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Author(s): Jacob Neusner
ISBN(s): 9780415401760, 0415401763
Edition: 1
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Year: 2006
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0415401763 
ISBN 13: 9780415401760
Author: Jacob Neusner

The oldest of the world’s major faiths, Judaism as practiced today represents a tradition that goes back nearly 6,000 years. Accessible and wide-ranging, Judaism: The Basics is a must-have resource covering the stories, beliefs and expressions of that tradition. Key topics covered include: the Torah Israel – the state and its people Passover Reform Judaism, Orthodox Judaism and Zionism the impact of the Holocaust. With a glossary of terms and extensive suggestions for further reading, Judaism: The Basics is an essential guide through the rich intricacies of the Jewish faith and people.

Judaism The Basics 1st Table of contents:

PART I JUDAISM THROUGH STORY
1 DEFINING JUDAISM THROUGH STORIES
SCRIPTURE AND THE NARRATIVE REPERTOIRE OF JUDAISM
WHICH BOOKS OF SCRIPTURE TELL THE STORY? THE TORAH AND THE FORMER PROPHETS
THE TORAH PROPER: GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DEUTERONOMY
JOSHUA, JUDGES, SAMUEL, AND KINGS
THE LATTER PROPHETS: ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZEKIEL, AND THE TWELVE MINOR PROPHETS
THE WRITINGS
FROM THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT ISRAEL TO A NARRATIVE OF THE HUMAN CONDITION
ADAM, EVE AND EDEN, ISRAEL AND THE LAND
ADAM AND ISRAEL: THE PARALLEL STORIES
GENESIS RABBAH XIX:IX.1–2
2 WHO AND WHAT IS ISRAEL?
SUPPLYING THE SUSTAINING SCRIPT
YERUSHALMI TAANIT 1:1
MISHNAH-TRACTATE YOMA 8:9
ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS
BAVLI TRACTATE ABODAH ZARAH 1:1 I.2/2A–B
SIFRÉ TO DEUTERONOMY CCCXLIII:IV.1FF.
FIVE GREAT OCCASIONS OF BASIC JUDAISM
THE SIGNALS OF NATURE, THE RESPONSE OF THE ISRAELITE
PASSOVER (CHAPTER 3)
THE DAYS OF AWE, TABERNACLES (CHAPTER 4)
HUPPAH, CIRCUMCISION (BERIT MILAN), AND LUNCH (GRACE AFTER MEALS) (CHAPTER 5)
3 THE COMMUNITY OF JUDAISM AND PASSOVER
HOW PASSOVER DEFINES JUDAISM
THE LESSON OF PASSOVER
WHO AND WHAT IS ISRAEL?
THE STORY OF PASSOVER PERPETUALLY PRESENT
4 THE ISRAELITE BEFORE GOD AND THE DAYS OF AWE
A DIFFERENT KIND OF NARRATIVE
THE NARRATIVE OF THE DAYS OF AWE: THE NEW YEAR, THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
ROSH HASHANAH, THE NEW YEAR: THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD
YOM KIPPUR, THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
NEW BEGINNINGS ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
SUKKOT/THE FESTIVAL OF TABERNACLES
5 THE INDIVIDUAL ISRAELITE AND ISRAEL IN HISTORY
HOW THE MARRIAGE RITE (HUPPAH) DEFINES THE BRIDE AND GROOM WITHIN THE NARRATIVES OF JUDAISM
HOW THE RITE OF THE COVENANT OF ABRAHAM (CIRCUMCISION) DEFINES THE NEWBORN SON WITHIN THE NARRATIVES OF JUDAISM
HOW THE GRACE AFTER MEALS SITUATES THE ISRAELITE WITHIN THE NARRATIVES OF JUDAISM
PART II JUDAISM IN BEHAVIOR AND BELIEF
6 THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE SABBATH
THE 613 COMMANDMENTS AND THEIR SINGLE PURPOSE
“‘WHAT IS HATEFUL TO YOU, TO YOUR FELLOW DON’T DO.’ THAT’S THE ENTIRETY OF THE TORAH; EVERYTHING ELSE IS ELABORATION. SO GO, STUDY!”
“STUDY IS GREATER, FOR STUDY BRINGS ABOUT ACTION”
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
THE SABBATH
7 GOD IS ONE, MERCIFUL AND JUST
ETHICAL MONOTHEISM
GOD REPRESENTED AS ONE
THE CREED OF JUDAISM: “HEAR, O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE”
GOD AS CREATOR
GOD REVEALS THE TORAH
THE SHEMA ITSELF
GOD REDEEMS ISRAEL
HOW DOES THE TORAH PROVE THE JUSTICE OF GOD?
“MEASURE FOR MEASURE” ILLUSTRATED BY THE ORDEAL OF THE WIFE ACCUSED OF ADULTERY
THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
HOW JUDAIC MONOTHEISM SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
HOW DOES THE TORAH PROVE THE MERCY OF GOD?
ALL ISRAEL HAS A PORTION OF THE WORLD TO COME
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD IS BASIC TO JUDAISM?
PART III THE SECULAR HISTORY OF JUDAISM
8 THE FORMATION OF NORMATIVE JUDAISM
FROM STORY TO HISTORY
THE PENTATEUCH IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISMS, 450 B.C.E. TO 70 C.E.
THE SOCIAL WORLD OF SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM
QUMRAN’S JUDAIC SYSTEM
THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES BEFORE 70 C.E.
THE FIRST PHASE OF RABBINIC JUDAISM, 70–200 C.E.: THE JUDAISM OF THE MISHNAH
THE SECOND PHASE OF RABBINIC JUDAISM, 200–600 C.E.: THE JUDAISM OF THE TALMUDS
9 THE ARTICULATION OF NORMATIVE JUDAISM
THE SUCCESS OF RABBINIC JUDAISM IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION
SUBSETS OF RABBINIC JUDAISM: NEW PHILOSOPHICAL THINKING
MAIMONIDES
JUDAH HALEVI
SUBSETS OF RABBINIC JUDAISM: MEDIA OF MYSTICAL PIETY, HASIDISM
RABBINIC JUDAISM DEFINES ITS HERETICS: KARAISM AND SABBATEANISM
KARAISM AND THE DOCTRINE THAT AT SINAI GOD REVEALED THE TORAH TO BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH TWO MEDIA, WRITTEN AND ORAL
10 REFORM, ORTHODOX, AND CONSERVATIVE JUDAISMS, ZIONISM
COMPETITION IN DEFINING JUDAISM IN MODERN TIMES
WHY DID THE RABBINIC SYSTEM MEET COMPETITION?
REFORM JUDAISM
CHANGES IN SYNAGOGUE WORSHIP
INTEGRATIONIST ORTHODOX JUDAISM
CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM
ZIONISM
PART IV THE HOLOCAUST
11 HOW JUDAISM SPEAKS TODAY
THE JUDAISM OF HOLOCAUST AND REDEMPTION
THE WORLDVIEW, WAY OF LIFE, AND THEORY OF ISRAEL OF THE JUDAISM OF HOLOCAUST AND REDEMPTION
THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
HOW JUDAISM SPEAKS TODAY

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