A history of Judaism : from its origins to the present /
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| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note; Glossary; Introduction: Approaching the History of Judaism; PART I Origins (c. 2000 BCEâ#x80;#x93;70 CE); 1. Deserts, Tribes and Empires; 2. The Formation of the Bible; 3. Worship; Temple; Synagogue; 4. The Torah of Moses: Judaism in the Bible; PART II Interpreting the Torah (200 BCEâ#x80;#x93;70 CE); 5. Jews in a Graeco-Roman World; 6. â#x80;#x98;Jewish Doctrine Takes Three Formsâ#x80;#x99;; Pharisees; Sadducees; Essenes and Therapeutae; The â#x80;#x98;Fourth Philosophyâ#x80;#x99;; Zealots; The Yahad in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
- 7. The Limits of VarietySages; Nazirites and Haverim; Allegorizers; Jesus and Paul; 8. Preoccupations and Expectations; Purity, Sabbath and Calendar; Vows, Oaths and Asceticism; Magic, Demons and Angels; Visions and Prophecy; Eschatology and Messianism; Life after Death and Martyrdom; PART III The Formation of Rabbinic Judaism (70â#x80;#x93;1500 CE); 9. From Pagan Rome to Islam and Medieval Christendom; 10. Judaism without a Temple; 11. Rabbis in the East (70â#x80;#x93;1000 CE); 12. Judaism beyond the Rabbis; Greek Judaism; Karaites; 13. Rabbis in the West (1000â#x80;#x93;1500 CE).
- Rashi and the Development of HalakhahMaimonides: Faith and Philosophy; The Zohar and Kabbalah; PART IV Authority and Reaction (1500â#x80;#x93;1800); 14. The European Renaissance and the New World; 15. New Certainties and New Mysticism; Codifiers; The Followers of Luria; Sabbetai Zevi; Hasidism; PART V The Challenge of the Modern World (1750â#x80;#x93;present); 16. From the Enlightenment to the State of Israel; 17. Reform; 18. Counter-Reform; Modern Orthodoxy; Conservative Judaism; 19. Rejection; 20. Renewal; PART VI Epilogue; 21. Waiting for the Messiah?; Notes; Further Reading; Index.