Encyclopaedia of Judaism Second Edition: Volumes 1-4 / Edition 2

by Jacob Neusner, Alan J. Avery-Peck, Avery Peck Alan

Overview

This new edition of the prize-winning Encyclopaedia of Judaism includes more than 200 entries comprising more than 1,000,000 words. This edition offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and systematic presentation of the current state of scholarship on fundamental issues of Judaism, both past and present. While heavy emphasis is placed on the classical literature of Judaism and its history, this edition also includes principal entries on circumcision, genetic engineering, homosexuality, intermarriage in American Judaism, and other acutely contemporary issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004147874
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/23/2005
Series:	Encyclopaedia of Judaism
Edition description:	ENL
Pages:	3042
Product dimensions:	11.50(w) x 15.00(h) x 11.50(d)