- Summary
- "A multi-disciplinary, multi-authored guide to Jewish life and thought. This book covers the major areas of thought in Jewish Studies, including considerations of religious differences, sociological, philosophical, and gender issues, geographical diversity, inter-faith relations, and the impact of the Shoah (the Holocaust) and the modern state of Israel" --Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005
- Contents
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Demographic issues / Uzi Rebhun
Enlightenment and emancipation / Lois C. Dubin
Persecution / Robert Jan van Pelt
A national home / Emanuele Ottolenghi
Post-Zionism / Emanuele Ottolenghi
Modernist movements / Miri Freud-Kandel
Traditionalist strands / Eliezer Don-Yehiya
Humanistic and secular Judaisms / Yaakov Malkin
Jewish renewal / George R. Wilkes
American Jewry / Chaim I. Waxman
Israeli Jewry / Eran Kaplan
French Jewry / Paula E. Hyman
British Jewry / Miri Freud-Kandel
Jewry in the former Soviet Union / John Klier
Social issues: survey / Harvey E. Goldberg
Jewish identities / Ezra Kopelowitz
Fundamentalism / Nurit Stadler
Prayer and worship / Ruth Langer
he authority of texts / Nicholas de Lange
The future of Jewish practice / Jeremy Wanderer
Theological issues: survey / Norbert M. Samuelson
Revelation / David Novak
Covenant / Peter Ochs
Philosophical issues: survey / Kenneth Seeskin
The problems of evil / Daniel Rynhold
Jewish ethics in a modern world / Michael Zank
Halakhic issues: survey / Jonathan Cohen
Halakhah and Israel / Daniel Sinclair
Contemporary issues in halakhah / Steven H. Resnicoff
Gender issues: survey / Susannah Heschel
The changing role of the woman / Judith R. Baskin
Sexuality / Mark Solomon
As others see Jews / Elliot Horowitz
Jewish-Christian relations / Margie Tolstoy
Jewish-Muslim relations / Reuven Firestone.
- Other Authors/Editors
- De Lange, N. R. M. (Nicholas Robert Michael), 1944-
Freud-Kandel, Miri.
- Notes
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Demographic issues / Uzi Rebhun -- Enlightenment and emancipation / Lois C. Dubin -- Persecution / Robert Jan van Pelt -- A national home / Emanuele Ottolenghi -- Post-Zionism / Emanuele Ottolenghi -- Modernist movements / Miri Freud-Kandel -- Traditionalist strands / Eliezer Don-Yehiya -- Humanistic and secular Judaisms / Yaakov Malkin -- Jewish renewal / George R. Wilkes -- American Jewry / Chaim I. Waxman -- Israeli Jewry / Eran Kaplan -- French Jewry / Paula E. Hyman -- British Jewry / Miri Freud-Kandel -- Jewry in the former Soviet Union / John Klier -- Social issues: survey / Harvey E. Goldberg -- Jewish identities / Ezra Kopelowitz -- Fundamentalism / Nurit Stadler -- Prayer and worship / Ruth Langer -- he authority of texts / Nicholas de Lange -- The future of Jewish practice / Jeremy Wanderer -- Theological issues: survey / Norbert M. Samuelson -- Revelation / David Novak -- Covenant / Peter Ochs -- Philosophical issues: survey / Kenneth Seeskin -- The problems of evil / Daniel Rynhold -- Jewish ethics in a modern world / Michael Zank -- Halakhic issues: survey / Jonathan Cohen -- Halakhah and Israel / Daniel Sinclair -- Contemporary issues in halakhah / Steven H. Resnicoff -- Gender issues: survey / Susannah Heschel -- The changing role of the woman / Judith R. Baskin -- Sexuality / Mark Solomon -- As others see Jews / Elliot Horowitz -- Jewish-Christian relations / Margie Tolstoy -- Jewish-Muslim relations / Reuven Firestone.
