{"product_id":"the-blackwell-reader-in-judaism-hardback-9780631207375","title":"The Blackwell Reader in Judaism (Hardback) 9780631207375","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Blackwell Reader in Judaism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJacob Neusner (Edited by), J NEUSNER (Author), Alan Avery-Peck (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631207375, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 December 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e480 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.5 x 18.1 x 3.9 cm, 0.964 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"I am excited at the prospect of the publication of these books, in that they promise to display the lifelong fruits of research and mature insights of a master scholar on Judaism.\" \u003ci\u003eRobert Goldenberg.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The editors set out to produce a work that is open to the educated general reader, rather than being restricted to a scholarly audience, and in this reviewer's opinion they have certainly succeeded. Overall what is presented...is a detailed, balanced, scholarly but approachable work, a source of information as well as a resource for further study.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Expository Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Reader in Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e introduces Judaism in its own words, affording readers a direct encounter with this ancient and enduring faith.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Contributors. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The History of Judaism:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Defining Judaism: Jacob Neusner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Judaism: The Religion, Philosophy, and Way of Life of the Jews\": Louis Jacobs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Old Habits Die Hard: Judaism in the Encyclopaedia of Religion\": William Scott Green.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Religious World of Ancient Israel to 586: Marvin A. Sweeney.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenesis 15:1-21.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExodus 13:1-16.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExodus 15:1-21.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExodus 20:1-14.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeuteronomy 15:1-18.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeuteronomy 16:1-17.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Samuel 6:1-19.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Samuel 7:1-16.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsaiah 11:1-16.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJeremiah 7:1-20.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsalm 19.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsalm 132.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Judaism and the Hebrew Scriptures: Philip R. Davies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Habakkuk Pesher from Qumran (1QpHab), cols. 7-9.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJosephus, Antiquities I:13 (222-236).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilo, On the Migration of Abraham 1-5 (1-25).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTargum Pseudo-Jonathan on Genesis 4.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Second Temple Judaism: Frederick J. Murphy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEzra and Nehemiah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHaggai and Zechariah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaniel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Maccabees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Maccabees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Psalms of Solomon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJosephus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Ezra.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Formation of Rabbinic Judaism, 70-640 C.E:Günter Stemberger.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB. Git. 56a-b: Yohanan ben Zakkai's Escape from Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eM. Abot 1:1-18: The Chain of Tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eY. Peah 2:6, 17a: Written and Oral Torah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eY. Sanhedrin 1:2, 19a: The Ordination of Rabbis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eY. Yebamot 12:6, 13a: Rabbis in the Service of the Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeviticus Rabbah 13:5: The Four Kingdoms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB. Baba Qamma 83b-84b: Biblical Foundation of the Mishnah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Canon of Rabbinic Judaism: The Mishnah and the Midrash: Jacob Neusner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mishnah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin Jaffee, How the Mishnah Makes a Theological Statement: Mishnah Ma'aserot Chapter One.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Midrash: Genesis Rabbah: The Rules of History Set Forth by Revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Judaism and Christianity in the Formative Age: Bruce Chilton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatthew 12.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas (sayings 79-85).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGalatians 2.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHebrews 9.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJustin, The First Apology 1-3.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClement of Alexandria, Paidagogos, 6.32.- 6.35.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigen, On First Principles 2.11.2-4.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEusebius: History of the Church 8.8.1 - 8.9.6.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAugustine, The City of God 22.14-22.15.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Judaism in the Muslim world: Sara Reguer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Late Twelfth Century Curriculum of Advanced Study: Joseph b. Judah ibn 'Aqnin, Tibb al-Nufus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaimonides' Philosophy: Introduction to The Guide to the Perplexed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Judaism in Christendom: David R. Carr.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolomon ben Isaac on Forced Conversion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudah ha-Levi: Poem on Return to Zion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoses ibn Ezra: Poem on Worldliness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoses ben Nahman: The Disputation at Barcelona.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolomon bar Simson on the Mainz Martyrs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbraham ibn Daud of Toledo on Samuel ha-Nagid.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaimonides regarding a Hebrew Translation of Guide of the Perplexed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudah ibn Tibbon on Education.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoseph ibn Caspi on Education and Philosophy (1332).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolomon bar Isaac's Exegesis of Torah (1105).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTestament of Eleazar of Mayence on piety and charity (c. 1357).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaimonides on Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaimonides on Art and Idolatry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolomon ibn Adret on faith and reason (second half of 13th century).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolomon ben Adret's ban on study of philosophy by youths (1305).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Book of Splendor (The Zohar) (1286).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Philosophy in Judaism: Two Stances: S. Daniel Breslauer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlavius Josephus: Philosophy is Judaism; Judaism is Philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJulius Guttmann: Philosophy is Alien to Judaism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsaac Husik: Jewish Philosophy in the Past but not the Present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilo of Alexandria: Jewish Scripture as Philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaadia Gaon: Defending Tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudah Halevi: The Special Function of the Jews.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaimonides: The Philosophical Function of Judaism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaruch Spinoza: A Modern Critique of Judaism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHermann Cohen: Modern Religion out of the Sources of Judaism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmmanuel Levinas: Translating Judaism into Modern Philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Jewish Piety: Tzvee Zahavy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRules for a Bar Mitzvah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDedication of a House.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaws for Visiting the Sick.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaws of Purification (Taharah) and Shrouds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrder of the Wedding Ceremony.