The Schocken guide to Jewish books : where to start reading about Jewish history, literature, culture, and religion / edited by Barry W. Holtz.

Contributor(s):

Holtz, Barry W

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: New York : Schocken Books, c1992.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 357 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0805241086 :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

016.909/04924 20

LOC classification:

PJ 5008 S363 1992 DS102.95

Contents:

Ports of entry : introductory Jewish books / Lawrence Square Kushner -- The Bible and its world / Everett Fox -- The world of the Talmud / Eliezer Diamond -- The Jewish Middle Ages / Ivan G. Marcus -- The European experience : Jews confront modernity / Michael Stanislawski -- The American Jewish experience / Jonathan D. Sarna -- The Holocaust / Deborah E. Lipstadt -- Israel and Zionism / David Twersky -- Jewish mysticism / Elliot K. Ginsburg -- Jewish philosophy : medieval and modern / Michael Paley and Jacob J. Staub -- Jewish women's studies / Sue Levi Elwell -- Hebrew literature / Alan Mintz -- Yiddish literature / David G. Roskies -- The Jewish Novelist in America / Mark Shechner -- The bar/bat mitzvah book / Rita Berman Frischer.

Summary: The chapters in this book survey various areas of Jewish knowledge, recommending and describing books about each area. the subjects include the Bible, Talmud, Jewish history, the Holocaust, contemporary Israel, religious life ... Customs, mysticism, Hebrew and Yiddish literature, and Jewish feminism.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PJ 5008 S363 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000127468

Includes index.

Ports of entry : introductory Jewish books / Lawrence Square Kushner --
The Bible and its world / Everett Fox --
The world of the Talmud / Eliezer Diamond --
The Jewish Middle Ages / Ivan G. Marcus --
The European experience : Jews confront modernity / Michael Stanislawski --
The American Jewish experience / Jonathan D. Sarna --
The Holocaust / Deborah E. Lipstadt --
Israel and Zionism / David Twersky --
Jewish mysticism / Elliot K. Ginsburg --
Jewish philosophy : medieval and modern / Michael Paley and Jacob J. Staub --
Jewish women's studies / Sue Levi Elwell --
Hebrew literature / Alan Mintz --
Yiddish literature / David G. Roskies --
The Jewish Novelist in America / Mark Shechner --
The bar/bat mitzvah book / Rita Berman Frischer.

The chapters in this book survey various areas of Jewish knowledge, recommending and describing books about each area. the subjects include the Bible, Talmud, Jewish history, the Holocaust, contemporary Israel, religious life ...
Customs, mysticism, Hebrew and Yiddish literature, and Jewish feminism.

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