Great world religions. Judaism
Title:
Great world religions. Judaism
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ISBN:
9781490666716
Physical Description:
6 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 PDF disc
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Compact disc.
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Course no. 6103.
The length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min. The entire program consists of 12 lectures.
Accompanying PDF contains course workbook in CD-ROM format.
Contents:
What is Judaism? -- Stages of history -- Jewish library -- Emergence of Rabbinic Judaism -- Jewish worship-prayer and the synagogue -- Calendar-a communal life-cycle -- Individual life-cycles -- Go and man; God and community -- Philosophers and mystics -- Legal frameworks of Judaism-Halakha -- Common Judaism-or a plurality of Judaisms? -- Judaism and "others."
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Summary:
Surveys the history, traditions, and practice of Judaism from biblical times to today, with explanations of the major aspects of Jewish culture. Focuses on Judaism from within and how it is understood by its adherents, past and present. Covers topics such as the sacred books of Judaism, modes of worship, the calendar and holidays, and rites of passage such as bar and bat mitzva and marriage. Illustrates how Judaism reinvented itself by embracing the rabbinical tradition after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E. and considers the thinking of philosophers such as Maimonides.
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PDF REQUIRES ADOBE READER OR PDF READER.
