02394nam 2200541 450 991078522740332120230725025441.01-4411-1220-01-282-87682-197866128768201-4411-9252-2(CKB)2670000000054773(EBL)601684(OCoLC)676695892(MiAaPQ)EBC601684(MiAaPQ)EBC6158790(EXLCZ)99267000000005477320200712d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJudaism today /Dan Cohn-SherbokLondon :Continuum,[2010]©20101 online resource (200 p.)Religion TodayDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-2231-4 Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Historical Background; 1 The Basics; 2 The Enlightenment and Modern Jewish Life; 3 The Holocaust and the State of Israel; 4 Modern Jewish Movements; 5 Modern Challenges to Judaism; 6 The Future of Judaism; Appendix: Jews Worldwide; Notes; Select Readings; IndexFor nearly four millennia Judaism was essentially a unified religious system based on shared traditions. Despite the emergence of various sub-groups through the centuries such as the Sadducees, Pharisees, Essenes, Karaites, Shabbateans and Hasadim, Jewry was united in the belief in a providential God who had chosen the Jews as his special people and given them a code of law. In the modern period, however, the Jewish religion has fragmented into a series of separate denominations with competing ideologies and theological views. Despite the creation of the State of Israel, the Jewish people areReligion today (London, England)JudaismHistoryModern period, 1750-Jewish sectsHistory19th centuryJewish sectsHistory20th centuryJudaismHistoryJewish sectsHistoryJewish sectsHistory296.0903Cohn-Sherbok Dan472785MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785227403321Judaism today3732243UNINA