| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 144 pages : maps ; 19 cm). |
| Series |
The great courses. Religion |
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Great courses (DVD). Religion.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1. |
| Cast |
Taught by Shai Cherry. |
| Note |
Twenty-four lectures 30 minutes each. |
| Summary |
Shai Cherry, professor of Jewish Thought at Vanderbilt University, presents the unfolding of the religious aspects of the Jewish civilization from the Hebrew Bible to today, while keeping an eye on the historical background against which those changes within Judaism have occurred. |
| Contents |
Part 1, Disc 1. Lecture 1. Torah, Old Testament, and Hebrew Bible ; Lecture 2. From Israelite to Jew -- Lecture 3. Repentance ; Lecture 4. Study ; Lecture 5. Prayer ; Lecture 6. Deeds of loving kindness -- Disc 2. Lecture 7. Messianism ; Lecture 8. The coming world ; Lecture 9. Sabbath ; Lecture 10. Law and spirit ; Lecture 11. Fall holidays ; Lecture 12. Spring holidays. |
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Part 2, Disc 3. Lecture 13. Minor holidays--then and now ; Lecture 14. Medieval Jewish philosophy--Maimonides ; Lecture 15. Medieval Jewish mysticism--Kabbalah ; Lecture 16. Evil and suffering--Bibical and Rabbinic ; Lecture 17. Evil and suffering--Medieval and modern ; Lecture 18. Emancipation, enlightenment, and reform -- Disc 4. Lecture 19. Orthodox Judaisms ; Lecture 20. Israel and Zionism ; Lecture 21. American Judaisms ; Lecture 22. Women and Jewish law ; Lecture 23. Judaism and the other ; Lecture 24. The chosen people? |
| Subject |
Judaism.
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Judaism -- History.
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Judaism. (OCoLC)fst00984280
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films -- United States.
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Educational films. (OCoLC)fst01726235
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Filmed lectures. (OCoLC)fst01726215
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Instructional films. (OCoLC)fst01726236
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Instructional films.
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Educational films.
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Filmed lectures.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Cherry, Shai. Teacher.
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Kraft, Matthew A. Producer.
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Leven, Jon. Director.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781565859258 |
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1565859251 |
| Music No. |
6423 Teaching Company |
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