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Converts to Judaism : Stories from Biblical Times to Today.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (220 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442234680
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Converts to JudaismDDC classification:
  • 296.7/10922
LOC classification:
  • BM729.P7E664 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Welcoming the Stranger -- 1 Your People Shall Be My People -- 2 Over Land and Sea -- 3 A Fence around the Torah -- 4 The Time of Religious Struggle -- 5 Leaving the Ghetto -- 6 The Golden Land -- 7 The Call of Zion -- 8 Lessons from the History of Conversion to Judaism -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Summary: From the biblical story of Ruth to the star conversion of Elizabeth Taylor, Epstein tells the stories of people who have converted to Judaism throughout history. This book is a resource for people considering the challenging path of conversion and an illustration of the important role Jewish converts have played in Jewish life through the ages.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Welcoming the Stranger -- 1 Your People Shall Be My People -- 2 Over Land and Sea -- 3 A Fence around the Torah -- 4 The Time of Religious Struggle -- 5 Leaving the Ghetto -- 6 The Golden Land -- 7 The Call of Zion -- 8 Lessons from the History of Conversion to Judaism -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

From the biblical story of Ruth to the star conversion of Elizabeth Taylor, Epstein tells the stories of people who have converted to Judaism throughout history. This book is a resource for people considering the challenging path of conversion and an illustration of the important role Jewish converts have played in Jewish life through the ages.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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