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An introduction to Judaism / Nicholas de Lange.

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  • ISBN: 0521460735
  • ISBN: 9780521460736
  • ISBN: 0521466245
  • ISBN: 9780521466240
  • Physical Description: xxii, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-244) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Map of the Jewish world in 1930 xvi -- Map of the Jewish world in the 1990s xix -- 1 Jews in the world 1 -- Who are the Jews? 1 -- Facts and figures 4 -- Natives or immigrants? 6 -- Jews throughout the world 11 -- 2 Jewish people and its past 26 -- Jewish nation 26 -- Enemies of the nation 33 -- 3 Jewish books 45 -- Bible 46 -- Prayer book 54 -- Talmud 56 -- Shulhan Arukh 59 -- Zohar 62 -- Guide of the Perplexed 63 -- 4 Jewish religion 66 -- Traditional Judaism 66 -- Modernist reform 72 -- Radical alternatives 79 -- 5 Family 84 -- Family as a unit 84 -- Jewish home: space 89 -- Jewish home: time 94 -- Rites of passage 107 -- 6 Community 119 -- Jewish community and how it works 119 -- Synagogue 125 -- Worship of the synagogue 127 -- Religious services 132 -- Cycle of the year 141 -- Moments of life 147 -- Other communal institutions 150 -- 7 God and the Jewish people 155 -- Jews and God 155 -- Sources of Jewish theology 160 -- God in the twentieth century 175 -- Holiness 187 -- Obedience 190 -- Righteousness 194 -- Faith 196 -- Fear 197 -- Love 198 -- Bringing the Messiah 201 -- Repairing the world 206 -- Making peace 208 -- After life 209 -- 9 Judaism and the future 213 -- External pressures 214 -- Demographic trends 215 -- Political aspects 217 -- Social aspects 219 -- Religious pluralism 220 -- Theological developments 223.
Target Audience Note:
1430L Lexile
Subject:
Judaism.

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