The Cambridge Companion to the Talmud and Rabbinic Literature (Online) by
This volume introduces students of rabbinic literature to the range of historical and interpretative questions surrounding the rabbinic texts of late antiquity.
A History of the Talmud (Online) by
An accessible introduction to one of the religion's most important texts. Tracing the Talmud's origins and its often controversial status through history, he bases his work on the most recent historical and literary scholarship while making no assumptions concerning the reader's prior knowledge.
The Talmud: A Biography (Online) by
Providing a concise biography of this quintessential work of rabbinic Judaism, Wimpfheimer takes readers from the Talmud's prehistory in biblical and second-temple Judaism to its present-day use as a source of religious ideology, a model of different modes of rationality, and a totem of cultural identity. He describes the book's origins and structure, its centrality to Jewish law, its mixed reception history, and its golden renaissance in modernity.
The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies by
exhaustive survey of current interests and directions in the field.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (Online) by
Focuses on recent and changing rituals in the Jewish community that have come to the fore since the 1997 publication of the First Edition, including the growing trend of baby-naming ceremonies and the founding of gay/lesbian synagogues
Cambridge Dictionary of Judaism and Jewish Culture (Online) by
Seeks to define the spiritual and intellectual concepts and religious movements that distinguish Judaism and the Jewish experience; discusses central personalities and places, formative events and enduring literary and cultural contributions and they illuminate the lives of ordinary Jewish men and women.
JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions (Online) by
A comprehensive and authoritative resource with ready answers to questions about almost all aspects of Jewish life and practice: life-cycle events, holidays, ritual and prayer, Jewish traditions and customs, and more.
The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology (Online) by
Offers an overview of Jewish theology, an aspect of Judaism that is equal in importance to law and ethics. Covering the period from antiquity to the present, the volume focuses on what Jews believe about God and also about the relation of God to humans and the world.
The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law by
Explores the Jewish conception of law as an essential component of the divine-human relationship from biblical to modern times, as well as resistance to this conceptualization. It also traces the political, social, intellectual, and cultural circumstances that spawned competing Jewish approaches to its own 'divine' law and the 'non-divine' law of others, including that of the modern, secular state of Israel.
The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism by
Provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the most important and interesting historical and contemporary facets of Judaism in America.
The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality by
A collection of original essays addressing topics of Jewish moral ethics--historical and contemporary, as well as philosophical and practical--by leading scholars from around the world. The first section of the volume describes the history of the Jewish tradition's moral thought, from the Bible to contemporary Jewish approaches. The second part includes chapters on specific fields in ethics, including the ethics of medicine, business, sex, speech, politics, war, and the environment.
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