JUDAISM: A Very Short Introduction

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Judaism: A Very Short Introduction (more info)
Composed by: Antonio Buzzolla
David Horovitch, reader


1. Chapter 1. Who are the Jews? - 01:12
2. Who the Jews used to be - 03:32
3. How Jews used to think of themselves - 02:29
4. Who the Jews think they are now - 01:51
5. The process of enlightenment - 01:39
6. Anti-Semitism, according to Meyer - 03:38
7. The paradox of Zionism - 02:53
8. Where are Jews to be found? - 01:05
9. Contemporary identity - 02:55
10. Chapter 2. How did Judaism and Christianity split up? - 07:10
11. Where did Judaism and Christianity come from? - 04:17
12. Why did they split up? - 05:46
13. How did they both define themselves? - 03:42
14. How the years are reckoned - 00:34
15. Chapter 3. How did Judaism develop? - 02:20
16. Judah ha-Nasi - scholar, saint, leader - 04:04
17. Stamaim - the nameless ones - 02:59
18. Kahina Dahiya bint Thabbita ibn Tifan - warrior - 01:44
19. Saadia Gaon (882-942) - philosopher - 04:56
20. Rashi (1040-1105) - commentator - 04:08
21. Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1164) - poet - 01:52
22. Moses Maimonides (Rambam) (1138-1204) - philosopher, codifier and physician - 04:06
23. Abraham Abulafia (1240-c. 1300) - ecstatic mystic - 03:54
24. Gracia Nasi (c. 1510-c. 1569) - benefactress - 06:00

Judaism: A Very Short Introduction (more info)
Composed by: Antonio Buzzolla
David Horovitch, reader


1. Baal Shem tov (c. 1700-1760) - Hasidism - 04:19
2. Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) - Enlightenment - 05:11
3. Chapter 4. The calendar and festivals - 04:38
4. The Pilgrim festivals - 02:41
5. Festival celebrations are as much a matter for the home - 03:20
6. Days of Awe - 05:04
7. So much for major festivals - 03:45
8. Fast days - 00:38
9. Chapter 5. The spiritual life - prayer, meditation, Torah - 04:43
10. What is prayer? - 02:38
11. To whom are prayers directed? - 02:46
12. Does prayer work? - 01:58
13. The liturgy - 02:56
14. Attitude in prayer - 02:02
15. Poets and singers of the synagogue - 05:20
16. Love of God - 03:18
17. Learning - 04:28
18. Chapter 6. Making a Jewish home - 01:08
19. Tzedaka - 02:39
20. Mezuza - 02:31
21. Books and education - 02:36
22. Kosher food - 04:33
23. Sexual and personal relationships - 04:49
24. Life Cycle - 00:41
25. Birth - 00:35

Judaism: A Very Short Introduction (more info)
Composed by: Antonio Buzzolla
David Horovitch, reader


1. Growing up - 01:07
2. Marriage - 02:02
3. Parenthood - 00:21
4. Mid-life - 00:19
5. Old age - 00:36
6. Death - 01:36
7. Chapter 7. Out of the ghetto, into the whirlwind - 06:09
8. Reform Judaism - 06:08
9. Liturgy has always been a central concern for Reformers - 03:09
10. Orthodox Judaism - 05:14
11. Conservative Judaism - 01:31
12. Reconstructionist Judaism - 01:02
13. Chapter 8. Twentieth-century Judaism - 02:59
14. Zionism, religion and the State of Israel - 04:51
15. Holocaust theology - 05:58
16. Some regard the Holocaust as an act of God's righteous judgement - 05:03
17. God - 04:15
18. Feminism - 05:57
19. Chapter 9. 'Eternal Law', changing times - 04:29
20. Abortion - 07:34
21. Euthanasia - 04:25
22. Surrogate motherhood - 01:59
23. Conclusion - 01:55

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