The Routledge Dictionary of Judaism

Alan Avery-Peck, Jacob Neusner0415302641, 9780415302647

This dictionary addresses the religion that finds in the Torah—God’s revelation toMoses at Mount Sinai—the full and complete account of what God wants from humanity.In the perspective of this religion, of Judaism, God’s presence is located especially inIsrael, the people who know God, and who, forming God’s kingdom in the Torah, standin a covenanted relationship with God. By “Israel” Judaism thus means the people thatcame into being at Sinai by accepting the Torah; they are the heirs and descendants of thepatriarchs and matriarchs, of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leahand Rachel. Israel, the people, and Judaism, their religion, as they are referred to here,thus represent supernatural categories, not to be confused with the ethnic group, the Jewishpeople and its culture, or with the nation-state, the State of Israel. In these pages, wespeak of the “Israel” of the liturgy and holy books of the religion, Judaism.

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Table of contents :
Preliminaries……Page 1
Preface……Page 6
A……Page 10
B……Page 21
C……Page 30
D……Page 38
E……Page 40
F……Page 47
G……Page 50
H……Page 57
I……Page 72
J……Page 75
K……Page 81
L……Page 86
M……Page 89
N……Page 111
O……Page 115
P……Page 118
Q……Page 129
R……Page 135
S……Page 145
T……Page 168
U……Page 178
V……Page 179
W……Page 180
Y……Page 182
Z……Page 189