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Offers a different way of understanding Judaism that recognizes both its immense diversity and its unifying features. Presenting a series of portraits of Judaism throughout time and from around the globe, this work explores how communities shaped Jewish tradition in light of historical circumstances.

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Acknowledgments Chronology Introduction 1. Promised Lands 2. Creating Judaism 3. Between Athens and Jerusalem 4. The Rabbis 5. Rabbinic Concepts 6. Mitzvot 7. The Rise of Reason 8. From Moses to Moses 9. Seeing God 10. East and West Epilogue: Whither Judaism? Glossary Bibliographical Notes Index

Creating Judaism

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/12/2006
      ISBN13: 9780231134897, 978-0231134897
      ISBN10: 0231134894
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a different way of understanding Judaism that recognizes both its immense diversity and its unifying features. Presenting a series of portraits of Judaism throughout time and from around the globe, this work explores how communities shaped Jewish tradition in light of historical circumstances.

      Trade Review
      This book will give readers a new perspective on a very old product of human creativity. CHOICE

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Chronology Introduction 1. Promised Lands 2. Creating Judaism 3. Between Athens and Jerusalem 4. The Rabbis 5. Rabbinic Concepts 6. Mitzvot 7. The Rise of Reason 8. From Moses to Moses 9. Seeing God 10. East and West Epilogue: Whither Judaism? Glossary Bibliographical Notes Index

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