'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 and analysis.'
--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
