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Defining Judaism: A Reader (Critical Categories in the Study of Religion) - Hardcover

Hughes, Aaron W.

 
9781845536084: Defining Judaism: A Reader (Critical Categories in the Study of Religion)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1845536088 ISBN 13: 9781845536084
Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Judaism is a monotheistic religion with a history of over 3,500 years. 'Defining Judaism' illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues required for comparative and historical study of the faith. The texts range from historical attempts to define individual 'Jews' to imagining Judaism as a religion like other religions, to modern and post-modern attempts to decentre these earlier definitions. The reader brings together a wide range of essays from influential scholars of ancient and contemporary Judaism to attempt a full picture of Judaism that will be of interest to all those involved in the study of religion.

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About the Author

Aaron W. Hughes is Gordon and Gretchen Gross Professor of Jewish Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1845536088
ISBN 13 
9781845536084
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
302