Encyclopaedia of Judaism Second Edition (4 Vols)

3042 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Religiöse Gemeinschaften
• ISBN: 9789004147874
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.12.2005
• Größe: 267 x 203 mm
• Verlag: Brill
• Herausgegeben von: Green, Neusner, Avery-Peck