Judaism: An Introduction Contributor(s): Leaman, Oliver (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848853955 ISBN-13: 9781848853959 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Judaism - Rituals & Practice |
Dewey: 296 |
Series: Introductions to Religion |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.75 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
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Publisher Description: The story of Judaism is a story of paradox. It is the story of how a small cluster of desert tribes gave birth to a monotheistic doctrine that profoundly shaped the history of human civilization. It is the story of how that initially obscure desert doctrine came to be codified into the Hebrew Bible, one of the world's greatest works of literature. It is the story of how a small minority came to be viewed by the majority as disproportionately powerful and, following pogrom and Holocaust, were driven to the edge of extinction. And it is the story of how a displaced people, globally dispersed throughout other nations for two-and-a-half millennia, came to forge a modern, secular Israeli state which many Jews believe to have been granted an explicitly divine mandate. Oliver Leaman carefully and creatively explores the nature of these apparent contradictions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Leaman, Oliver: - Oliver Leaman, Professor of Philosophy, University of Kentucky, is the General Editor of the Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy and the author and editor of several books on Islamic philosophy and Jewish philosophy (published by British and North American presses including Routledge and Notre Dame). |