2nd Century BCE
2nd Century CE
4th Century CE
5th Century BCE
A01=Dan Cohn-Sherbok
A01=Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok
ADAM
Author_Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Author_Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok
Bar Kokhba
Bar Kokhba Revolt
biblical exegesis
Category=GBC
Category=JBSR
Category=QRJ
comprehensive Judaism reference guide
dead
Dead Sea Scrolls
documentary
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
halakhic interpretation
hashanah
hypothesis
Jewish cultural history
Jewish religious studies
Jewish ritual practice
Johanan Ben Zakkai
kippur
Late 7th Century BCE
Maimonidean Controversy
Ner Tamid
Noachide Laws
oral
Progressive Synagogues
Pseudepigraphical Book
rabbinic literature
rosh
Rosh Ha Shanah
Rosh Hashanah
ROSH HODESH
Saadiah Gaon
scrolls
sea
Shabbetai Zevi
Shemini Atzeret
Simhat Torah
St Century BCE
St Century CE
yom
Yoreh Deah
Product details
- ISBN 9780700703579
- Weight: 400g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 10 Aug 1995
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
This concise dictionary of Judaism contains over a thousand entries describing all the key aspects of religion, culture and history in the Jewish faith. Entries range from Aaron to Zugot via Abolition, Cherub, Documentary Hypothesis, Euthenasia, Falashas, and many other interesting and essential topics. This is not only a reference tool for those who want to know more about the tradition, but a practical guide to the current Jewish interpretation of topics of universal interest. Designed for the student as well as the general reader, it deserves a place in every library and every Jewish home.
Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok was formerly the Principal of West Heath School, and is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent. She is the author of A Short History of Judaism, Jewish and Christian Mysticism, The American Jew, and the Judaism section of the Oxford Companion to Religion.
Dan Cohn-Sherbok teaches at the University of Kent and is a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Middlesex, Wales at Lampeter, and St. Andrews. He is the author and editor of over 40 books.
