The Jews: their history, culture, and religion

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-1991 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, 1955
New York : Harper [1955]
New York, [1955]
New York: [1955]
Edition:2d ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • vol. I. The biblical period / William Foxwell Albright
  • The historical foundations of postbiblical Judaism / Elias J. Bickerman
  • The period of the Talmud (135 B.C.E.-1035 C.E.)
  • The European age in Jewish history (to 1648) / Cecil Roth
  • The Jews of western Europe (from 1648) / Cecil Roth
  • The problem of European Jewry (1939-1945) / Arieh Tartakower
  • The American Jewish chronicle / Anita Libman Lebeson
  • Jewish religious life and institutions in American (an historical study) / Moshe Davis
  • The historical foundations of the rebirth of Israel / Ben Zion Dinur
  • The Bible as a cultural monument / Robert Gordis
  • The influence of Jewish law on the development of the common law / Jacob J. Rabinowitz
  • On medieval Hebrew poetry / Shalom Spiegel
  • The modern Renaissance of Hebrew literature / Hillel Bavli
  • The mystical element in Judaism / Abraham J. Heschel
  • Judaism and world philosophy / Alexander Altmann
  • The contribution of Judaism to world ethics / Mordecai M. Kaplan
  • Judaism and social welfare / Israel S. Chipkin
  • vol. II. Hellenistic Jewish literature / Ralph Marcus
  • Judeo-Arabic literature / Abraham S. Halkin
  • Israel in Iran (A survey of Judeo-Persian literature) / Walter J. Fischel
  • Yiddish literature / Yudel Mark
  • The role of education in Jewish history / Julius B. Maller
  • Jewish educational institutions / Simon Greenberg
  • The Jewish contribution to music / Eric Werner
  • Judaism and art / Rachel Wischnitzer
  • The contribution of the Jews to medicine / Arturo Castiglioni
  • Science and Judaism / Charles Singer
  • Judaism and the democratic ideal / Milton R. Konvitz
  • The influence of the Bible on English literature / David Daiches
  • The influence of the Bible on European literature / Frederick Lehner
  • Who are the Jews? / Melville J. Herskovitz
  • Sources of Jewish statistics / Uriah Zevi Engelman
  • Jewish migrations, 1840-1946 / Jacob Lestschinsky
  • The economic structure of modern Jewry / Nathan Reich
  • The Jewish community / Samuel C. Kohs
  • The Jewish religion : its beliefs and practices / Louis Finkelstein
  • Appendix. "What questions should be answered in the book on Judaism and the Jews?"