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6.5 X 11.5 Doublelines.P65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-68974-8 - The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture Edited by Judith R. Baskin and Kenneth Seeskin Index More information Index Aaron, , , –, , Alfasi, Isaac, , Aaron of Lincoln, – aliyah, , –, , , –, Abbasid caliphate/Abbasids, , , , (see also Israel, State of, immigration to; , olim) Abigail, Allah, , abortion, allegorical interpretation/allegory, –, , Abraham, –, , , –, , , Abraham Ibn Daud, , Allen, Woody, Abulafia, Abraham, , –, n, Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU), (see also messianism) Allies/Allied powers, , , , abuse, domestic, , Almohads, , Abzug, Bella, Almoravids, acculturation, , , , , , altars, ancient, , , –, , Europe, , , , American Jewish Committee, , Hellenistic culture, American Jewish Congress, Muslim Empire, American Jewish Historical Society, United States, , , , Americanization, , , , , Acts (book of), , , amidah, , –, , , , Adam, , , , (see also ha-tefillah) African Americans, Jewish relations Amora/Amoraim, , , , –, with, , amoraic literature, –, , –, afterlife, , , , , –, (see also resurrection; soul, immortality of) Amos (book of), , , , aggadah, , , , , Amram Gaon, , aggadic midrashim, , , Anan ben David, – agriculture, , , , angels, , –, , , , biblical, , , biblical, , , , , – Jewish laws regarding, , , , , anthropomorphism, , –, , , in the State of Israel, , , , , , , – Antiochus IV Epiphanes, – Agudas Yisroel Party, antisemitism, , , , –, Agudat Israel of America, , , agunah,n, Christian, Ahab, , , first use of term, A⅛ad Ha-Am, as impetus for Zionism, Akedah, see Isaac, binding of in politics, , , –, Akiva, , , , – apocalyptic literature, , –, , – al-Andalus, , , apocalypticism, , –, , – Aleichem, Sholem, Apocrypha, , , (see also Bible, Christian; Alexander Jannaeus, , m canon) Alexander the Great, –, , , Arabic language, , – Alexandria, Egypt, , , , –, , Arab–Israeli conflict, basis of, – © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-68974-8 - The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture Edited by Judith R. Baskin and Kenneth Seeskin Index More information index Arafat, Yasser, , , beit din, Aramaic, , , Beit Yosef, – spoken, , , , , , “Bekenntnis zur Judenfrage, Ein,” written, , , , , , Belzec, , , Arameans, Ben Ezra Synagogue, , Arba’ah Turim, Ben-Gurion, David, , , , archeology, , , , , , biblical, , , , , , Benjamin al-Nehawandi, (see also extrabiblical historical sources) Benjamin, tribe of, feminine figurines, , Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer, of synagogues, , Ben-Zvi, Yitzhak, Aristotelianism, , , , berakhot, see blessings Aristotle, –, –, , Bereshit Rabbah, see Genesis Rabbah Asherah, –, (see also monotheism, Berg, Gertrude, development of) Bergen-Belsen, Ashkenaz, – (see also Sepharad) berit, , , –, , , Assembly of Notables, – (see also covenant) Assembly of the Elected, berit milah, , (see also circumcision) assimilation, Jewish, , , , , , Berlin, Irving, ancient, , , Besht, see Baal Shem Tov modern, , , , , , betrothal, , , in the United States, , , , , , Bialystok, Bible, Christian, , –t, Assyria, , , –, , , (see also Apocrypha; canon; New Auschwitz, , –, , , –, Testament) Bible, etymology, Auschwitz-Birkenau, , , Bible, Jewish, see Hebrew Bible Autoemancipation, biblical history, Avot de-Rabbi Natan, BILU, Azariah dei Rossi, bimah, birthright Israel, Baal, , , , , Bi’ur, Baal Shem Tov, Israel, –, –, , blasphemy, , , , , , blessings, , , , –, ba’al teshuvah movement, divine, , , , Babylonia, as Jewish center, – rabbinic, –, –, Babylonian Chronicle, Blitzstein, Marc, Babylonian Talmud (BT), , , –, , blood libel, , , (see also Eucharist, –, (see also Jerusalem Talmud; alleged Jewish defilement of) Talmud) B’nai B’rith, , , Baer, Dov, Board of Delegates of American Israelites, Ba⅛ya Ibn Pakudah, Bolshevism, , , , , , Balfour Declaration, , , , , Bomberg, Daniel, – (see also Israel, State of) Book of Doctrines and Beliefs, The, Bar Kokhba Revolt, , , , , Book of Elijah, (see also Jewish War, Second) “Book of Giants, The,” Bar Mitzvah, , , , Book of the Necklace, The, baraita/baraitot, –, Book of the Zohar, see Sefer ha-Zohar; Zohar Barak, Ehud, , – Book of Tradition, The, Baron, Salo, Brandeis, Louis D., , Baruch (book of), , Brantshpigl, baseball, , , , , Breslau Theological Seminary, , , (see also Greenberg, Hank) British Mandate for Palestine, –, Bat Mitzvah, , , –, (see also Israel, State of) beauty pageants, , , , Brooks, Mel, Begin, Menachem, , Buber, Martin, , –, , beit av, –, (see also Tribes of