The Cambridge guide to Jewish history, religion, and culture /
"The Cambridge guide to Jewish history, religion, and culture provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the Jewish experience, from its ancient origins to its impact on contemporary popular culture"--Provided by publisher.
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Comprehensive surveys of religion.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Judith R. Baskin and Kenneth Seeskin
- The Hebrew Bible and the early history of Israel / Marc Zvi Brettler
- The Second Temple Period / Alan F. Segal
- The rabbinic movement / Hayim Lapin
- The Jewish experience in the Muslim world / Norman A. Stillman
- Jewish life in Western Christendom / Robert Chazan
- Jews and Judaism in early modern Europe / Adam Shear
- European Jewry: 1800-1933 / Marsha L. Rozenblit
- Jews and Judaism in the United States / Pamela S. Nadell
- The Shoah and its legacies / Peter Hayes
- The founding of modern Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict / Bernard Reich
- Judaism as a religious system / Harvey E. Goldberg
- The centrality of Talmud / Michael S. Berger
- Jewish worship and liturgy / Ruth Langer
- Jewish private life: gender, marriage, and the lives of women / Judith R. Baskin
- Jewish philosophy / Kenneth Seeskin
- Jewish mysticism / Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
- Modern Jewish thought / Leora Batnitzky
- Contemporary forms of Judaism / Dana Evan Kaplan
- Jewish popular culture / Jeffrey Shandler
- Aspects of Israeli society / Judith R Baskin
- The futures of world Jewish communities Calvin Goldscheider.