In The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism, a team of internationally-renowned scholars offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period to contemporary times. * Provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the main periods and themes of Jewish history, from Biblical Israel, through medieval and early modern periods, to Judaism since the Holocaust, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Judaism today * Brings together an international team of established and emerging scholars across a range of disciplines * Discusses how to present Judaism - to both non-Jews and Jews - as a religious system on its own terms and with its own unique vocabulary * Explores the latest scholarship on a range of issues, including folk practices, politics, economic structure, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, and the nature of Zionism diaspora and its implications for contemporary Israel * Considers Jewish historiography and the lives of ordinary people, the achievements of Jewish women, and the sustained interaction of Jews within the environments they inhabited * Edited by a leading scholar in Jewish studies and history
- ISBN13 9781118232910
- Publish Date 12 March 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
- Format eBook
- Pages 712
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=1118232917