Reader's Guide to Judaism

Abraham ben David of Posquières c.1120–1198

Abramovitsh, Sholem Yankev

Abravanel, Isaac 1437–1508

Abravanel, Judah c.1460–after 1522

Abrogation of Law and Custom

Abulafia, Abraham c.1240–after 1291

Acosta, Uriel 1583 or 1584–1640

Afghanistan

Aggadah

Agnon, Shmuel Yosef 1888–1970

Agricultural Laws

Agudat Israel

Agunah

Ahad Ha‘am 1856–1927

Akiba ben Joseph c.50–135 c.e.

Algeria

Allegory

American Literature

Am Ha'arets

Amoraim

Ancient Near East

Angels and Demons

Animals, Treatment of

Anti-Judaism: Late Antiquity

Anti-Judaism: Middle Ages

Antisemitism

Apocalyptic

Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: Translations

Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: Introductions

Apologetics

Apostasy

Arabian Peninsula

Arama, Isaac c.1420–1494

Aramaic Literature

Archaeology

Architecture, Synagogue: Late Antiquity

Architecture, Synagogue: Medieval and Modern

Aristotelianism

Art: Ceremonial

Art: Late Antiquity

Asceticism

Ashkenazim

Assimilation

Astrology

Atlases

Atonement

Australia and New Zealand

Austria

Authority, Rabbinic and Communal

Autonomy, Personal

Ba‘alei Shem

Ba‘alei Teshuvah

Ba‘al Shem Tov, Israel ben Eliezer

Babylonia

Baeck, Leo 1873–1956

Baghdadi Jews of India

Balkans

Bar Kokhba, Simeon d. 135 c.e.

Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah

Bene Israel of India

Ben-Gurion, David 1886–1973

Ben Sira, Wisdom of

Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer 1858–1922

Bet Din

Bialik, Hayyim Nahman 1873–1934

Bible: Translations

Bible: Reference Tools

Bible: Introductions

Bible: Theology

Bible: Hermeneutics

Bible: Criticism

Bible: Medieval Exegesis

Bible: Law

Bibliographies

Bioethics

Birth Control and Abortion

Black-Jewish Relations in the United States

Body

Books and Libraries

Buber, Martin 1878–1965

Burial

Calendar

Canaanites

Canada

Caribbean

Caro, Joseph 1488–1575

Cemeteries: Antiquity

Cemeteries: Medieval and Modern

Central Europe

Chagall, Marc 1887–1985

Charity

China

Chosen People

Christian Hebraists

Christian-Jewish Relations: Apologetics and Polemics

Christian-Jewish Relations: Contemporary Dialogue

Chronicles

Chuetas

Circumcision

Cochin Jews

Cohen, Hermann 1842–1918

Commandments

Community

Conservative Judaism

Continuity

Conversion to Judaism

Costume

Covenant

Creation

Crescas, Hasdai died c.1412

Crusades

Crypto-Jews, Contemporary

Czech Republic

Daniel, Book of

Dead Sea Scrolls

Death, Burial, and Mourning: Biblical and Talmudic

Death, Burial, and Mourning: Medieval and Modern

Decalogue

Demons

Deuteronomy

Devotional Literature

Diaspora

Dictionaries

Dietary Laws

Divorce

Djudezmo

Dogmas

Dualism

Ecclesiastes

Ecology

Economic Ideologies

Education

Egypt and Sudan

Elephantine

Elijah ben Solomon of Vilna 1720–1797

Emancipation

Emden-Eybeschütz Controversy

Encyclopedias

Epigraphy

Eschatology

Essdies

Esther, Book of

Ethical and Devotional Literature

Ethical Culture

Ethical Wills

Ethiopia

Ethnology

Euthanasia

Exilarchate

Exodus

Eybeschütz, Jonathan

Ezekiel, Book of

Ezra and Nehemiah, Books of

Faith

Family

Fasts

Feinstein, Moses 1895–1986

Feminism

Fertility

Festivals and Fasts

Film

Five Scrolls

Flora and Fauna of the Bible

Folktales

France

Frank, Jacob Joseph 1726–1791

Frankel, Zacharias 1801–1875

Geiger, Abraham 1810–1874

Gender

Genesis

Genizah, Cairo

Gentiles

Geonim

Germany: Medieval

Germany: Modern

Gershom ben Judah c.960–1028

Ginzberg, Asher

Ginzberg, Louis 1873–1953

Glikl of Hameln 1645–1724

Gnosis and Early Mysticism

God, Doctrines and Concepts of

God, Names of

God-Fearers

Golem

Gordon, Judah Leib 1830–1892

Graetz, Heinrich 1817–1891

Grammarians

Great Britain

Habad

Haggadah, Passover

Halakhah: Introductions

Halakhah: Responsa

Hanukkah

Haredim

Hasidei Ashkenaz

Hasidic Thought

Hasidic Allisic

Haskalah

Hebrew Alphabet

Hebrew Language

Hebrew Literature, Modern

Hellenism

Hellenistic Literature

Herzl, Theodor 1860–1904

Heschel, Abraham Joshua 1907–1972

Hirsch, Samson Raphael 1808–1888

History: Ideas Of

History: General Histories, Premodern Authors

History: General Histories, Modern Authors

History: Biblical Israel

History: Second Temple Period

History: Talmudic Era

History: Medieval

History: Modern

Holiness

Holocaust: Histories

Holocaust: Literature and Memoirs

Holocaust: Responses to the Holocaust

Holocaust: Film Treatments

Holy Places

Homiletics

Homosexuality

Human Rights

Humor

Hungary

ibn Daud, Abraham c.1110–1180

ibn Ezra, Abraham c.1090–1164

ibn Ezra, Moses c.1055–after 1135

ibn Gabirol, Solomon c.1020–c.1057

ibn Nagrela, Samuel 993–1055 or 1056

Iconography

Identity

Idolatry

Impurity

India

Inquisition

Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

Iraq

Isaiah, Book of

Islamic-Jewish Relations

Israel, Land of: History

Israel, Land of: In Jewish Thought

Israel, State of: Judaism in Israel

Israel ben Eliezer Ba‘al Shem Tov c.1700–1760

Italy

Jabès, Edmond 1912–1991

Jeremiah, Book of

Jerusalem

Jesus and Judaism

Jewish Christians

Jewish Quarter

Jewish Studies

Job, Book of

Johanan ben Zakkai first century c.e.

Josephus, Flavius c.38–after 100

Joshua, Book of

Judah Halevi c.1070–1141

Judah Loew ben Bezalel c.1525–1609

Judaism, Introductions to

Judeo-Arabic Literature

Judeo-Spanish

Judges, Book of

Justice

Kabbalah: Translations

Kabbalah: Introductions

Kahane, Meir 1932–1990

Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem 1881–1983

Karaites

Kashrut

Kaufmann, Yehezkel 1889–1963

Ketubbah

Khazars

Kibbutz

Kimhi Family

Kings, Book of

Kingship

Klezmer

Kook, Abraham Isaac 1865–1935

Kotsk, Menahem Mendel of

Krochmal, Nachman 1785–1840

Labor

Ladino Literature

Lamentations

Languages, Jewish

Latin America and the Caribbean

Leone Ebreo

Levi ben Gershom 1288–1344

Levi Isaac of Berdichev c.1740–1810

Levinas, Emmanuel 1906–1995

Leviticus

Lexicographers and Grammarians

Libels, Anti-Jewish: Medieval

Libels, Anti-Jewish: Modern

Libya

Lieberman, Saul 1898–1983

Lineage

Literature, Jewish

Lithuania

Liturgy, History of

Liturgy, Reform

London

Lubavitch

Luria, Isaac 1534–1572

Luzzatto, Moses Hayyim 1707–1746

Luzzatto, Samuele Davide 1800–1865

Magic and Superstition

Mahzor

Maimonidean Controversy

Maimonides

Maimonides Family

Manuscripts, Hebrew

Marranism

Marriage

Martyrdom

Masorah

Medicine

Menahem Mendel of Kotsk 1787 or 1789–1859

Menasseh ben Israel 1604–1657

Mendele Moykher Sforim 1835–1917

Mendelssohn, Moses 1729–1786

Messer Leon Family

Messiah and Messianism

Middle East

Midrash Aggadah

Midrash Halakhah: Translations

Midrash Halakhah: Introductions

Mikveh

Miracles

Mitnaggedim

Modena, Leone 1571–1648

Modern Orthodox Judaism

Momigliano, Arnaldo 1908–1987

Montagu, Lily 1873–1963

Morocco

Moses ben Maimon 1135 or 1138–1204?

