Great world religions. Judaism

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Title:

Great world religions. Judaism

Alternate title:

Judaism

Author:

Gafni, Isaiah, author.

Teaching Company.

Series:

Great courses.

Summary:

Surveys the history, traditions, and practice of Judaism from biblical times to today, with explanations of the major aspects of Jewish culture. Focuses on Judaism from within and how it is understood by its adherents, past and present. Covers topics such as the sacred books of Judaism, modes of worship, the calendar and holidays, and rites of passage such as bar and bat mitzva and marriage. Illustrates how Judaism reinvented itself by embracing the rabbinical tradition after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E. and considers the thinking of philosophers such as Maimonides.

General Note:

Compact disc.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Contents:

What is Judaism? -- Stages of history -- Jewish library -- Emergence of Rabbinic Judaism -- Jewish worship-prayer and the synagogue -- Calendar-a communal life-cycle -- Individual life-cycles -- Go and man; God and community -- Philosophers and mystics -- Legal frameworks of Judaism-Halakha -- Common Judaism-or a plurality of Judaisms? -- Judaism and "others."

Physical Description:

6 sound discs (ca. 360 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (72 p. : 22 cm.)

Subject Term:

Judaism.

Added Corporate Author:

Teaching Company.

Publisher:

Teaching Co.,

Publication Date:

2003

ISBN:

9781565857957

Publication Information:

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., p2003.

Call Number:

GC 296 GAFNI

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This course surveys the history, traditions, and practice of Judaism from biblical times to today, with explanations of the major aspects of Jewish culture. It illustrates how Judaism reinvented itself by embracing the rabbinical tradition after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E. and considers the thinking of philosophers such as Maimonides.