The Blackwell Companion to Judaism

Herausgegeben von Neusner, Jacob; Avery-Peck, Alan J.

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Produktbeschreibung

This Companion explores the history, doctrines, divisions, and contemporary condition of Judaism.

Surveys those issues most relevant to Judaic life today: ethics, feminism, politics, and constructive theology
Explores the definition of Judaism and its formative history
Makes sense of the diverse data of an ancient and enduring faith

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Produktdetails

• Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
• Verlag: GB
• Repr.
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1015g
• ISBN-13: 9781577180593
• ISBN-10: 1577180593
• Artikelnr.: 13619393

Autorenporträt

Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Research Professor of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida and Professor of Religion at Bard College. He has seven honorary degrees, fourteen academic medals and has published more than 800 books. Alan J. Avery-Peck is Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies at The College of the Holy Cross. His has published widely and is editor of the journal The Annual of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval and Modern.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors viii
Preface xii
Part I: The History of Judaism 1
1 Defining Judaism 3
Jacob Neusner
2. The Religious World of Ancient Israel to 586 BCE 20
Marvin A. Sweeney
3. Judaism and the Hebrew Scriptures 37
Philip R. Davies
4. Second Temple Judaism 58
Frederick J. Murphy
5. The Formation of Rabbinic Judaism, 70-640 C.E 78
Guenter Stemberger
6. The Canon of Rabbinic Judaism 93
Jacob Neusner
7. Judaism and Christianity in the Formative Age 112
Bruce D. Chilton
8. Judaism in the Muslim world 131
Sara Reguer
9. Judaism in Christendom 142
David R. Carr
10. Philosophy in Judaism: Two Stances 162
Daniel Breslauer  
11. Jewish Piety 181
Tzvee Zahavy
Part II: The Principal Doctrines of Judaism 191
12. The Doctrine of Torah 193
Jacob Neusner
13. The Doctrine of God 212
Alan J. Avery-Peck
14. The Doctrine of Israel 230
Jacob Neusner
15. The Doctrine of the Messiah 247
William Scott Green and Jed Silverstein
16. The Doctrine of Hebrew Language Usage 268
David Aaron
Part III: Modern and Contemporary Judaisms 289
17. Reform Judaism 291
Dana Evan Kaplan
18. Orthodox Judaism 311
Benjamin Brown
19. Conservative Judaism: The Struggle Between Ideology and Popularity 334
Daniel Gordis
20. New Age Judaism 354
Jeffrey K. Salkin
Part IV: Special Topics in Understanding Judaism 371
21. Ethics of Judaism 373
Elliot N. Dorff
22. Women in Contemporary Judaism 393
Judith R. Baskin
23. Judaism as a Theopolitical Phenomenon 415
Daniel J. Elazar
24. Contemporary Jewish Theology 441
Neil Gillman
25. Secular Forms of Jewishness 464
Paul Mendes-Flohr
26. Judaism and Zionism 477
Yosef Gorney
27. The "Return" to Traditional Judaism at the End of the Twentieth
Century: Cross Cultural Comparisons 495
M. Herbert Danzger
Abbreviations 512
Index 515

Rezensionen

'The Blackwell Companion to Judaism is a formidableattempt, in a series of learned and elegant essays, to tackle themany questions concerning Judaism. The organization is commendablylucid. The style throughout is accessible to a wide readership,without sacrifice to standards of accuracy andanalysis.'
--Times Literary Supplement

'Where the Companion scores highly over othersimilar works is that the editors have been able to elicitcontributions that contain the latest scholarship or position oneach subject, so that the contemporaneity and the quality of eachis perfectly dovetailed. This will be the benchmark by which futureexamples of the genre will be measured.'
--The Expository Times

'I am excited at the prospect of the publication of thisbook, in that it promises to display the lifelong fruits ofresearch and mature insights of a master scholar onJudaism.'
--Kenneth Hart Green, University of Toronto

"[T]he contributors place Judaism in historical context,elaborate on its principal doctrines, introduce forms of modern andcontemporary Judaism, and shed light on special topics inunderstanding contemporary Judaism, such as ethics, womentheopolitical aspects, secular forms of Jewishness, andZionism."
--Journal of Contemporary Religion

"Comparative, comprehensive and highly readable, Matthewes' bookprovides an overview of religious ethics in three traditionswithout sacrificing the specificity of each ethical system. Theauthor effortlessly enlightens the reader as to how Judaism,Christianity and Islam deals with highly relevant topics such asfamily, love, sexuality, lying, war, capital punishment and manymore themes in a provocative and graceful manner."
--Ebrahim Moosa, Duke University