A History of Judaism
$25.49
- Paperback
656 pages
- Release Date
19 February 2019
Summary
A definitive study (Financial Times) of Judaism, from its origins to the present.
Judaism is by some distance the oldest of the three Abrahamic religions and, despite the extraordinarily varied forms it has taken and diverse beliefs it has contained over three millennia, it has been generally understood by both Jews and gentiles as a single entity. There have been many histories of the Jewish people but remarkably few attempts to relate the history and evolution of Judaism itself.
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141038216 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141038217 |
| Author: | Martin Goodman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 19 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 484g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
An absolute godsend … Goodman has done both Jews and non-Jews a great service with this book, encapsulating most of Jewish thought over four millennia into one extraordinarily readable volume – Julia Neuberger * Literary Review *A History of Judaism is beautifully written and meticulously annotated, and includes maps and illustrations. Goodman holds the book with authority and impeccable even-handedness, engaging the reader with his erudition, but also seasoning the narrative with some of the great and most influential Jewish lives. I could hardly recommend it more. – Charles Middleburgh * Church Times *
About The Author
Martin Goodman
Martin Goodman is Professor of Jewish Studies at Oxford and President of the Oxford Centre for Jewish and Hebrew Studies. He is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford and the British Academy. His Rome and Jerusalem, published in 2008, was acknowledged as a landmark in the study of the Jewish people in the Roman Empire, and has been translated into six languages. In 2002 he edited the Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies, which was awarded the National Jewish Book Award for Scholarship.
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