Moses ben Nahman 1194–1270

Mourning

Muhammad and Judaism

Musar

Music: Cantillation

Music: Cantorial Music

Music: Art Music

Music: American Jewish Music

Music: Ashkenazi Folk Music

Music: Sephardi Music

Music: Middle Eastern Music

Music: Views on Music

Mysticism

Nahmanides

Nahman of Bratslav 1772–1811

Nasi Family

Nehemiah, Book of

Neoplatonism

Netherlands, The

Neturei Karta

New York

New Zealand

Nieto, David 1654–1728

North Africa

Numbers, Book of

Numbers and Numerology

Onomastics

Oral Tradition

Orthodox Judaism

Ozick, Cynthia 1928–

Pappenheim, Bertha 1859–1936

Papyri

Passover

Patriarchate

Paul and Judaism

Peace

Pentateuch

Peretz, Isaac Leib 1852–1915

Pharisees

Philo of Alexandria c.20 b.c.e.–c.50 c.e.

Philosemitism

Philosophy: General

Philosophy: Medieval

Philosophy: Modern

Pilgrimages

Piyyut

Poetry: Biblical

Poetry: Medieval Hebrew

Poetry: Modern Hebrew

Poetry: American Jewish

Poland

Political Theory

Portugal

Prague

Prayer

Priesthood: Biblical

Priesthood: Postbiblical

Printing, Early Hebrew

Prophecy

Prophets, Former and Latter

Prophets, Twelve Minor

Proselytizing

Provence

Proverbs

Psalms

Pseildepigrapha

Punishment

Purity

Rabbinic Authority

Rabbinic Biography: Talmudic

Rabbinic Biography: Medieval

Rabbinic Biography: Early Modern

Rabbinic Biography: Modern

Rabinovitch, Sholem

Race, Jews as

Race, Views on

Rashi

Reconstructionist Judaism

Reference Works

Reform Judaism

Renaissance

Renewal

Reproductive Technologies

Revelation

Rosenzweig, Franz 1886–1929

Rosh Hashanah

Rossi, Azariah dei c.1511–c.1578

Russia

Ruth, Book of

Saadia ben Joseph Gaon 882–942

Sabbath

Sabbatical Year and Jubilee

Sacrificial Cult

Sadducees

SaintS

Samaritans

Samuel, Book of

Sanhedrin, Semikhah, and Rabbinate

Satmar

Schechter, Solomon 1847?–1915

Schoenberg, Arnold 1874–1951

Scholem, Gershom 1897–1982

Science and Religion

Scribes

Script and Scribal Practices

Secularism

Semikhah

Sephardim

Sex

Shabbetai Tsevi 1626–1676

Shavuot

Shoah

Sholem Aleichem 1859–1916

Shtetl

Siddur

Sin and Atonement

Singer, Isaac Bashevis 1904–1991

Slavery

Social Ethics

Sociology of Religion

Solomon ben Isaac 1030 or 1040–1105

Soloveitchik, Joseph Baer 1903–1993

Song of Songs

South Africa

Spain

Spinoza, Baruch de 1632–1677

Steinberg, Milton 1903–1950

Sudan

Suicide

Sukkot

Symbols and Symbolism

Synagogue

Syria

Szold, Henrietta 1860–1945

Tabernacle

Talmudic Literature: Translations

Talmudic Literature: Reference Tools

Talmudic Literature: Introductions

Talmudic Literature: Theology

Talmudic Literature: Hermeneutics

Tannaim

Targum

Temple and Temple Mount

Theater

Theodicy

Tithes

Toleration

Tribes, Ten Lost

Tsedakah

Tunisia

United States: Community Histories

United States: General Histories

Vegetarianism

Veneration of Saints, Pilgrimages, and Holy Places

Venice

War and Peace

Weizmann, Chaim 1874–1952

Western Wall

Wiesel, Elie 1928–

Wisdom Literature

Wise, Isaac Mayer 1819–1900

Wise, Stephen Samuel 1874–1949

Wissenschaft des Judentums

Wolfson, Harry 1887–1974

Women: Biblical

Women: Ancient and Modern

Women: Contemporary

Women: Status

Women's Literature: Early Modern

Women's Literature: Modern and Contemporary

Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula

Yeshivot: Medieval

Yeshivot: Modern

Yiddish Literature

Yom Kipplir

Zionism

Zionism, Labor

Zionism, Revisionist

Zohar

Zoroastrianism and Judaism