The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion:

Edited and Prefaced by R.J. Zwi Werblowsky and Geoffrey Wigoder, and Itzhak Carmin Karpman; Itzhak Carmin Karpman, Executive Editor; Topic Editors: Joseph Dan, Edward Fram, Martha Himmelfarb, Lawrence Hoffman, Shalom Paul, Aviezer Ravitsky, Robert Seltzer, Shmuel Shilo, and Daniel Sperber; Consultants: Elliot Nelson Dorff, Arthur Green, and Kerry Olitzky.; Contributors:

ISBN 10: 0195086058 / ISBN 13: 9780195086058

Edité par Oxford University Press, New York, New York/ Oxford, England, 1997

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xviii, 764 pp. LCC: 9645517.

N° de réf. du vendeur 0810I0754

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• Titre: The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion:
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, New York, New York/ Oxford, England
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0195086058
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195086058
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very good condition.
• État de la jaquette: Very good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

The single-volume reference work covers the religious life of historical and contemporary Jewry. Entries range from brief definitions of terms to essays on major topics. The dictionary addresses all aspects of Jewish practice and Jewish law deriving from the traditional 613 biblical commandments as laid down in the Pentateuch and elaborated in rabbinic literature. Thorough treatment is given to both the Jewish theology of the Bible and Talmud and that of the philosophers of late antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. Due consideration is also given to customs that have developed in different lands, including such communities as the Ethiopian and Indian Jews.

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion is a fascinating single-volume reference work on the religious life of historical and contemporary Jewry. Entries range from brief, fifty-word definitions of terms to 3,000-word essays on major topics. The dictionary addresses all aspects of Jewish practice and Jewish law deriving from the traditional 613 biblical commandments as laid down in the Pentateuch and elaborated in rabbinic literature. Thorough treatment is given to both the Jewish theology of the Bible and Talmud and that of the philosophers of late antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. Due consideration is also given to customs that have developed in different lands, including such communities as the Ethiopian and Indian Jews.