Dan Cohn-Sherbok

Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers is a panoramic survey of over 2,000 years of Jewish thought, religious and secular, ancient and modern. Now in its second edition, this essential reference guide contains new introductions to the lives and works of such thinkers as: Hannah Arendt, Immanuel Levinas, Judith Plaskow, Sigmund Freud, and Walter Benjamin. Als...

Written by an experienced university teacher, who is also a scholar and rabbi, this extensive...

Anti-Semitism has featured in the history of Western civilisation since the Greeks. What the twentieth century has seen through the lens of the holocaust has been happening for over 3000 years. Dan Cohn-Sherbok traces the origins of anti-Semitism and its manifestations, from political opposition to racial persecution, Cohn-Sherbok describes Jewi...

An encyclopedia covering all aspects of the Jewish faith, from its origins to the present day. Topics include: rituals, scriptures, art and architecture, significant figures and locations, fasting and euthanasia. Features extensive cross-referencing and a thematic index and bibliography. Also included are timelines, maps, charts and photographs.