The Blackwell Companion to Judaism

Abstract

Contributors. Preface. Part I: The History of Judaism:. 1. Defining Judaism: Jacob Neusner (University of South Florida and Bard College). 2. The Religious World of Ancient Israel to 586: Marvin Sweeney (Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University). 3. Judaism and the Hebrew Scriptures: Philip R. Davies (Sheffield University). 4. Second Temple Judaism: Frederick J. Murphy (College of the Holy Cross). 5. The Formation of Rabbinic Judaism, 70--640 C.E: G--nther Stemberger (Universitat Wien). 6. The Canon of Rabbinic Judaism: Jacob Neusner (University of South Florida and Bard College). 7. Judaism and Christianity in the Formative Age: Bruce D. Chilton (Bard College). 8. Judaism in the Muslim world: Sara Reguer (Brooklyn College of the City University of New York). 9. Judaism in Christendom: David R. Carr (University of South Florida). 10. Philosophy in Judaism: Two Stances: Daniel Breslauer (University of Kansas). 11. Jewish Piety: Tzvee Zahavy (Fairleigh Dickinson University). Part II: The Principal Doctrines of Judaism:. 12. The Doctrine of Torah: Jacob Neusner (University of South Florida and Bard College). 13. The Doctrine of God: Alan J. Avery--Peck (College of the Holy Cross). 14. The Doctrine of Israel: Jacob Neusner (University of South Florida and Bard College). 15. The Doctrine of the Messiah: William Scott Green (University of Rochester). 16. Language as Doctrine: Hebrew: David Aaron (Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion). Part III: Modern and Contemporary Judaisms:. 17. Reform Judaism: Dana Evan Kaplan (University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee). 18. Orthodox Judaism: Benjamin Brown (Hebrew University). 19. Conservative Judaism: The Struggle Between Ideology and Popularity: Daniel Gordis (University of Judaism). 20. New Age Judaism: Jeffrey K. Salkin (Port Washington, New York). Part IV: Special Topics in Understanding Judaism:. 21. Ethics of Judaism: Elliot Dorff (University of Judaism). 22. Women in Contemporary Judaism: Judith Baskin (University at Albany, State University of New York). 23. Judaism as a Theopolitical Phenomenon: Daniel J. Elazar (Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs). 24. Theology in Contemporary Judaism: Neil Gillman (Jewish Theological Seminary). 25. Secular Forms of Jewishness: Paul Mendes--Flohr (Hebrew University). 26. Judaism and Zionism: Yosef Gorney (Tel Aviv University). 27. The Return to Traditional Judaism at the End of the Twentieth Century: Cross Cultural Comparisons: M. Herbert Danzger (City University of New York). Abbreviations. Index.