Judaism
This intriguing and informative book provides students with an overview of the great religious tradition of Judaism. Readers learn about the covenant with God, the Bible, the Mishnah, and the Talmud. They also read about sects, messianic movements, mysticism, and the Kabbalah. Rabbinical systems of law and custom are covered as are various principles and practices, holy days, and contemporary movements in Judaism.
* Reviews *
Book Review: Judaism"Far from a quick overview, this detailed title in the Understanding Religious series is quite dense and scholarly at times, with authoritative discussion on origins and history and with separate chapters on sacred texts, persons, space, and time, as well as on ethical principles, death and the afterlife, and society and religion...The open design with colored screens and quality reproductions will attract browsers, and some will go on to examine the detail about history and doctrine."
--Booklist
Series Review: Understanding Religions
"Thorough research and concise writing brand this series. Each volume discusses origins and historical development; aspects of the divine; sacred texts, persons, space, and time; ethical principles; death and the afterlife; and society and religion. Each chapter includes an extract from a sacred text followed by analysis and commentary. Terms and ideas that are unique to the religion are explained clearly within context..."
--Jennifer Prince, Fairview Public Library, NC, School Library Journal
