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Author : Eliezer Segal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015077118084
First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Nicholas de Lange
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521466245
This book is intended for students of religion and others who seek an introduction to Judaism.
Author : James C. Vanderkam
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467464055
Based on the best archaeological research, this volume explores the history of Judaism during the Second Temple period (516 BCE–70 CE), describing the body of Jewish literature written during these centuries and the most important groups, institutions, and practices of the time. Particularly interesting are VanderKam’s depiction of events associated with Masada and, more briefly, the Bar Kokhba revolt—as well as his commentary on texts unearthed in places like Elephantine and Qumran. Now in its second edition, with additional material and updated throughout, this book remains the preeminent guide to early Judaism for anyone looking for a text that is concise and accessible while still comprehensive—and written by one of the foremost experts in the field.
Author : Norman Solomon
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191511080
Normon Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. Demonstrating the diverse nature and ethnic origin of those with the Jewish faith, Solomon explores how the Jewish religion has developed in the 2,000 years since the days of the Bible. This Very Short Introduction starts by outlining the basics of practical Judaism - its festivals, prayers, customs, and various sects - and goes on to consider how Judaism has responded to, and dealt with, a number of key issues and debates, including the impact of the Holocaust and the establishment of the State of Israel. In this new edition, Solomon considers issues of contemporary Judaism in the twenty first century. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Lester L. Grabbe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567296665
An internationally respected expert on the Second Temple period provides a fully up-to-date introduction to this crucial area of Biblical Studies. This introduction, by a world leader in the field, provides the perfect guide to the Second Temple Period, its history, literature, and religious setting. Lester Grabbe magisterially guides the reader through the period providing a careful overview of the most studied sources, the history surrounding them and the various currents within Judaism at the time. This book will be a core text for courses on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, as well as Qumran, Intertestamental Literature and Early Judaism.
Author : Eliezer Segal
Publisher : JBE Online Books
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Judaism
ISBN : 9780980163315
Author : Leora Batnitzky
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691130729
A new approach to understanding Jewish thought since the eighteenth century Is Judaism a religion, a culture, a nationality—or a mixture of all of these? In How Judaism Became a Religion, Leora Batnitzky boldly argues that this question more than any other has driven modern Jewish thought since the eighteenth century. This wide-ranging and lucid introduction tells the story of how Judaism came to be defined as a religion in the modern period—and why Jewish thinkers have fought as well as championed this idea. Ever since the Enlightenment, Jewish thinkers have debated whether and how Judaism—largely a religion of practice and public adherence to law—can fit into a modern, Protestant conception of religion as an individual and private matter of belief or faith. Batnitzky makes the novel argument that it is this clash between the modern category of religion and Judaism that is responsible for much of the creative tension in modern Jewish thought. Tracing how the idea of Jewish religion has been defended and resisted from the eighteenth century to today, the book discusses many of the major Jewish thinkers of the past three centuries, including Moses Mendelssohn, Abraham Geiger, Hermann Cohen, Martin Buber, Zvi Yehuda Kook, Theodor Herzl, and Mordecai Kaplan. At the same time, it tells the story of modern orthodoxy, the German-Jewish renaissance, Jewish religion after the Holocaust, the emergence of the Jewish individual, the birth of Jewish nationalism, and Jewish religion in America. More than an introduction, How Judaism Became a Religion presents a compelling new perspective on the history of modern Jewish thought.
Author : Zondervan,
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310555667
This book is the go-to source for introductory information on Messianic Judaism. Editors David Rudolph and Joel Willitts have assembled a thorough examination of the ecclesial context and biblical foundations of the diverse Messianic Jewish movement. Unique among similar works in its Jew-Gentile partnership, this book brings together a team of respected Messianic Jewish and Gentile Christian scholars, including Mark Kinzer, Richard Bauckham, Markus Bockmuehl, Craig Keener, Darrell Bock, Scott Hafemann, Daniel Harrington, R. Kendall Soulen, Douglas Harink and others. Opening essays, written by Messianic Jewish scholars and synagogue leaders, provide a window into the on-the-ground reality of the Messianic Jewish community and reveal the challenges, questions and issues with which Messianic Jews grapple. The following predominantly Gentile Christian discussion explores a number of biblical and theological issues that inform our understanding of the Messianic Jewish ecclesial context. Here is a balanced and accessible introduction to the diverse Messianic Jewish movement that both Gentile Christian and Messianic Jewish readers will find informative and fascinating.
Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664253482
An ancient religion practiced through most of recorded history and having profound influence on both Christianity and Islam, Judaism is also a modern religion that still transforms the lives of many people. Neusner surveys how Judaism took shape as people responded to political and religious crises and describes how Judaism is practiced in American today.
Author : David N. Myers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199912858
How have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. Many have attempted to explain this singular success as a result of divine intervention. In this engaging book, David N. Myers charts the long journey of the Jews through history. At the same time, it points to two unlikely-and decidedly this-worldly--factors to explain the survival of the Jews: antisemitism and assimilation. Usually regarded as grave dangers, these two factors have continually interacted with one other to enable the persistence of the Jews. At every turn in their history, not just in the modern age, Jews have adapted to new environments, cultures, languages, and social norms. These bountiful encounters with host societies have exercised the cultural muscle of the Jews, preventing the atrophy that would have occurred if they had not interacted so extensively with the non-Jewish world. It is through these encounters--indeed, through a process of assimilation--that Jews came to develop distinct local customs, speak many different languages, and cultivate diverse musical, culinary, and intellectual traditions. Left unchecked, the Jews' well-honed ability to absorb from surrounding cultures might have led to their disappearance. And yet, the route toward full and unbridled assimilation was checked by the nearly constant presence of hatred toward the Jew. Anti-Jewish expression and actions have regularly accompanied Jews throughout history. Part of the ironic success of antisemitism is its malleability, its talent in assuming new forms and portraying the Jew in diverse and often contradictory images--for example, at once the arch-capitalist and revolutionary Communist. Antisemitism not only served to blunt further assimilation, but, in a paradoxical twist, affirmed the Jew's sense of difference from the host society. And thus together assimilation and antisemitism (at least up to a certain limit) contribute to the survival of the Jews as a highly adaptable and yet distinct group.
Author : Reuven Firestone
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827610491
Helping Jews understand Islam--a reasoned and candid view
Author : Beth Lieberman,Hara Person
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Judaism
ISBN : 088123303X
Author : Stephen M. Wylen
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781616434984
Provides a comprehensive and easy to understand overview of Judaism as the belief system and way of life of the Jewish people.
Author : François-Xavier Licari
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781108421973
This is the first book to present a systematic and synthetic introduction to Jewish law.
Author : Harvey E. Goldberg
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001-12-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520227538
This book offers readers an insider's view into the ways Judaism is lived and experienced. it presents narrative and ethnographic accounts of present day Jewish practices the rituals, communities, and political involvement.