Martin Goodman

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  1. 1. A History Of Judaism

    A concise sweeping narrative that traces Judaism from its ancient Near Eastern roots through the Second Temple and rabbinic periods, medieval encounters with Christianity and Islam, and the transformations of modernity—Enlightenment, emancipation, nationalism, Zionism, and the Holocaust—to contemporary global Jewish life. The work emphasizes the internal diversity of beliefs and practices, the centrality of texts and law, and recurring patterns of adaptation, continuity, and cultural exchange across diasporas. Written as a scholarly synthesis in accessible prose, it maps how Jewish identity, institutions, and religious thought evolved over three millennia.

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