Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

From Mesopotamia To Modernity : Ten Introductions To Jewish History And Literature, Paperback / softback Book

From Mesopotamia To Modernity : Ten Introductions To Jewish History And Literature Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Description

From Mesopotamia to Modernity is a one volume introduction to both Jewish history and literature from its earliest times up to the present.

Leading experts in each field of Jewish history and literature contribute original and comprehensive essays introducing their subjects.

Beginning readers will learn the rudiments for further study, and scholars will be refreshed by the balanced, yet challenging treatments found here.These introductory essays cover most major aspects of Jewish studies from the Bible and its time up to modern Judaism.

The work is designed to serve undergraduate and graduate courses in Judaism as well as Church and Synagogue adult study courses.

Ideal for reading groups, this work will lead readers to further study of the varied subjects considered.

Each essay covers the basic field, be it in a given era of Jewish history or in a defined area of Jewish literature.

Suggestions for further reading will assist the reader in moving beyond this volume to explore a given area in further detail.

The introductions range from encyclopedic detail through elegiac essay and enthusiastic appreciation of the field considered.

The authors hold positions in major academic institutions throughout the United States and Israel.

Information

Other Formats

Save 3%

£48.99

£47.05

 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information