Judaism / by Stuart E. Rosenberg.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Deus booksPublication details: Glen Rock, N. J., Paulist Press [1966]Description: 159 p. 18 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296
Contents:
Contents:
Part one: The growth of Judaism -- 1. "Spiritually, we are all Semites" -- 2. Biblical Judaism -- 3. Rabbinic Judaism -- 4. Modern Judaism -- Part two: The Jewish year: the worship of the Lord -- 5. Inside the synagogue -- 6. The prayer book -- 7. The Sabbath -- 8. The autumn holidays -- 9. The winter holidays -- 10. The spring holidays -- 11. The summer holidays -- Part three: The Jewish life: from cradle to grave -- 12. A child is born -- 13. Growing up -- 14. Marriage -- 15. The family -- 16. Death -- Epilogue -- 17. Man and God: some Jewish beliefs.
Summary: Summary:Summary: Part One surveys the growth of Judaism from pre-Biblical days to the present, taking up in turn Biblical, Rabbinic and Modern Judaism and showing how one grew into the other. Intensely interesting is his description of the differences that exist between the three branches of Modern Judaism: Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. Part Two describes Jewish worship through the various seasonal holidays, and the Jewish sense of "chosenness" which makes for his unique relationship with his God. Part Three takes us through Jewish life from the cradle to the grave. The reader will discover that Judaism is essentially a "religion of the home" and that its practices influence every aspect and moment of Jewish life. In a final chapter the author explains how Jews feel about such things as sin, resurrection and immortality, the Messiah.
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books BM 561 .R63 1966 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA013822 Available AUA013822

Contents:

Part one: The growth of Judaism --
1. "Spiritually, we are all Semites" --
2. Biblical Judaism --
3. Rabbinic Judaism --
4. Modern Judaism --
Part two: The Jewish year: the worship of the Lord --
5. Inside the synagogue --
6. The prayer book --
7. The Sabbath --
8. The autumn holidays --
9. The winter holidays --
10. The spring holidays --
11. The summer holidays --
Part three: The Jewish life: from cradle to grave --
12. A child is born --
13. Growing up --
14. Marriage --
15. The family --
16. Death --
Epilogue --
17. Man and God: some Jewish beliefs.

Summary:

Part One surveys the growth of Judaism from pre-Biblical days to the present, taking up in turn Biblical, Rabbinic and Modern Judaism and showing how one grew into the other. Intensely interesting is his description of the differences that exist between the three branches of Modern Judaism: Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. Part Two describes Jewish worship through the various seasonal holidays, and the Jewish sense of "chosenness" which makes for his unique relationship with his God. Part Three takes us through Jewish life from the cradle to the grave. The reader will discover that Judaism is essentially a "religion of the home" and that its practices influence every aspect and moment of Jewish life. In a final chapter the author explains how Jews feel about such things as sin, resurrection and immortality, the Messiah.