Creating Judaism History, Tradition, Practice

Name: Creating Judaism History, Tradition, Practice
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ISBN: 9780231134897

ISBN-10: 0231134894

ISBN-13: 9780231134897

Edition: 2006

Authors: Michael Satlow

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How can we define "Judaism," and what are the common threads uniting ancient rabbis, Maimonides, the authors of the Zohar, and modern secular Jews in Israel? Michael L. Satlow offers a fresh perspective on Judaism that recognizes both its similarities and its immense diversity. Presenting snapshots of Judaism from around the globe and throughout history, Satlow explores the links between vastly different communities and their Jewish traditions. He studies the geonim, rabbinical scholars who lived in Iraq from the ninth to twelfth centuries; the intellectual flourishing of Jews in medieval Spain; how the Hasidim of nineteenth-century Eastern Europe confronted modernity; and the post-World…

Book details

List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 12/19/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.91" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Chronology


Introduction



Promised Lands



Creating Judaism



Between Athens and Jerusalem



The Rabbis



Rabbinic Concepts



Mitzvot



The Rise of Reason



From Moses to Moses



Seeing God



East and West


Epilogue: Whither Judaism?


Glossary


Bibliographical Notes


Index