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Compiled by two international experts, and with over 600 wide-ranging and informative entries, this dictionary provides the reader with a useful reference aid to all areas of Judaism. ; Compiled by two internationally renowned experts, and with over 600 wide-ranging and informative entries, The Routledge Dictionary of Judaism provides the reader with an invaluable reference aid to all areas of the religion. Topics covered include: *The religion's forms and history *Its institutions, religious practices and life cycle rites *Key texts and people, symbols and holy days *An understanding of theological terms, doctrine and philosophy. Compiled by two internationally renowned experts, and with over 600 wide-ranging and informative entries, The Routledge Dictionary of Judaism provides the reader with an invaluable reference aid to all areas of the religion. Topics covered include: *The religion's forms and history *Its institutions, religious practices and life cycle rites *Key texts and people, symbols and holy days *An understanding of theological terms, doctrine and philosophy.

Title The Routledge dictionary of Judaism / Jacob Neusner and Alan J. Avery-Peck.
Publisher New York
London : Routledge : Taylor & Francis Group
Creation Date 2004
Notes Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
English
Content chapter A -- chapter B -- chapter C C -- chapter D -- chapter E -- chapter F -- chapter G -- chapter H -- chapter I I -- chapter J -- chapter K -- chapter L L -- chapter M -- chapter N -- chapter O -- chapter P -- chapter Q -- chapter R -- chapter S -- chapter T -- chapter U -- chapter V V -- chapter W -- chapter Y -- chapter Z.
Series Routledge dictionaries
Extent 1 online resource (vii, 181 p. ) ill.
Language English
National Library system number 997010702730905171
MARC RECORDS
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