1. An Introduction to the Jewish Faith
2. Sources of Authority
3. The Effects of the Jewish Enlightenment
4. Modern Biblical Scholarship and the Rise of Science
5. The Religious Impact of the Holocaust
6. The Status of Women 7. Jewish Ethics
8. The Future of Judaism Further Reading
Index
Concise introduction to the contemporary challenges and key issues facing Judaism.
Dan Cohn-Sherbok is Emeritus Professor of Judaism, University of Wales, UK.
"A remarkably comprehensive account, aimed at both the lay reader
and the expert, of Judaism today. It covers religious, historical,
and cultural trends and events with clarity. Some of Professor
Cohn-Sherbok's views about the future of Judaism are sure to be
controversial, but they are always based in remarkable learning." -
Professor William D. Rubinstein, University of Aberystwyth, UK
The final chapter was published in The Jewish Chronicle, 21 June,
2010.
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