The Cambridge Dictionary of Judaism and Jewish Culture

by Judith R. Baskin (Editor)

Overview

The Cambridge Dictionary of Jewish History, Religion, and Culture is an authoritative and accessible reference work for a twenty-first-century audience. Its entries, written by eminent scholars, define the spiritual and intellectual concepts and religious movements that distinguish Judaism and the Jewish experience; they discuss central personalities and places, formative events, and enduring literary and cultural contributions, and they illuminate the lives of ordinary Jewish men and women. Essays explore Jewish history from ancient times to the present and consider all aspects of Judaism, including religious practices and rituals, legal teachings and legendary traditions, and rationalism, mysticism, and messianism. This reference work differs from many others in its broad exploration of the Jewish experience beyond Judaism. Entries discuss secular and political movements and achievements and delineate Jewish endeavors in literature, art, music, theater, dance, film, broadcasting, sports, science, medicine, and ecology, among many other topics from the Bible to the Internet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521825979
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/31/2011
Pages:	1164
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Judith R. Baskin is Knight Professor of Humanities and Associate Dean for Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. Her books include Pharaoh's Counsellors: Job, Jethro, and Balaam in Rabbinic and Patristic Tradition (1982) and Midrashic Women: Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature (2002). She is the editor of Jewish Women in Historical Perspective (1991; 2nd edition, 1998), Women of the Word: Jewish Women and Jewish Writing (1994) and The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture (with Kenneth Seeskin, 2010).

Date of Death:

October 13, 1996

Table of Contents

Preface; How to use this book; Abbreviations; Figures; Contributors; List of entries; Entries; Index of names; Index of subjects.

Editorial Reviews

Advance Quote: "The Cambridge Dictionary of Judaism and Jewish Culture is a wide-ranging compendium of lucid and readily understandable articles written by a diverse group of outstanding experts.  It will quickly become a "go-to" source for specialists and general readers alike.  Judith Baskin is to be lauded for the range of entries and their accessibility." —Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner, Director of Jewish Feminist Research Group and Assistant Professor of Jewish Literature at Jewish Theological Seminary.

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