Title:
Essential Judaism : a complete guide to beliefs, customs, and rituals / George Robinson.
Author:
Robinson, George, 1953-
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Atria Paperback, 2001, ©2000.
Call Number:
BM561 .R58 2001
Abstract:
Provides an overview of the practices, traditions, philosophical beliefs, and historical foundations of the Jewish religion.
Edition:
1st Atria paperback ed.
ISBN:
9780671034818
Physical Description:
xxi, 644 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
Originally published: New York : Pocket Books, ©2000.
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Contents:
Service of the heart: prayer and ritual -- Rejoice in your festivals: the Jewish year -- Birth to death: a Jewish life cycle -- 613 ways: living a Jewish life -- In the beginning: the Hebrew Bible -- The rabbis said: the Talmud and other rabbinical writings -- Jewish mysticism: emanations of the eternal -- The philosophers: the continuing evolution of Jewish thought -- Beyond the rabbis: how Judaism got where it is today.
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