Solomon, N.: Judaism - A Very Short Introduction (Abridged)

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Judaism: A Very Short Introduction (more info)
David Horovitch, reader
Norman Soloman,


1. Chapter 1. Who are the Jews? - 1:12
2. Who the Jews used to be - 3:32
3. How Jews used to think of themselves - 2:29
4. Who the Jews think they are now - 1:51
5. The process of enlightenment - 1:39
6. Anti-Semitism, according to Meyer - 3:38
7. The paradox of Zionism - 2:53
8. Where are Jews to be found? - 1:05
9. Contemporary identity - 2:55
10. Chapter 2. How did Judaism and Christianity split up? - 7:10
11. Where did Judaism and Christianity come from? - 4:17
12. Why did they split up? - 5:46
13. How did they both define themselves? - 3:42
14. How the years are reckoned - 0:34
15. Chapter 3. How did Judaism develop? - 2:20
16. Judah ha-Nasi - scholar, saint, leader - 4:04
17. Stamaim - the nameless ones - 2:59
18. Kahina Dahiya bint Thabbita ibn Tifan - warrior - 1:44
19. Saadia Gaon (882-942) - philosopher - 4:56
20. Rashi (1040-1105) - commentator - 4:08
21. Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1164) - poet - 1:52
22. Moses Maimonides (Rambam) (1138-1204) - philosopher, codifier and physician - 4:06
23. Abraham Abulafia (1240-c. 1300) - ecstatic mystic - 3:54
24. Gracia Nasi (c. 1510-c. 1569) - benefactress - 6:00

Judaism: A Very Short Introduction (more info)
David Horovitch, reader
Norman Soloman,


1. Baal Shem tov (c. 1700-1760) - Hasidism - 4:19
2. Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) - Enlightenment - 5:11
3. Chapter 4. The calendar and festivals - 4:38
4. The Pilgrim festivals - 2:41
5. Festival celebrations are as much a matter for the home - 3:20
6. Days of Awe - 5:04
7. So much for major festivals - 3:45
8. Fast days - 0:38
9. Chapter 5. The spiritual life - prayer, meditation, Torah - 4:43
10. What is prayer? - 2:38
11. To whom are prayers directed? - 2:46
12. Does prayer work? - 1:58
13. The liturgy - 2:56
14. Attitude in prayer - 2:02
15. Poets and singers of the synagogue - 5:20
16. Love of God - 3:18
17. Learning - 4:28
18. Chapter 6. Making a Jewish home - 1:08
19. Tzedaka - 2:39
20. Mezuza - 2:31
21. Books and education - 2:36
22. Kosher food - 4:33
23. Sexual and personal relationships - 4:49
24. Life Cycle - 0:41
25. Birth - 0:35

Judaism: A Very Short Introduction (more info)
David Horovitch, reader
Norman Soloman,


1. Growing up - 1:07
2. Marriage - 2:02
3. Parenthood - 0:21
4. Mid-life - 0:19
5. Old age - 0:36
6. Death - 1:36
7. Chapter 7. Out of the ghetto, into the whirlwind - 6:09
8. Reform Judaism - 6:08
9. Liturgy has always been a central concern for Reformers - 3:09
10. Orthodox Judaism - 5:14
11. Conservative Judaism - 1:31
12. Reconstructionist Judaism - 1:02
13. Chapter 8. Twentieth-century Judaism - 2:59
14. Zionism, religion and the State of Israel - 4:51
15. Holocaust theology - 5:58
16. Some regard the Holocaust as an act of God's righteous judgement - 5:03
17. God - 4:15
18. Feminism - 5:57
19. Chapter 9. 'Eternal Law', changing times - 4:29
20. Abortion - 7:34
21. Euthanasia - 4:25
22. Surrogate motherhood - 1:59
23. Conclusion - 1:55

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