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'An excellent approach to designing an introduction to the study of Judaism. It is balanced and presents the reader and instructor with plenty of primary material. The author identifies interesting issues and uses the sources he selects to illustrate them. Few students will fail to be stimulated by this book and it should rapidly become one of the standard introductory texts in the teaching of Judaism.' - Oliver Leaman, Zantker Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Kentucky
'There can be few more comprehensively useful studies of Judaism than Dan Cohn-Sherbok's Judaism: History, Belief and Practice. Its magnificent sweep not only encompasses a wealth of Jewish experience, thought and achievement, but also invites the reader to engage in Judaism's greatdebates. At once moving and informative, no student of Judaism should be without this invaluable resource.' - Melissa Raphael, Principal Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Gloucestershire.
On the website companion:`This resource will achieve a great deal in raising the standard of undergraduate provision, and will also be of enormous use to teachers of A Level...Thoroughly pedagogically sound, it will ensure that students make targeted and relevant use of the internet, and that they familiarise themselves not only with a diversity of viewpoints within Judaism, but also with the work of a range of scholars. Professor Sherbok encourages the development of students' critical skills (very few undergraduate textbooks address this) through the use of structured tasks, which enable students, both in groups and individually, to engage with the subject in a discursive way. The range of teaching styles recommended will ensure students with different learning preferences will have opportunities to achieve progression. - Wendy Dossett, Lecturer in Religious Studies and A Level Examiner Welsh Joint Education Committee
'An original and very intelligent approach to the topic of how jews have understood themselves. The format of the website companion will be appreciated by teachers and students.' - Prof. Bill Rubinstein, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
'There can be few more comprehensively useful studies of Judaism than Dan Cohn-Sherbok's Judaism: History, Belief and Practice. Its magnificent sweep not only encompasses a wealth of Jewish experience, thought and achievement, but also invites the reader to engage in Judaism's greatdebates. At once moving and informative, no student of Judaism should be without this invaluable resource.' - Melissa Raphael, Principal Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Gloucestershire.
On the website companion:`This resource will achieve a great deal in raising the standard of undergraduate provision, and will also be of enormous use to teachers of A Level...Thoroughly pedagogically sound, it will ensure that students make targeted and relevant use of the internet, and that they familiarise themselves not only with a diversity of viewpoints within Judaism, but also with the work of a range of scholars. Professor Sherbok encourages the development of students' critical skills (very few undergraduate textbooks address this) through the use of structured tasks, which enable students, both in groups and individually, to engage with the subject in a discursive way. The range of teaching styles recommended will ensure students with different learning preferences will have opportunities to achieve progression. - Wendy Dossett, Lecturer in Religious Studies and A Level Examiner Welsh Joint Education Committee
'An original and very intelligent approach to the topic of how jews have understood themselves. The format of the website companion will be appreciated by teachers and students.' - Prof. Bill Rubinstein, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
'Judaism: History, Belief and Practice ... will amaze. It's encyclopaedic cover of the entirety of the learned output of 4,000 years of Jewish life is a feat in itself. It is certainly to be recommended ... a truly fine book.' - Brian Fox, Jewish Telegraph
'There is no doubt that this is an excellent introductory text for undergraduates and A level students. The chapters provide useful chunks of bite-size information with suitable resources to explore key concepts ... I have no reservations in making it the set text for my undergraduate introduction to Judaism.' - Dr Deidre Burke, British Journal of Religious Education
"Judaism by Dan Cohn-Sherbok is the most comprehensive introduction to Judaism available to American undergraduates. The concise chapters of this book provide excellent background information on Jewish history, culture, and religion. As a teacher, I can build upon this information when we pursue critical issues in specialized classes in Jewish Studies. My undergraduate students at this liberal arts college praise the encyclopedic character of the book as well as the maps and text samples. Many of my students keep this book as a future reference work." -Rivka Ulmer, The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Chair in Jewish Studies, Bucknell University
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This all-encompassing textbook is an unrivalled guide to the history, belief and practice of Judaism, written by a scholar and rabbi who is also an experienced university teacher.
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In about 7000 BCE ancient peoples began to engage in agriculture, domesticate animals and establish urban communities - their dwellings have been traced to the hills of western Iran and Anatolia, to the shores of the Caspian Sea and Palestine. Read the first page
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