Being Jewish today : confronting the real issues / Tony Bayfield.
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019Description: ix, 384 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781472962089; 9781472962096; 9781472962065.Subject(s): Judaism | Jews -- Attitudes | Jews -- Identity | Jews -- Conduct of lifeDDC classification: 296.7Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 296.7 BAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 017882 |
Preface : our starting point : journeying through a shared world -- I. Being both Jew and Jewish today : you can't ignore the context -- The particular journey -- The shared context -- II. Being a Jew today : identity and peoplehood -- Israel as people -- Israel as land -- III. Judaism today : light and weight -- Torah : Judaism's unique selling point -- Covenant theology : Halakhah, law -- Covenant theology : Aggadah, ethics -- IV. Jewish faith today : God, suffering and silence -- Fragments after the devastation -- My God, my God : what kind of God are you? -- Life beyond death : individual survival and messianic hope.