Israel, –, Twelve) Buber, Solomon, – © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-68974-8 - The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture Edited by Judith R. Baskin and Kenneth Seeskin Index More information index Bund, –, –, , Cohen, Hermann, –, , , –, burial, , , , –, – Cold War, , , , Caananite religion, , , , , colonialism, , , – Cairo Genizah, , , , , comedy, Jewish, , – calendar, commitment ceremonies, , biblical, –, , (see also marriage) Christian, Communism, , –, –, – Jewish, , , , , , community, Jewish, , , Camp David, , –, , concentration camps, , –, , canon, –, , , , , (see also Holocaust; Nazi regime; World (see also Apocrypha; Bible; Hebrew Bible) War II) canonization, , , – Conservative Judaism, –, , , cantors, , , , –, , capitalism, , , , , – origin of, –, – Cardozo, Abraham Miguel, conversion, –, , , Carter, Jimmy, forced, –, , –, –, Catherine the Great, , , celebrities, Jewish, to Islam, –, –, Central Conference of American Rabbis to Judaism, , , , – (CCAR), , , , from Judaism to Christianity, –, , Centrist Orthodoxy, , , , , –, , (see also Modern Orthodoxy) for marriage, , –, – Chabad ⅓asidism, , , See also conversos; intermarriage; Marranos; Chamberlain, Houston Stewart, New Christians Chelmno, –, conversos, , , , , , Chief Rabbi/Rabbinate, , , , , (see also conversion; Marranos; New childbirth, , , , Christians) children of Israel, , – converts, potential, biblical, , , , , Copland, Aaron, choir, –, Cordovero, Moses, Chosen People, , , , , Costa, Uriel da, Christianity Council of the League of Nations, early, , , , , covenant, , –, , , –, relation to Judaism, , –, –, Abraham, with God, –, , Christianization, , , Israel, with God, , , –, , Chronicles (books of), , , , , –, circumcision, , , , , , , See also berit; circumcision; Sabbath symbolism of, , , , , (see also creation, , , –, berit milah; covenant) biblical, , , , , civil marriage, , , , ex nihilo, , civil rights, , , , , , in mysticism, , – Civil War, American, –, in philosophy, , , , , Civil War, Russian, women and, , class system, , , –, , Critique of Pure Reason, Islamic, , , , Crusade, First, , , , , rabbinic, –, , , , – Crusade, Second, , See also gender Crusade, Third, , Classical Reform, (see also Reform Judaism) Crusades, , , , Clinton, Bill, , crypto-Jews, , , , clothing, Jewish, –, , , –, Cyrus, – , in Europe, , , , Dan, tribe of, priestly, , – Daniel (book of), , , , See also head coverings; kippah; tzitzit; dating of, , yarmulke genre of, , , clothing industry, Jewish participation language of, , in, , Daniel al-Kumisi, – © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-68974-8 - The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture Edited by Judith R. Baskin and Kenneth Seeskin Index More information index Darfur, , economic impact of Judaism, , , , Darius I, , Darkhei Moshe, Edom, , , Darwin, Charles, , education, Jewish, –, , , , Darwinism, , , , , dati’im, , , secular, , , –, David, , –, , , of women, , , , , , – descent from, , , , , , See also gender; women dynasty of, –, –, , Educational Alliance, – See also messianism; nasi Egypt, ancient, , , David Kim⅛i, Egypt, in Arab–Israeli conflict, –, Day of Atonement, see Yom Kippur Egypt–Israel peace treaty, Days of Awe, see High Holidays Eichmann, Adolf, dead, treatment of, , Ein Sof, , Dead Sea, , , Einhorn, David, Dead Sea Scrolls, –, –, , Einsatzgruppen, see German Operations Groups Deborah, n, (see also Song Einstein, Albert, of Deborah) Eisendrath, Maurice, Decalogue, see Ten Commandments Eisenstein, Ira, demons, , , EJ source, n (see also E source; J source) Deutero-Isaiah, (see also Isaiah) Eleazar ben Yair, , Deuteronomistic History, Elegant Composition Concerning Relief after Deuteronomy (book of), –, , –, , Adversity, An, , – Elijah, , , , dating of, Elisha, discovery of, Ellis Island, , See also D source; Josiah Elohim, see God, names of dhimmis, –, , –, , , Elohist, see E source Diary of Anne Frank, , , emancipation, –, –, –, , Diaspora Judaism, , , , , dietary laws, , , , , –, endogamy, –, , , – origin, (see also exogamy; intermarriage; marriage) in the United States, , Enlightenment, , , , , See also kashrut; kosher Enlightenment, German, , , , displaced-persons (DP) camps, , , Enlightenment, Jewish, , , –, , , , Divided Monarchy, see monarchy, biblical impact on modern Judaism, , divine image, see God, human beings made in See also Haskalah image of Enoch, (book of), , divine revelation, –, , , , , Enoch, (book of), divorce, –, , Enoch, (book of), laws on, , , , Ephraim of Bonn, wife as powerless in, , , , Epic of Gilgamesh, see Gilgamesh, Epic of , eroticism in Jewish mysticism, , , , See also get; marriage
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