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Liber XVIII · Judaism

Liber XVIII

Judaism: Torah, Talmud and Tradition

The religion of Israel from the Torah and the Temple to the Talmud and modern Judaism.

Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people, centred on the covenant between God and Israel set out in the Torah. This section follows its history from the ancient Israelites and the First and Second Temples through the rabbinic Judaism of the Mishnah and Talmud to the Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and other movements of today. It covers the Hebrew Bible, Jewish law and ethics, prayer and the synagogue, the festivals and Sabbath, philosophy from Philo to Maimonides, and the folk beliefs about demons, amulets and the evil eye that sit beside the mystical tradition treated in our Kabbalah section.

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American JudaismJonathan D. Sarna American JudaismJonathan D. Sarna Amulets and Magic BowlsJoseph Naveh Amulets and Magic BowlsJoseph Naveh & Shaul Shaked Ancient IsraelRoland de Vaux Ancient IsraelRoland de Vaux Ancient Jewish MagicGideon Bohak Ancient Jewish MagicGideon Bohak The Ancient SynagogueLee I. Levine The Ancient SynagogueLee I. Levine The Art of Biblical NarrativeRobert Alter The Art of Biblical NarrativeRobert Alter The Authorised Daily Prayer BookSimeon Singer The Authorised Daily Prayer BookSimeon Singer The Bible UnearthedIsrael Finkelstein The Bible UnearthedIsrael Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman The Book of Beliefs and OpinionsSaadia Gaon The Book of Beliefs and OpinionsSaadia Gaon The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish PhilosophyDaniel H. Frank The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish PhilosophyDaniel H. Frank & Oliver Leaman The Cambridge Companion to the Talmud and Rabbinic LiteratureCharlotte Elisheva Fonrobert The Cambridge Companion to the Talmud and Rabbinic LiteratureCharlotte Elisheva Fonrobert & Martin S. Jaffee A Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 1Joseph Telushkin A Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 1Joseph Telushkin The Destruction of the European JewsRaul Hilberg The Destruction of the European JewsRaul Hilberg The Early History of GodMark S. Smith The Early History of GodMark S. Smith Entering Jewish PrayerReuven Hammer Entering Jewish PrayerReuven Hammer The Essential TalmudAdin Steinsaltz The Essential TalmudAdin Steinsaltz From the Maccabees to the MishnahShaye J. D. Cohen From the Maccabees to the MishnahShaye J. D. Cohen God in Search of ManAbraham Joshua Heschel God in Search of ManAbraham Joshua Heschel The Guide for the PerplexedMoses Maimonides The Guide for the PerplexedMoses Maimonides Halakhic ManJoseph B. Soloveitchik Halakhic ManJoseph B. Soloveitchik A History of Jewish Philosophy in the Middle AgesColette Sirat A History of Jewish Philosophy in the Middle AgesColette Sirat A History of the JewsPaul Johnson A History of the JewsPaul Johnson How to Read the BibleJames L. Kugel How to Read the BibleJames L. Kugel I and ThouMartin Buber I and ThouMartin Buber