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The new encyclopedia of Judaism
- Title
- The new encyclopedia of Judaism / editor-in-chief, Geoffrey Wigoder ; coeditors, Fred Skolnik and Shmuel Himelstein.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, [2002]
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-RMRR BM50 .E63 2002 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | Desk-JWS BM50 .E63 2002 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Desk Room 111 |
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- Description
- xv, 856 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
- Summary
- The new encyclopedia of Judaism is a comprehensive one-volume encyclopedia that presents every aspect of the Jewish religion and represents current thinking among scholars in the Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox movements. This revised and expanded edition updates the original thousand entries and adds nearly 250 new ones. Magnificently illustrated, it also contains a new introduction, a guide for usage, new illustrations, as well as a new annotated bibliography. There are biographical entries on biblical figures, rabbis, and others whose thoughts and actions have influenced the development of Judaism. Also included are dozens of insightful commentaries on specific prayers. Issues of particular contemporary interest are given special attention, as are women's roles, with a separate entry on the feminist movement and new biographical entries on figures ranging from Miriam and Deborah to Blu Greenberg and Suzannah Heschel. Particularly emphasized are the customs and folk traditions of Jewish outposts the world over. Authoritative and accessible, The new encyclopedia of Judaism serves as a standard one-volume Jewish reference work for the new millennium.
- Uniform Title
- Encyclopedia of Judaism.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dictionaries.
- Reference works.
- Encyclopedias.
- Note
- Updated ed. of: The encyclopedia of Judaism.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 828-835) and index.
- Call Number
- BM50
- ISBN
- 0814793886
- 9780814793886
- LCCN
- 2002016614
- 9780814793886
- OCLC
- 49225437
- Title
- The new encyclopedia of Judaism / editor-in-chief, Geoffrey Wigoder ; coeditors, Fred Skolnik and Shmuel Himelstein.
- Publisher
- New York : New York University Press, [2002]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 828-835) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Wigoder, Geoffrey, 1922-1999, editor.Skolnik, Fred, editor.Himelstein, Shmuel, editor.
- Added Title
- Encyclopedia of Judaism.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780814793886
- Research Call Number
- Desk-JWS BM50 .E63 2002*R-RMRR BM50 .E63 2002