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NEWELAZAR07252011 Introduction TEMPLE ISRAEL LIBRARY Is organized according to the Elazar Classification Scheme The Elazar classification scheme, first drafted in 1952 for use in the Library of the United Hebrew Schools of Detroit, Michigan, passed through several revisions and modifications and was originally published in 1962, The National Foundation for Jewish Culture assisting with the circulation of the incipient draft for comment and criticism. Wayne State University Libraries provided a grant-in-aid which prepared the manuscript for publication. The Second Edition, which was published in 1978, was revised on the basis of comments by the members of the Association of Jewish Libraries of Southern California. Rita B. Frischer and Rachel K. Glasser of Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library, and the Central Cataloging Service for Libraries of Judaica (CCS) in Los Angeles, assisted in the preparation and revision of the Third Edition. (See David H. Elazar, and Daniel J. Elazar, A Classification System for Libraries of Judaica, Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson Inc, 1997.) Its use has spread widely throughout the United States, Israel, and other parts of the Jewish world. Libraries of all kinds, in synagogues and community centers, in Hebrew schools. On college campuses and in research institutions, have adopted the scheme and worked with it. The system is structured around The following ten classes: 001-099 Bible and Biblical Studies 100-199 Classical Judaica: Halakhah and Midrash 200-299 Jewish Observance and Practice 300-399 Jewish Education 400-499 Hebrew, Jewish Languages and Sciences 500-599 Jewish Literature (including Fiction and Children‟s Literature) 600-699 The Jewish Community: Society and the Arts 700-799 Jewish History, Geography, Biography 800-899 Israel and Zionism 900-999 General Works ELAZAR CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM 001---099 Bible and Biblical Studies Torah, Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha 001 Complete Bible .1 Art, Rare, Special Editions .2 Hebrew with translation .5 Polyglot Bibles .8 Combined “Old Testament” and “New Testament” The Holy Scriptures. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1960. Presented to Temple Israel by the Confirmation class of 1964. 001 The Holy Scriptures. [Tanakh]. [English translation only]. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1955. Small size, hard bound. 001 The Holy Scriptures [Tanakh]. [English translation only]. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1955. Leather bound. 001 002 Bible Commentaries—Classical Including Bibles with textual interpretation, e.g., Rashi, Ibn Ezra .1 Commentaries in the Traditional Vein—Non-classical .2 Current Basic Commentaries e.g., Soncino, S.L. Gordon .3 Scientific Approach and Interpretation, e.g., Cassuto .7 History of Biblical Commentary .8 Non-Jewish Commentaries, e.g., Anchor Bible, Interpreter‟s Bible Soncino Books of the Bible 002.2 Goldman, Solomon. Samuel, Hebrew Text and English Translation with an Introduction and Commentary. Soncino Books of the Bible. London: Soncino Press, 1951. Slotki, Dr. Israel W., Kings I and II with Hebrew Text and English Translation. Soncino Books of the Bible. London: Soncino Press, 1950, Fifth Imp. 1966. Slotki, I. W. Kings. Soncino Books of the Bible. London: Soncino Press, 1975. Slotki, I. W., and A. J. Rosenberg. Isaiah. The Soncino Press, 1983, 1987. Cohen, Abraham, and Harry Freedman. The Soncino Books of the Bible. [Vol. 9], Jeremiah : Hebrew text & English translation with an introduction and commentary. Hindhead, Surrey: Soncino Press, 1970. Freedman, Rabbi Dr. H., Jeremiah With Hebrew Text and English Translation. Soncino Books of the Bible. London: Soncino Press, 1949, Fourth Imp. 1966. Fisch, Rabbi Dr. S., Ezekiel With Hebrew Text and English Translation. Soncino Books of the Bible. London: Soncino Press, 1950, Fourth Imp. 1966. Cohen, Abraham. The Twelve Prophets: Hebrew Text and English Translation with Introductions and Commentary. Soncino books of the Bible / ed.: A. Cohen, 8. London [u.s.]: Soncino Press, 1977. Cohen, Rev. Dr. A., Psalms with Hebrew Text and English Translation. Soncino Books of the Bible. London: Soncino Press, 1945, Seventh Imp. 1965. Slotki, Dr. Judah J., Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah With Hebrew Text and English Translation. Soncino Books of the Bible. London: Soncino 1951, Third Imp. 1966. Slotki, Rev. Dr. Israel W., Chronicles With Hebrew Text and English Translation. Soncino Books of the Bible. London: Soncino Press, 1952, Third Imp. 1965. Slotki, Rev. Dr. Israel W., Chronicles With Hebrew Text and English Translation. Soncino Books of the Bible. London: Soncino Press, 1952, Third Imp. 1965. Anchor Bible Series 002.8 Speiser, E. A. Genesis. Anchor Bible, V. 1. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1985. Boling, Robert Gordon. Joshua: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary. The Anchor Bible, v. 6. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1982. Boling, Robert G. Judges. Anchor Bible, v. 6A. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975. McCarter, P. Kyle. I Samuel: A New Translation with Introduction , Notes & Commentary. Anchor Bible, v. 8. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980. McCarter, P. Kyle. II Samuel: A New Translation with Introduction, Notes, and Commentary. Anchor Bible, v. 9. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1984. Cogan, Mordechai, and Hayim Tadmor. II Kings: A New Translation, with Introd. and Commentary. The Anchor Bible, v. 11. [New York]: Doubleday, 1988. McKenzie, John L. II Isaiah: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Anchor Bible, v. 20. New York: Doubleday, 1968. Hillers, Delbert R. Lamentations: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Anchor Bible Vol. 7A. New York: Doubleday, 1972. Myers, Jacob M. I Chronicles: Introduction, Translation, and Notes. The Anchor Bible, v. 12. