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Encyclopedia Judaica
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Enclycopaedia Judaica - 2nd Edition
A Gale Publication
About Encyclopaedia Judaica
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Encyclopaedia Judaica 2nd Edition
More than 30 years after the landmark Encyclopaedia Judaica was first released, Gale's Macmillan Reference and Keter Publishing House in Israel have again collaborated to publish a second edition of this authoritative and meticulously organised coverage of Jewish life, history and religion.
In academic, public and specialist libraries, as well as schools and private homes throughout the world, Encyclopaedia Judaica has served as the principal source for information on how Jewish people, the Jewish faith and the state of Israel have been shaped and influenced by the world.
Updated for the new edition
- Scholarly updates to nearly 10,000 entries
- 2,200 entirely new entries
- 30,000 new bibliographical items
- 600 maps, tables and illustrations
- 8 pages of stunning, four-colour inserts in every volume
- eBook edition for remote web access
New areas include:
- Women - new sections and bibliographical entries reflecting the role of women in Jewish and general society
- The Bible - extensively updated entries to reflect the combination of traditional approaches and knowledge with the latest scholarship on the Ancient Middle East
- Jewish Law - now possible to examine the principles of Jewish religious law (halahkah) as they are reflected in the courts of a sovereign Jewish state
- Community Life - broad coverage of the contribution of Jews to public and community life in the Diaspora giving justice to the richness of the rabbinical experience
- Popular Culture - recognises the achievements of men and women in all areas of popular culture, from entertainment and sports to fashion and photography
- Holocaust - expansion of Holocaust awareness and new scholarship is fully reflected in various entries surveying the subject of memory and memorialisation
 
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