Alan T. Levenson

eBook, ePUB

The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

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

Technische Details

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Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Alan T. Levenson is the Schusterman/ Josey Professor of Jewish Religious and Intellectual History at the University of Oklahoma. His publications include Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism (2004); The Story of Joseph: A Journey of Jewish Interpretation (2004); An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thinkers (2nd ed., 2006); and The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible (2011).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 921
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118232934
• Artikelnr.: 38235949