Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought: Original Essays on Critical Concepts, Movements, and Beliefs

Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought: Original Essays on Critical Concepts, Movements, and Beliefs
ISBN-10
0029060400
ISBN-13
9780029060407
Category
Religion / General
Pages
1163
Language
English
Published
1988
Publisher
Free Press
Authors
Arthur Allen Cohen, Paul R. Mendes-Flohr

Description

A collection of 140 essays by renowned figures on the fundamental concepts, beliefs and movements in historical and contemporary Jewish thought. Charity, chosen people, death, culture, family, freedom, history, love, immortality, myth, prayer, science, tradition and Torah are among the subjects addressed in this handbook of Jewish experience and thought.

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