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Becoming Jewish : new Jews and emerging Jewish communities in a globalized world / edited by Tudor Parfitt and Netanel Fisher.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 424 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781443849609
  • 144384960X
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Becoming Jewish.DDC classification:
  • 296.7/14 23
LOC classification:
  • DS143 .B43 2016eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources: Summary: One of the most striking contemporary religious phenomena is the world-wide fascination with Judaism. Traditionally, few non-Jews converted to the Jewish faith, but today millions of people throughout the world are converting to Judaism and are identifying as Jews or Israelites. In this volume, leading scholars of issues related to conversion, Judaising movements and Judaism as a New Religious Movement discuss and explain this global movement towards identification with the Jewish people, from Germany and Poland to China and Nigeria.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1439265

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 20, 2017).

One of the most striking contemporary religious phenomena is the world-wide fascination with Judaism. Traditionally, few non-Jews converted to the Jewish faith, but today millions of people throughout the world are converting to Judaism and are identifying as Jews or Israelites. In this volume, leading scholars of issues related to conversion, Judaising movements and Judaism as a New Religious Movement discuss and explain this global movement towards identification with the Jewish people, from Germany and Poland to China and Nigeria.