Contemporary Jewish religious thought: Original essays on critical concepts, movements, and beliefs - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684186284 ISBN 13: 9780684186283

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1987

Synopsis

Essays discuss Bible criticism, charity, conscience, death, destiny, education, evil, free will, the Holocaust, Islam, Jerusalem, love, peace, sin, the Talmud, and zionism

About this title

From Library Journal:

This massive collection contains 140 short essays on major aspects of Jewish belief and practice, specially commissioned from some of the most distinguished contemporary Jewish thinkers and scholars. No one ideology is given preferencethese essays reflect the entire spectrum of Jewish belief, from orthodoxy to secularismand the subjects include Bible criticism, conservative Judaism, feminism, Torah, Talmud, ethics, liturgy, and mysticism. A useful glossary is included. Despite its steep price this excellent book is unequivocally recommended for all Judaica collections because of the evident need for contemporary material on Jewish theological thought. Not only scholars but general readers will profit from this superb anthology. Robert A. Silver, Shaker Heights P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0684186284
• ISBN 13: 9780684186283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1163
• Editor: Arthur A. Cohen, Paul Mendes-Flohr