The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding JudaismPenguin, 2003 - 433 pages This second edition updates and revises one of The Complete Idiot's Guidesmost popular religion titles. New topics covered-
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Contents
The World According to God | 1 |
Man and Woman | 17 |
Friends | 33 |
Law and Order | 45 |
Its a Wonderful World | 55 |
Read All About It | 63 |
Theres More to the Bible | 79 |
The Laws and the Legends | 95 |
Death Be Not Proud | 215 |
All in the Family The Home | 225 |
The Kitchen | 235 |
The Dining Room | 245 |
The Bedroom | 255 |
The Childs Room | 265 |
The Synagogue | 273 |
Let Us Pray | 287 |
The Later Voices of Judaism | 109 |
The Time of Your Life | 127 |
The High Holy Days | 145 |
The Three Feet | 161 |
Feasting and Fasting | 175 |
Remember the Sad Times | 185 |
From the Cradle to the Grave | 191 |
From the Cradle to the Grave | 193 |
Girls Mature Faster | 199 |
Members of the Wedding | 201 |
Synagogue Fashion | 301 |
Take Off Your HatNot | 308 |
The Crucial Questions | 311 |
Any Questions from the Floor? | 339 |
Welcome to the TwentyFirst Century | 353 |
Problems Problems Problems | 369 |
So Whats in the Future? | 381 |
Appendixes | 391 |
of Your Own | 417 |
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