02335nam 2200541 a 450 991082438490332120200520144314.01-4411-1220-01-282-87682-197866128768201-4411-9252-2(CKB)2670000000054773(EBL)601684(OCoLC)676695892(MiAaPQ)EBC601684(MiAaPQ)EBC6158790(EXLCZ)99267000000005477320091028d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJudaism today /Dan Cohn-Sherbok1st ed.London ;New York Continuum20101 online resource (200 p.)Religion TodayIncludes index.0-8264-2231-4 An introduction to the Jewish faith -- Sources of authority -- The effects of the Jewish enlightenment -- Modern biblical scholarship and the rise of science -- The religious impact of the Holocaust -- The status of women -- Jewish ethics -- The future of Judaism.For 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 sectsHistory296.09/051Cohn-Sherbok Dan472785MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824384903321Judaism today4082481UNINA