Title:
Essential Judaism : a complete guide to beliefs, customs, and rituals / George Robinson.
Author:
Robinson, George, 1953-
Publication Information:
New York : Atria, ©2016.
Call Number:
BM561 .R58 2016
Abstract:
This book is a comprehensive, hands-on volume that provides an up-to-date overview of the practices and beliefs of the Jews, as well as a guide to religious traditions, everyday practices, philosophical beliefs, and historical foundations of judaism.
Edition:
Atria paperback edition.
ISBN:
9781501117756
Physical Description:
xvii, 680 pages ; 24 cm
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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 -- Fifteen years on -- Appendix 1. Some key documents of contemporary Jewish belief -- Appendix 2. A time line of major events -- Appendix 3. Where the Jews are today -- Appendix 4. Jewish holidays, 1999-2006 -- Appendix 5. How do I know it's kosher? An orthodox union kosher primer.
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