TY  - BOOK
AU  - Satlow,Michael L.
TI  - Creating Judaism: history, tradition, practice 
SN  - 0231509111
AV  - BM45 .S226 2006eb
U1  - 296 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Jews
KW  - Identity
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - Juifs
KW  - Identité
KW  - aat
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - History
KW  - fast
KW  - Judentum
KW  - gnd
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-324) and index; Introduction -- Promised lands -- Creating Judaism -- Between Athens and Jerusalem -- The rabbis -- Rabbinic concepts -- Mitzvot -- The rise of reason -- From Moses to Moses -- Seeing God -- East and West -- Epilogue: Whither Judaism?; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - "How can we define 'Judaism, ' and what are the common threads uniting ancient rabbis, Maimonides, the authors of the Zohar, and modern secular Jews in Israel? Michael L. Satlow offers a fresh perspective on Judaism that recognizes both its similarities and its immense diversity. Presenting snapshots of Judaism from around the globe and throughout history, Satlow explores the links between vastly different communities and their Jewish traditions. He studies the geonim, rabbinical scholars who lived in Iraq from the ninth to twelfth centuries; the intellectual flourishing of Jews in medieval Spain; how the Hasidim of nineteenth-century Eastern Europe confronted modernity; and the post-World War II development of distinct American and Israeli Jewish identities. Satlow pays close attention to how communities define themselves, their relationship to biblical and rabbinic texts, and their ritual practices. His fascinating portraits reveal the amazingly creative ways Jews have adapted over time to social and political challenges and continue to remain a 'Jewish family'."--Book cover
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