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The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism
Contributor(s): Levenson, Alan T. (Author)
ISBN: 1405196378     ISBN-13: 9781405196376
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $206.10  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Judaism - History
- History | Jewish - General
Dewey: 909.049
LCCN: 2011046001
Series: Wiley-Blackwell Histories of Religion
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.9" W x 9.8" (2.70 lbs) 712 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
 
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Publisher Description:
In The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism, a team of internationally-renowned scholars offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period to contemporary times.
  • Provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the main periods and themes of Jewish history, from Biblical Israel, through medieval and early modern periods, to Judaism since the Holocaust, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Judaism today
  • Brings together an international team of established and emerging scholars across a range of disciplines
  • Discusses how to present Judaism - to both non-Jews and Jews - as a religious system on its own terms and with its own unique vocabulary
  • Explores the latest scholarship on a range of issues, including folk practices, politics, economic structure, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, and the nature of Zionism diaspora and its implications for contemporary Israel
  • Considers Jewish historiography and the lives of ordinary people, the achievements of Jewish women, and the sustained interaction of Jews within the environments they inhabited
  • Edited by a leading scholar in Jewish studies and history