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An Introduction to Judaism 2nd Edition Nicholas De Lange Digital Instant Download

Author(s): Nicholas de Lange

Edition: 2

File Details: PDF, 5.89 MB

Year: 2009

Language: english

SKU: EB-49364844 Category: Religion & Spirituality - Judaism Tags: Introduction, Judaism, Judaism 2nd, Nicholas de Lange

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ISBN 10: 1316153436
ISBN 13:9781316153437
Author: Nicholas

An Introduction to Judaism

In this book contemporary Judaism is presented in all its rich diversity, including both traditional and modern theologies as well as secular forms of Jewish identity. While the focus of the book is on developments that have taken place in the past two hundred years, they are set against a historical background, going back to the Bible. Beginning with a description of the Jewish people as it exists in today’s world, it studies the unique concept of Jewish peoplehood and its survival over the centuries in the face of many challenges. An account of the key texts is followed by studies of the different interpretations of the religion, and the ways that life is lived out both in the home and in the community. Jewish theology is described both historically and in terms of contemporary issues. An important and distinctive section considers the goals of Jewish life and faith.

Table contents:

List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface
Preface to the second edition
Chronology
Map of the Jewish world in 1930
Map of the Jewish world in the 2000s
1. The Jews in the World
Who are the Jews?
Facts and figures
Natives or immigrants?
The Jews throughout the world
North America
Israel
The European Union
Former Soviet Bloc countries
Latin America
2. The Jewish People and its Past
The Jewish nation
Enemies of the nation
Universalism
Assimilation
Individualism
Dispersion
Fragmentation
Genocide
3. Jewish Books
The Bible
The prayer book
The Talmud
The Shulhan Arukh
The Zohar
The Guide of the Perplexed
4. The Jewish Religion
Traditional Judaism
The modernist reform
Radical alternatives
5. The Family
The family as a unit
The Jewish home: space
The Jewish home: time
Rites of passage
6. The Community
The Jewish community and how it works
The synagogue
The worship of the synagogue
Religious services
The cycle of the year
Moments of life
Other communal institutions
7. God and the Jewish People
The Jews and God
Sources of Jewish theology
The Bible
Midrash and Haggadah
The philosophers
Mystical approaches
The liturgy as a source of theology
God in the twentieth century
Hermann Cohen and his legacy
American Jewish theology
God and the Shoah
New issues
8. Objectives
Holiness
Obedience
Righteousness
Faith
Fear
Love
Bringing the Messiah
Repairing the world
Making peace
After life
9. Judaism and the Future
External pressures
Demographic trends
Political aspects
Social aspects
Religious pluralism
Inter-religious dialogue
Theological developments