Jewish Traditions: JPS Guide

The bestselling guide to understanding Jewish traditions, now in paperback This is a comprehensive and authoritative resource with ready answers to questions about almost all aspects of Jewish life and practice: life-cycle events, holidays, ritual and prayer, Jewish traditions and customs, and more. Ronald Eisenberg has distilled an immense amount of material from classic and contemporary sources into a single volume, which provides thousands of insights into the origins, history, and current interpretations of a wealth of Jewish traditions and customs. Divided into four sections-Synagogue and Prayers, Sabbaths and Festivals, Life-Cycle Events, and Miscellaneous (a large section that includes such diverse topics as Jewish literature, food, and plants and animals)-this is an encyclopedic reference for anyone who wants easily accessible, accurate information about all things Jewish. Eisenberg writes for a wide, diversified audience, and is respectful of the range of practices and beliefs within today's American Jewish community-from Orthodox to liberal. Dr. Ronald Eisenberg is the author of The JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions.

Author: Ronald Jd Eisenberg
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 752
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.07lbs
Size: 9.86h x 7.08w x 1.65d
ISBN: 9780827608825

About the Author
Dr. Ronald Eisenberg is the author of The JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions.