Table of Contents

Preface; How to use this book; Abbreviations; Figures; Contributors; List of entries; Entries; Index of names; Index of subjects.

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An authoritative and accessible reference work detailing the concepts and movements that distinguish Judaism and the Jewish experience.

About the Author

Judith R. Baskin is Knight Professor of Humanities and Associate Dean for Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. Her books include Pharaoh's Counsellors: Job, Jethro, and Balaam in Rabbinic and Patristic Tradition (1982) and Midrashic Women: Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature (2002). She is the editor of Jewish Women in Historical Perspective (1991; 2nd edition, 1998), Women of the Word: Jewish Women and Jewish Writing (1994) and The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture (with Kenneth Seeskin, 2010).

Reviews

Advance Quote: "The Cambridge Dictionary of Judaism and Jewish Culture is a wide-ranging compendium of lucid and readily understandable articles written by a diverse group of outstanding experts.  It will quickly become a "go-to" source for specialists and general readers alike.  Judith Baskin is to be lauded for the range of entries and their accessibility." --Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner, Director of Jewish Feminist Research Group and Assistant Professor of Jewish Literature at Jewish Theological Seminary.