spiegel Institute for Medieval Hebrew Literature in his honor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpiegel was born in Bukovina, Romania, received his doctorate from the University of Vienna, and taught in Palestine before settling in New York City. He served as professor and librarian at the Jewish Institute of Religion and published studies on Hosea, Amos, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShalom Spiegel’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-last-trial","title":"The Last Trial: On the Legends and Lore of the Command to Abraham to Offer Isaac as a Sacrifice","description":"\u003cp\u003e“We find that the story of Abraham                 and Isaac rises almost spontaneously in the mind of one                 generation after another.... Constantly past and present react                 to and upon each other, and life is given an order, a                 coherence, by the themes which govern the Holy Scriptures and                 the reinterpretations of those themes.”\u003cbr\u003e—from the Introduction by \u003cb\u003eJudah Goldin \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e            \u003cp\u003eShalom Spiegel’s classic examines                 the total body of texts, legends, and traditions referring to                 the Binding of Isaac and weaves them together into a definitive                 study of the Akedah as one of the central events in all of                 human history. \u003c\/p\u003e            \u003cp\u003eSpiegel here provides the model for                 showing how legend and history interact, how the past may be                 made comprehensible by present events, and how the present may                 be understood as a renewal of revelation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/187904529X\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781879045293\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Shalom Spiegel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43252428701912,"sku":"9781879045293","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43252428734680,"sku":"9781683363989","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781580236522_FC_mockup_v2_1738785329_2311f23b-f081-4cfa-b0f2-3e36b0c02166.jpg?v=1791044855"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-shalom-spiegel.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}