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Judaism today / Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohn-Sherbok, Dan.
- Series:
- Religion today (London, England)
- Religion Today
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism--History--Modern period, 1750-.
- Judaism.
- Jewish sects--History--19th century.
- Jewish sects.
- Jewish sects--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.
- Summary:
- For nearly four millennia Judaism was essentially a unified religious system based on shared traditions. Despite the emergence of various sub-groups through the centuries such as the Sadducees, Pharisees, Essenes, Karaites, Shabbateans and Hasadim, Jewry was united in the belief in a providential God who had chosen the Jews as his special people and given them a code of law. In the modern period, however, the Jewish religion has fragmented into a series of separate denominations with competing ideologies and theological views. Despite the creation of the State of Israel, the Jewish people are
- Contents:
- An introduction to the Jewish faith
- Sources of authority
- The effects of the Jewish enlightenment
- Modern biblical scholarship and the rise of science
- The religious impact of the Holocaust
- The status of women
- Jewish ethics
- The future of Judaism.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612876820
- 9781441112200
- 1441112200
- 9781282876828
- 1282876821
- 9781441192523
- 1441192522
- OCLC:
- 676695892
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