Dan Cohn-Sherbok

El judaísmo constituye un análisis conciso e inteligible de la historia del pueblo judío, desde el primer exilio a la creación del estado de Israel y a la actualidad más inmediata. Se centra especialmente en el período moderno y proporciona una valiosa introducción a las creencias y prácticas judías contemporáneas, de modo que no pierde de vista la forma en la que el judaísmo se ha adaptado, y continúa adaptándose, a los desafíos del mundo moderno.

Dan Cohn-Sherbok has provided us with a magisterial overview of antisemitism . . . Whatever your religion, or your politics, Cohn-Sherboks Antisemitism is necessary reading. - The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of CanterburyA very readable overview on four millennia of Judaeophobia . . . a timely book and shows the flame of antisemitism continues to burn bright. - Rabbi Professor Walter HomolkaAntisemitism has featured in the history of Western civilization for over 3,000 years. Dan Cohn-Sherbok traces its origins and its manifestations, from political opposition to racial persecution to religious and philosophical justification for some of historys most outrageous acts. Against this background of intolerance and persecution, Cohn-Sherbok describes Jewish emancipation from the late eighteenth century and its gradual transformation into the parallel political and nationalistic ideal of Zionism.Antisemitism: A World History of Prejudice offers a clear and readable account of why antisemitism has featured so strongly in world history, and provides extensive discussion of the issues that exist to this day. Unlike most studies of the subject, it does not focus exclusively on Christian antisemitism, but explores the origins of Arab and organized Communist antisemitism and Nazi racism.Brought right up to date with an exploration of how modern-day antisemitism ought to be defined in order to combat it, this revised edition is essential reading not only for history students and theologians, but anyone interested in learning about why the Jews have been hated for so long.

El presente volumen recoge una información completa, rigurosa y objetiva sobre personajes, acontecimientos, lugares, conceptos, costumbres, creencias del pueblo judío, desde Adán y Eva hasta los últimos acontecimientos de la historia de Israel y los conflictos del Proximo Oriente. Completado con una introduccion historica, una cronologia y unos indices tematicos que facilitan su uso, la Breve enciclopedia del judaismo se configura como una obra de referencia indispensable para cualquier persona interesada en la historia y la cultura del pueblo hebreo.