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1965. Myers, Jacob M. II Chronicles Introduction, Translation, and Notes. The Anchor Bible, v. 13. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1965. Artscroll Commentary on the Bible---002.2 Zlotowitz, Meir, and Nosson Scherman. Bereishis = Genesis : a New Translation with a Commentary Anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic and Rabbinic Sources. ArtScroll Tanach series. New York: Mesorah Publications, 1977. Vol. 1(a) Zlotowitz, Meir, and Nosson Scherman. Bereishis = Genesis : a New Translation with a Commentary Anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic and Rabbinic Sources. ArtScroll Tanach series. New York: Mesorah Publications, 1977. Vol. 1(b) Scherman, Nosson. Vayikra, Leviticus a new translation with a commentary anthologized from fer Way-yiqra^. Brooklyn, NY: Mesorah Publ, 2003. Vol. III (a) Scherman, Nosson. Vayikra, Leviticus a new translation with a commentary anthologized from fer Way-yiqra^. Brooklyn, NY: Mesorah Publ, 2003. Vol. III (b) Drucker, Reuven, and Nosson Scherman. Yehoshua = The Book of Joshua = [Sefer Yehoshuʻa] : a New Translation with a Commentary Anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic, and Rabbinic Sources. ArtScroll Tanach series. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Mesorah Publications, 1982. Eisemann, Moshe. Yechezkel / Ezekiel. [S.l.]: Mesorah Publications, 1988. Zlotowitz, Meir, and Nosson Scherman. Yonah = [Sefer Yonah] = Jonah : a New Translation with a Commentary Anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic, and Rabbinic Sources. The Twelve Prophets. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Mesorah Publications, 1980. Zlotowitz, Meir, and Nosson Scherman. Megillas Eichah = Lamentations : a New Translation with a Commentary Anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic and Rabbinic Sources. ArtScroll Tanach series. New York: Mesorah Publications, 1977. Goldwurm, Hersh. Artscroll Tanach Series : Daniel Daniel. ArtScroll Tanach Series. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Mesorah Publications, 1997. Rabinowitz, Yosef, and Nosson Scherman. ʻEzra = The Book of Ezra = [Sefer ʻEzra] : a New Translation with a Commentary Anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic, and Rabbinic Sources. ArtScroll Tanach series. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Mesorah Publications, 1984. Eisemann, Moshe, Nosson Scherman, and Yehezkel Danziger. Divrei Hayamim I = I Chronicles : a New Translation with a Commentary Anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic, and Rabbinic Sources = [Sefer Divre Ha-Yamim 1]. ArtScroll Tanach series. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Mesorah Publications, 1987. Berlin, Adele, Marc Zvi Brettler, and Michael Fishbane. The Jewish Study Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 002.3 Bib Rosenberg, David, Ed. Congregations: Contemporary writers read the Bible. Orlando: Harcourt, Brace, and Janovich, 1987. 002.8 003 Aids for the Study of the Bible .1 Outlines .2 Study Guides and Introductions .3 Study and Teaching .35 Textbooks .4 Dictionaries, including encyclopedic dictionaries .5 Concordances .6 Indexes .7 History of the Bible .8 History of Biblical Translations .9 Biblical Abridgements and Selections Anderson, Bernhard W. Understanding the Old Testament. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1975. 003 Kugel, James L. How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now. New York: Free Press, 2007. 005 Kug Stern, Jossi. People of the Book: An Artistic Exploration of the Bible. Herrljunga, Sweden: Interskrift Forlags AB, 1979. 003.9 Ste 004 Biblical Linguistics .4 Language Dictionaries .5 Synonyms and Homonyms .6 Phonology, Phonetics, Pronounciation .7 Prosody .8 Grammar 005 Bible—Research and Criticism, e.g., Works of Welhausen and Kaufman .8 Non-Jewish Orientation, including material specifically non-Jewish in approach Drosnin, Michael, a um. The Bible Code. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Friedman, Richard Elliott. Who Wrote the Bible? San Francisco, Calif: Harper, 1997. Kugel, James L. How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now. New York:
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    TUULA-HANNELE IKONEN Daughters of the Vale of Tears Ethnographic Approach with Socio-Historical and Religious Emphasis to Family Welfare in the Messianic Jewish Movement in Ukraine 2000 ACADEMIC DISSERTATION To be presented, with the permission of the board of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of Tampere, for public discussion in the Väinö Linna-Auditorium K104, Kalevantie 5, Tampere, on February 27th, 2013, at 12 o’clock. UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE ACADEMIC DISSERTATION University of Tampere School of Social Sciences and Humanities Finland Copyright ©2013 Tampere University Press and the author Distribution Tel. +358 40 190 9800 Bookshop TAJU [email protected] P.O. Box 617 www.uta.fi/taju 33014 University of Tampere http://granum.uta.fi Finland Cover design by Mikko Reinikka Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1809 Acta Electronica Universitatis Tamperensis 1285 ISBN 978-951-44-9059-0 (print) ISBN 978-951-44-9060-6 (pdf) ISSN-L 1455-1616 ISSN 1456-954X ISSN 1455-1616 http://acta.uta.fi Tampereen Yliopistopaino Oy – Juvenes Print Tampere 2013 Abstract This ethnographic approach with socio•historical and religious emphasis focuses on the Mission view of Messianic Jewish women in Ukraine circa 2000. The approach highlights especially the meaning of socio•historical and religious factors in the emergence of the Mission view of Messianic Jewish women. Ukraine, the location of this study case, is an ex•Soviet country of about 48 million citizens with 100 ethnic nationalities. Members of the Jewish Faith form one of those ethnic groups. Following the Russian revolution in 1989 and then the establishing of an independent Ukraine in 1991, the country descended into economic disaster with many consequent social problems.