Dictionary of the Jewish Religion. Edited by David C Gross.

By Ben Isaacson

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 055308545X
• ISBN13: 9780553085457
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: New York : Bantam Books
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A good small introductory dictionary

This is a small introductory dictionary which provides basic information.It is written in a clear way and provides accurate information. The problem with the work is its brevity and it thus leaves a feeling of something lacking for those who might have a fairly good knowledge of Judaism. Here is a sample entry. "Gomel. Special blessing of thanksgiving , recited by someone who has survived a dangerous experience ( a difficult journey, or a serious illness). It is usually recited on the first Sabbath after the event , when the individual is called to the reading of the Torah.The blessing is based on Psalm 107." Again the information is accurate, but someone who would want to know for instance the fuller list of circumstances in which one makes the blessing, when exactly one does and does not, would not find it in this entry. In any case there is much to be learned from this work, and it ideally should be a bridge to more extensive ones.