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A Short History of Judaism: Three Meals, Three Epochs » (New Edition)

Authors: Jacob Neusner
ISBN-13: 9780800625528, ISBN-10: 0800625528
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Date Published: January 1992
Edition: New Edition

	Preface
	Prologue: The Three Meals of Judaism	1
	Overview: A Short History of Judaism	3
Pt. 1	The Priest's Meal with God in the Temple of Jerusalem: The Judaism of Sacred Place and Holy Time	15
1	The Temple and Israel in Its Land	17
Pt. 2	All Israel's Meal with God, No Place in Particular: The Judaism of Any Place and All the Time	49
2	The Formation of the Judaism for Everywhere, All the Time	51
3	The Torah and Israel on Its Own	84
4	The Success of the Judaism for Everywhere, All the Time	123
5	The Long-Term Stability of the Judaism for Everywhere, All the Time	140
Pt. 3	All Israel's Meal at Home, on the Special Occasion of Family Gathering: The Judaism for Once in a While	167
6	Israel among the Nations: The Age of Judaisms	169
7	Judaism in Contemporary America	202
	Appendix: Two Sample Chapters of the Mishnah	216
	Tractate Avot: The Sayings of the Founders	221
	Glossary	225
	Index	231