Judaism today / / Dan Cohn-Sherbok
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| Autore: |
Cohn-Sherbok Dan
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| Titolo: |
Judaism today / / Dan Cohn-Sherbok
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Continuum, , [2010] |
| ©2010 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 296.0903 |
| Soggetto topico: | Judaism - History - Modern period, 1750- |
| Jewish sects - History - 19th century | |
| Jewish sects - History - 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 are |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Judaism today |
| ISBN: | 1-4411-1220-0 |
| 1-282-87682-1 | |
| 9786612876820 | |
| 1-4411-9252-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785227403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Religion today (London, England)