The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195086058 ISBN 13: 9780195086058

Publisher: OUP USA, 1997

Synopsis

The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion is a fascinating single-volume reference work on the religious life of historical and contemporary Jewry. Entries range from brief, fifty-word definitions of terms to 3,000-word essays on major topics. The dictionary addresses all aspects of Jewish practice and Jewish law deriving from the traditional 613 biblical commandments as laid down in the Pentateuch and elaborated in rabbinic literature. Thorough treatment is given to both the Jewish theology of the Bible and Talmud and that of the philosophers of late antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. Due consideration is also given to customs that have developed in different lands, including such communities as the Ethiopian and Indian Jews.

About this title

Review

This dictionary, because of its high standard of academic _ achievement, the breadth of its coverage and its up-to-date information, could immediately become the leading one-volume English-language reference work on the subject. A copy _ should be found in every library: in schools, synagogues, _ universities and public libraries. (Le'ela)

The editors are to be commended for bringing together a _ truly splendid team of scholars from Israel and the United_ States, with expertise in all aspects of the Jewish _ religion. (Jeruslaem Post)

Synopsis

The single-volume reference work covers the religious life of historical and contemporary Jewry. Entries range from brief definitions of terms to essays on major topics. The dictionary addresses all aspects of Jewish practice and Jewish law deriving from the traditional 613 biblical commandments as laid down in the Pentateuch and elaborated in rabbinic literature. Thorough treatment is given to both the Jewish theology of the Bible and Talmud and that of the philosophers of late antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. Due consideration is also given to customs that have developed in different lands, including such communities as the Ethiopian and Indian Jews.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195086058
• ISBN 13: 9780195086058
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 784
• Editor: Werblowsky R. J. Zwi, Wigoder Geoffrey