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The way of Torah : an introduction to Judaism / Jacob Neusner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Belmont, California : Wadsworth Publishing Company, (c)1988.Description: xxv, 194 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780534080402
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BM565 .W396 1988
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Contents:
History of Judaism -- Defining Judaism : The Jew and the Judaist -- Judaism and Christianity : different people talking about different things to different people -- The evidence -- Hear, O Israel -- Coming together -- Going forth -- The only kid and the Messiah -- The land and Jerusalem -- The spirit of the law -- Hear our prayers, grant us piece -- Sabbaths for rest, festivals for rejoicing -- Birth, maturity, death -- The center of life : study of Torah -- The rabbi and the school -- The philosopher -- The mystic -- An ordinary man -- Two extraordinary women -- The historical setting -- For some, the end of traditional society -- Theology : reform and orthodoxy -- Nationality and peoplehood : Messianism and Zionism -- Law and ethics -- Study of Torah and modern scholarship : yeshiva, seminary, an university -- The unbroken myth -- Into the twenty-first century : the age of new beginnings.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BM565.N487.W396 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923000684668

Includes bibliographies and index.

Prologue : in the beginning -- History of Judaism -- Defining Judaism : The Jew and the Judaist -- Judaism and Christianity : different people talking about different things to different people -- The evidence -- Hear, O Israel -- Coming together -- Going forth -- The only kid and the Messiah -- The land and Jerusalem -- The spirit of the law -- Hear our prayers, grant us piece -- Sabbaths for rest, festivals for rejoicing -- Birth, maturity, death -- The center of life : study of Torah -- The rabbi and the school -- The philosopher -- The mystic -- An ordinary man -- Two extraordinary women -- The historical setting -- For some, the end of traditional society -- Theology : reform and orthodoxy -- Nationality and peoplehood : Messianism and Zionism -- Law and ethics -- Study of Torah and modern scholarship : yeshiva, seminary, an university -- The unbroken myth -- Into the twenty-first century : the age of new beginnings.

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