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Judaism when Christianity began : a survey of belief and practice / Jacob Neusner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Hand CollectionPublication details: Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, c2002.Description: vii, 202 p. ; 23 cm. ; pbkISBN:
  • 0664225276
  • 9780664225278
  • 9780664225278:
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296
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Contents:
Revelation and Scripture : the oral Torah -- God : "in our image, after our likeness" -- The holy and the unclean : sanctification and pollution -- Exile and return -- Return to Eden : the Sabbath and sacred time -- The story Judaism tells -- The community of Israel -- The chain of tradition : the oral Torah -- Miracles in nature : illness and healing -- Sacred space : the land and pilgrimage -- Sacrifice, repentance, and atonement -- Death and afterlife -- The representation of the faith : art and symbol in Judaism.

Donated by Professor Geoffrey Hand, formerly professor of law in University College, Dublin, the European University Institute, Florence, and the University of Birmingham.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Revelation and Scripture : the oral Torah -- God : "in our image, after our likeness" -- The holy and the unclean : sanctification and pollution -- Exile and return -- Return to Eden : the Sabbath and sacred time -- The story Judaism tells -- The community of Israel -- The chain of tradition : the oral Torah -- Miracles in nature : illness and healing -- Sacred space : the land and pilgrimage -- Sacrifice, repentance, and atonement -- Death and afterlife -- The representation of the faith : art and symbol in Judaism.

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