The Blackwell Companion to Judaism

Contributors.
<p>Preface.</p>
<p>Part I: The History of Judaism:.</p>
<p>1. Defining Judaism: Jacob Neusner (University of South Florida and Bard College).</p>
<p>2. The Religious World of Ancient Israel to 586: Marvin Sweeney (Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University).</p>
<p>3. Judaism and the Hebrew Scriptures: Philip R. Davies (Sheffield University).</p>
<p>4. Second Temple Judaism: Frederick J. Murphy (College of the Holy Cross).</p>
<p>5. The Formation of Rabbinic Judaism, 70–640 C.E: G—nther Stemberger (Universitat Wien).</p>
<p>6. The Canon of Rabbinic Judaism: Jacob Neusner (University of South Florida and Bard College).</p>
<p>7. Judaism and Christianity in the Formative Age: Bruce D. Chilton (Bard College).</p>
<p>8. Judaism in the Muslim world: Sara Reguer (Brooklyn College of the City University of New York).</p>
<p>9. Judaism in Christendom: David R. Carr (University of South Florida).</p>
<p>10. Philosophy in Judaism: Two Stances: Daniel Breslauer (University of Kansas). 11. Jewish Piety: Tzvee Zahavy (Fairleigh Dickinson University).</p>
<p>Part II: The Principal Doctrines of Judaism:.</p>
<p>12. The Doctrine of Torah: Jacob Neusner (University of South Florida and Bard College).</p>
<p>13. The Doctrine of God: Alan J. Avery–Peck (College of the Holy Cross).</p>
<p>14. The Doctrine of Israel: Jacob Neusner (University of South Florida and Bard College).</p>
<p>15. The Doctrine of the Messiah: William Scott Green (University of Rochester).</p>
<p>16. Language as Doctrine: Hebrew: David Aaron (Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion).</p>
<p>Part III: Modern and Contemporary Judaisms:.</p>
<p>17. Reform Judaism: Dana Evan Kaplan (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee).</p>
<p>18. Orthodox Judaism: Benjamin Brown (Hebrew University).</p>
<p>19. Conservative Judaism: The Struggle Between Ideology and Popularity: Daniel Gordis (University of Judaism).</p>
<p>20. New Age Judaism: Jeffrey K. Salkin (Port Washington, New York).</p>
<p>Part IV: Special Topics in Understanding Judaism:.</p>
<p>21. Ethics of Judaism: Elliot Dorff (University of Judaism).</p>
<p>22. Women in Contemporary Judaism: Judith Baskin (University at Albany, State University of New York).</p>
<p>23. Judaism as a Theopolitical Phenomenon: Daniel J. Elazar (Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs).</p>
<p>24. Theology in Contemporary Judaism: Neil Gillman (Jewish Theological Seminary).</p>
<p>25. Secular Forms of Jewishness: Paul Mendes–Flohr (Hebrew University).</p>
<p>26. Judaism and Zionism: Yosef Gorney (Tel Aviv University).</p>
<p>27. The "Return" to Traditional Judaism at the End of the Twentieth Century: Cross Cultural Comparisons: M. Herbert Danzger (City University of New York).</p>
<p>Abbreviations.</p>
<p>Index.</p>