The Routledge Dictionary of Judaism

This short dictionary reflects the religion found in the Torah or the first five books of what many call the Old Testament. In the Torah God revealed himself to the people of Israel.

The Judaism here hinges around that. Judaism has been widely covered by reference works, most notably by Brill's magisterial The Encyclopaedia of Judaism (published in three volumes in 2000, with a fourth, supplementary, volume published in 2003 (RR 2004/63)). Jacob Neusner, Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College in New York, and Alan Avery‐Peck, Kraft‐Hiatt Professor of Judaic Studies at the College of the...