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A history of Judaism : from its origins to the present by Goodman, Martin is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is A history of Judaism : from its origins to the present about?
A panoramic history of Judaism from its origins to the present Judaism is by some distance the oldest of the three Abrahamic religions. Despite the extraordinarily diverse forms it has taken, the Jewish people have believed themselves bound to God by the same covenant for more than three thousand years. This book explains how Judaism came to be and how it has developed from one age to the next, as well as the ways in which its varieties have related to each other. A History of Judaism ranges from Judaism's inception amidst polytheistic societies in the second and fi rst millennia, through the Jerusalem Temple cult in the centuries preceding its destruction, to the rabbis, mystics and messiahs of medieval and early modern times and, finally, the many expressions of the modern and contemporary Jewish worlds. Throughout, Martin Goodman shows how Judaism has been made and remade over the millennia by individuals as well as communities, and shaped by the cultures and philosophies in which Jews have been immersed. It becomes a truly global story, spanning not only the Middle East, Europe and North Africa, but also China, India and America, andone that untangles the threads of doctrinal
Who reads A history of Judaism : from its origins to the present?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Goodman, Martin
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd;Allen Lane
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781400890019
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Science, History, Religion
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (173 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14