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