The Routledge dictionary of Judaism

✍ Scribed by Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016

Publisher: New York : Routledge
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

"Compiled by two internationally renowned experts, and with over 600 wide-ranging and informative entries, this dictionary provides the reader with an invaluable reference aid to all areas of Judaism. It covers: different forms of the religion, such as Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, and New Age Judaism, and its history from the formative age to the present day; its institutions, religious practices, and life-cycle rites such as Berit Milah, Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah; key texts and people, including the oral and written Torah, Moses, the Prophets, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Martin Buber; holy days and festivals including Sabbath, Passover, Hanukkah, Sukkot, and holy objects such as the Shofar, Lulab, Teffillin; and theological terms, doctrine, and philosophy including entries on Purity and Pollution, Kavvanah, and the Judaism of Holocaust and Redemption."--BOOK JACKET

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