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Principal Doctrines of Judaism:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Doctrine of Torah: Jacob Neusner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWarren (Zev) Harvey, \"Torah\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The Doctrine of God: Alan J. Avery-Peck.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Foot Moore, \"God and the World\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Doctrine of Israel: Jacob Neusner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsrael as Sui Generis in the Mishnah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenesis Rabbah: The Metaphor of the Family, \"Israel\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsrael as Sui Generis in the Yerushalmi's Theory of Salvation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The Doctrine of Hebrew Language Usage: David H. Aaron.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mishnah and Tosefta: Translations are Appropriate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Talmud: The Language of Liturgy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Talmud: Torah Language and Colloquial Speech.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Midrashic Literature: The Preference for Hebrew.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMysticism: The Power of Individual Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Modern and Contemporary Judaisms:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Reform Judaism: Dana Evan Kaplan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEugene B. Borowitz, \"A Liberal Jewish Approach to Ritual\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalter Jacob, \"Standards Now\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEric Yoffie, \"Moses, Too, Was Once a Marginal Jew\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry Cohen, \"Rabbinic Officiation and Mixed Marriage Revisited\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Statement of Principles for Reform Judaism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Orthodox Judaism: Benjamin Brown.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Moshe Sofer (The Hattam Sofer): A Testament.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, \"Emancipation\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Avraham Isaac ha-Cohen Kook on the Unity of Contradiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi A. Y. Kook on Ideological Diversity and Unity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi A. Y. Kook on Secular Zionist Idealism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Avraham Yesha'ayahu Karelitz on Israel as a New Torah Center.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Avraham Yesha'ayahu Karelitz on Extremism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Yoel Teitlbaum of Satmar on the Holocaust as Divine Punishment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Joseph Baer Soloveitchik on the Objectivity of Halakha.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Menahem Mendl Schneerssohn of Lubavitch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYesha'ayahu Leibowitz on Science and Jewish Religion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Conservative Judaism: The Struggle Between Ideology and Popularity: Daniel Gordis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmet Ve-Emunah-A Statement of Principles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Responsum on Sabbath Observance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoel Roth: Faculty Paper Urging the Ordination of Women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElliot Dorff: Position Paper on Homosexuality and Sexual Ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. New Age Judaism: Jeffrey K. Salkin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeil Gillman, \"On the New Jewish Spirituality\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArthur Green, \"Judaism for the Post-Modern Era\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJeffrey K. Salkin, \"What is Spirituality, Anyway?\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJack Moline, \"Is Jewish Renewal Good for the Jews?\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Special Topics in Understanding Judaism:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Ethics of Judaism: Elliot N. Dorff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJewish Ethics: Aaron L. Mackler, \"Cases and Principles in Jewish Bioethics: Toward a Holistic Model\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJewish Morality: Seymour Siegel, \"A Jewish View of Economic Justice\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Women in Contemporary Judaism: Judith R. Baskin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTamar Frankiel: The Voice of Sarah: Feminine Spirituality and Traditional Judaism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarcia Falk, \"Introduction of New Blessings\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMerle Feld, \"Healing After a Miscarriage\" and \"We All Stood Together\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEllen M. Umansky, \"Re-Visioning Sarah: A Midrash on Genesis 22\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSusan Grossman, \"On Tefillin\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudith Plaskow, Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRachel Adler, Engendering Judaism: An Inclusive Theology and Ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Judaism as a Theopolitical Phenomenon: Daniel J. Elazar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCertificate of Incorporation and Bylaws: Congregation Kehillat Jeshurun, New York (1972).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstitution and Bylaws of Monmouth Reform Temple, Monmouth, New Jersey (1988).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Covenant of Petah Tikva (1878).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Scroll of Independence of the State of Israel (1948).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Theology in Contemporary Judaism: Neil Gillman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEugene Borowitz, Renewing the Covenant: A Theology for the Postmodern Jew.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmil Fackenheim, Quest for Past and Future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeil Gillman, Sacred Fragments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArthur Green, Seek My Face, Speak My Name.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrving Greenberg, \"Voluntary Covenant\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Hartman, A Living Covenant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWill Herberg, Judaism and Modern Man-God.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWill Herberg, Judaism and Modern Man-Faith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMordecai Kaplan, Questions Jews Ask: Reconstructionist Answers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFranz Rosenzweig, \"The Builders: Concerning the Law\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Rubenstein, in The Condition of Jewish Belief.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarold M. Schulweis, Evil and the Morality of God.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Wyschogrod, The Body of Faith: God in the People Israel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Secular Forms of Jewishness: Paul Mendes-Flohr.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichah Joseph Berdichevski, \"Wrecking and Building\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBen Halpern, \"Apologia Contra Rabbines\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYaakov Malkin, \"The Faith of Secular Jews\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Judaism and Zionism: Yosef Gorny.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Vital, \"The Future of the Jews: A People at the Crossroads?\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBen Halpern, \"Exile-Abstract Condition and Concrete Community\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNathan Rotenstreich, \"The Present-Day Relationship\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShlomo Avineri, \"Israel-A Normative Value of Jewish Existence\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsmar Schorsch, \"Making Israel a Light unto the Nations: Conservative Zionism Reconsidered\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEugene B. Borowitz, \"What Is Reform Religious Zionism?\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsadore Twersky, \"Survival, Normalcy, Modernity\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry L. Feingold, \"Zionism: A New Course Needed\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEliezer Schweid, \"The Major Goal of Zionism Today: To Build the Spiritual Center\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYosef Gorny, \"The Need for a New Hibbat Zion\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. The \"Return\" to Traditional Judaism at the End of the Twentieth Century: Cross Cultural Comparisons: M. Herbert Danzger.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReturn: An Unanticipated Development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligious Authority in Judaism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAction and Study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy They Return.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316798517528,"sku":"9780631207375","price":125.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631207375.jpg?v=1781825744","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-blackwell-reader-in-judaism-hardback-9780631207375","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}