Synopses & Reviews
Review
"An excellent brief introduction; contains all your students need to know at the basic level."--I.A. Van Liere, College of Charleston
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-140) and index.
About the Author
Norman Solomon is a freelance writer and journalist, and a regular contributor to the
Jewish Chronicle. He is a Fellow in Modern Jewish Thought at the Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. His previous publications include
Judaism and World Religion and he contributed to
The Oxford Companion to the Jewish Religion.
Table of Contents
Who are the Jews? -- How did Judaism and Christianity split up? -- How did Judaism develop? -- The calendar and festivals -- The spiritual life--prayer, meditation, Torah -- Making a Jewish home -- Out of the ghetto, into the whirlwind -- Twentieth-century Judaism -- "Eternal law", changing times.