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Teach Yourself Judaism

by: Pilkington, C. M.

Teach Yourself Judaism

by: Pilkington, C. M.

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9780071421324
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0071421327
Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/25/2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Teach Yourself Judaismexplores the beliefs and practices of the Jewish faith and helps readers to understand them in the context of a living religion. Key topics discussed include the roots of Judaism, its development and its variety of forms, the principles of life-cycle rituals, the importance of time and season in both home and synagogue, and the impact of the Holocaust and the creation of an Israeli state on modern Jewish self understanding.

Approaching Judaism	p. 1
Judaism as a religion	p. 1
The roots of belief and practice - the Bible	p. 15
A people's history and its significance	p. 15
The structure of the Jewish Bible	p. 16
The content of the Torah	p. 19
The content of the Neviim	p. 23
The content of the Ketuvim	p. 27
Interpreting the Bible	p. 28
Transmitting and translating the Bible	p. 30
The chain of tradition - the Talmud	p. 33
The written and the oral Torah	p. 33
The varieties of Second Temple Judaism	p. 35
Living as a holy people without the Temple	p. 37
Discussing the Mishnah - the Talmud	p. 41
Legal traditions (halakhah) and narrative traditions (aggadah)	p. 47
Orthodox Judaism	p. 52
Orthodoxy and belief	p. 52
Continuity and discontinuity	p. 54
Orthodox Judaism and the Bible	p. 57
Ultra-Orthodoxy	p. 59
Orthodox affiliation today	p. 61
Non-Orthodox Judaism	p. 64
Reform Judaism and points of departure	p. 64
Determining the role of women in Judaism	p. 70
Conservative Judaism	p. 78
Liberal Judaism	p. 80
Food Laws	p. 82
The source and purpose of the food laws	p. 82
Deciding what is kosher	p. 84
Levels of observance	p. 88
Life and death matters	p. 93
Expressions of belief	p. 93
The importance of having children	p. 94
The sanctity of human life	p. 97
Grief and hope	p. 100
Jewish education	p. 105
In the home	p. 105
In the synagogue	p. 108
In school	p. 111
In higher education (academy, seminary, and college)	p. 112
Marriage	p. 116
Sex and marriage in Judaism	p. 116
A Jewish wedding	p. 119
Marriages between Jews and non-Jews	p. 122
The religious court (Bet Din) and laws of status	p. 126
A Jewish divorce	p. 129
Prayer	p. 133
The place of prayer	p. 133
Communal prayers - ancient and modern	p. 138
Physical reminders	p. 144
The Synagogue	p. 148
Terms and functions	p. 148
Reading the Torah	p. 150
Language and music	p. 155
Religious leadership	p. 157
The Sabbath	p. 161
A sense of time out	p. 161
Resting from work	p. 165
Observing Shabbat in home and synagogue	p. 171
The rhythm of the year - festivals and fasts	p. 176
A sense of time	p. 176
The lunar calendar	p. 180
The new moon	p. 182
The festivals of Hanukah and Purim	p. 184
Other festivals	p. 188
Fasts	p. 190
The pilgrim festivals	p. 192
Passover - the festival of unleavened bread	p. 192
Freedom - then and now	p. 193
Counting the days	p. 198
Freedom to obey - Shavuot	p. 200
Where true security lies - Sukkot	p. 201
The four plants	p. 202
The obligation to rejoice	p. 203
The New Year and the Day of Atonement	p. 207
The importance of The High Holy Days	p. 207
Creating the atmosphere	p. 208
Returning	p. 211
Fasting	p. 213
Atonement	p. 215
The Holocaust	p. 219
Questioning and remembering	p. 219
A radical answer	p. 226
A traditional response	p. 227
Survival and beyond	p. 231
Israel	p. 235
A focal point for Jews	p. 235
Zionism and beyond	p. 236
Identity in a Jewish State	p. 247
Peace with justice and security	p. 253
Afterword	p. 262
Further Reading	p. 267
Glossary	p. 268
Index	p. 275
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