Modern Judaism

An Oxford Guide
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-926287-8
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 478 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 905 g

A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, multi-authored guide to contemporary Jewish life and thought, focusing on social, cultural and historical aspects of Judaism alongside theological issues. This volume includes 38 newly-commissioned essays, including contributions from leading specialists in their fields. This book covers the major areas of thought in contemporary Jewish Studies, including considerations of religious differences, sociological, philosophical, and gender issues, geographical diversity, inter-faith relations, and the impact of the Shoah (the Holocaust) and the modern state of Israel.

Zielgruppe

Suitable for all undergraduate students studying Modern Judaism. Also for the general reader looking for a comprehensive guide to Modern Judaism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Lange, Nicholas

Freud-Kandel, Miri

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Moderne & Gegenwart
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums außerhalb Israels/Palästinas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- General Introduction

- 1: Uzi Rebhun: Demographic Issues

- Historical Issues

- 2: Lois Dubin: Enlightenment and Emancipation

- 3: Robert Jan van Pelt: Persecution

- 4: Emmanuele Ottolenghi: A National Home

- 5: Emmanuele Ottolenghi: Post-Zionism

- Issues of Religion and Modernity

- 6: Miri Freud-Kandel: Modernist Movements

- 7: Eliezer Don-Yehiya: Traditionalist Strands

- 8: Yaakov Malkin: Humanist and Secular Judaisms

- 9: George Wilkes: Jewish Renewal

- Local Issues

- 10: Chaim Waxman: American Jewry

- 11: Eran Kaplan: Israeli Jewry

- 12: Paula Hyman: French Jewry

- 13: Miri Freud-Kandel: British Jewry

- 14: John Klier: Jewry in the Former Soviet Union

- Social Issues

- 15: Harvey Goldberg: Survey

- 16: Ezra Kopelowitz: Jewish Identity

- 17: Nurit Stadler: Fundamentalism

- Religious Issues

- 18: Ruth Langer: Prayer and Worship

- 19: Nicholas de Lange: Authority of Texts

- 20: Jeremy Wanderer: The Future of Jewish Practice

- Theological Issues

- 21: Norbert Samuelson: Survey

- 22: David Novak: Revelation

- 23: Peter Ochs: Covenant

- Philosophical Issues

- 24: Kenneth Seeskin: Survey

- 25: Daniel Rynhold: The Problem of Evil

- 26: Michael Zank: Jewish Ethics in a Modern World

- Halakhic Issues

- 27: Joanathan Cohen: Survey

- 28: Daniel Sinclair: Halakhah and Israel

- 29: Steven H. Resnicoff: Contemporary Issues in Halakhah

- Gender Issues

- 30: Susannah Heschel: Survey

- 31: Judith Baskin: The Changing Role of the Woman

- 32: Mark Solomon: Sexuality

- Judaism and the Other

- 33: Elliot Horowitz: As Others See Jews

- 34: MargieTolstoy: Jewish-Christian Relations

- 35: Reuven Firestone: Jewish-Muslim Relations

Über Autor(innen)

Nicholas De Lange is Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of Wolfson College and Director of Studies for Gonville and Caius College. His research interests include medieval Hebrew literature and manuscripts, contemporary Jewish theology and Jewish-Christian relations.

Following a Research Fellowship in the Faculty of Divinity at University of Cambridge, Miri Freud-Kandel moved to Oxford to take up a lectureship in Modern Judaism and a Junior Research Fellowship at Wolfson College. Her research interests include the theological development of Orthodox Judaism, particularly in Britain.