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Authors: Reuven Firestone, Stephen Steinlight (Editor), A. James Rudin
ISBN-13: 9780881257212, ISBN-10: 0881257214
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Date Published: April 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Foreword | ||
Preface | ||
Author's Preface | ||
Pt. I | A Survey of Jewish History | 1 |
1 | Origins | 5 |
2 | Consolidation and Dispersion | 19 |
3 | Rabbinic Judaism, the Talmud, and the Medieval World | 39 |
4 | Judaism and Modernity: Western Europe | 64 |
5 | Judaism and Modernity: Eastern Europe | 74 |
Pt. II | God, Torah, and Israel | 89 |
6 | God | 91 |
7 | Torah | 110 |
8 | Israel | 125 |
Pt. III | Practice | 143 |
9 | Prayer | 145 |
10 | Synagogue and Home | 153 |
11 | The Calendar | 163 |
12 | The Jewish Life Cycle | 190 |
13 | Personal Observance | 208 |
Pt. IV | Human Destiny | 219 |
14 | Prospects and Purpose | 221 |
15 | Conclusion | 237 |
Chronology | 241 | |
Glossary | 292 | |
Recommended Reading | 303 | |
Index | 307 |