Norman Solomon

Judaism: A Very Short Introduction

Featuring
Release date 2004

Tracklist

1
Chapter 1: Who Are the Jews? Part 1
1:12
1:12
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Chapter 1, Part 2: Who the Jews Used to Be
3:32
3:32
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Chapter 1, Part 3: How Jews Used to Think of Themselves
2:29
2:29
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Chapter 1, Part 4: Who the Jews Think They Are Now
1:51
1:51
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Chapter 1, Part 5: Who the Jews Think They Are Now (cont.)
1:39
1:39
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Chapter 1, Part 6: Who the Jews Think They Are Now (cont.)
3:38
3:38
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Chapter 1, Part 7: Who the Jews Think They Are Now (cont.)
2:53
2:53
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Chapter 1, Part 8: Where Are Jews to Be Found
1:05
1:05
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Chapter 1, Part 9: Contemporary Identity
2:55
2:55
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Chapter 2: How Did Judaism and Christianity Split Up? Part 1
7:10
7:10
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Chapter 2, Part 2: Where Did Judaism and Christianity Come From?
4:17
4:17
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Chapter 2, Part 3: Why Did They Split Up?
5:46
5:46
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Chapter 2, Part 4: How Did They Both Define Themselves?
3:43
3:43
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Chapter 2, Part 5: How Did They Both Define Themselves? (cont.)
0:34
0:34
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Chapter 3: How Did Judaism Develop? Part 1
2:20
2:20
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Chapter 3, Part 2: Judah Ha-Nasi—Scholar, Saint, Leader
4:04
4:04
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Chapter 3, Part 3: Stamaim—The Nameless Ones
2:59
2:59
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Chapter 3, Part 4: Kahina Dahiya Bint Thabbita Ibn Tifan—Warrior
1:44
1:44
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Chapter 3, Part 5: Saadia Gaon (882–942)—Philosopher
4:56
4:56
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Chapter 3, Part 6: Rashi (1040–1105)—Commentator
4:08
4:08
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Chapter 3, Part 7: Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089–1164)—Poet
1:52
1:52
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Chapter 3, Part 8: Moses Maimonides [Rambam] (1138–1204)—Philosopher, Codifier, and Physician
4:06
4:06
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Chapter 3, Part 9: Abraham Abulafia (1240 – c. 1300)—Ecstatic Mystic
3:54
3:54
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Chapter 3, Part 10: Gracia Nasi (c. 1510 – c. 1569)—Benefactress
6:00
6:00
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Chapter 3, Part 11: Baal Shem Tov (c. 1700 – 1760)—Hasidism
4:19
4:19
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Chapter 3, Part 12: Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786)—Enlightenment
5:11
5:11
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Chapter 4: The Calendar and Festivals, Part 1
4:38
4:38
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Chapter 4, Part 2: The Pilgrim Festivals
2:41
2:41
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Chapter 4, Part 3: The Pilgrim Festivals (cont.)
3:20
3:20
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Chapter 4, Part 4: Days of Awe
5:04
5:04
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Chapter 4, Part 5: Days of Awe (cont.)
3:45
3:45
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Chapter 4, Part 6: Fast Days
0:38
0:38
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Chapter 5: The Spiritual Life—Prayer, Meditation, Torah. Part 1
4:43
4:43
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Chapter 5, Part 2: What Is Prayer?
2:38
2:38
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Chapter 5, Part 3: To Whom Are Prayers Directed?
2:46
2:46
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Chapter 5, Part 4: Does Prayer Work?
1:58
1:58
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Chapter 5, Part 5: The Liturgy
2:56
2:56
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Chapter 5, Part 6: Attitude in Prayer
2:02
2:02
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Chapter 5, Part 7: Poets and Singers of the Synagogue
5:20
5:20
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Chapter 5, Part 8: Love of God
3:18
3:18
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Chapter 5, Part 9: Learning
4:28
4:28
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Chapter 6: Making a Jewish Home, Part 1
1:08
1:08
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Chapter 6, Part 2: Tzedaka
2:39
2:39
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Chapter 6, Part 3: Mezuza
2:31
2:31
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Chapter 6, Part 4: Books and Education
2:36
2:36
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Chapter 6, Part 5: Kosher Food
4:33
4:33
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Chapter 6, Part 6: Sexual and Personal Relationships
4:49
4:49
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Chapter 6, Part 7: Life Cycle
0:41
0:41
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Chapter 6, Part 8: Birth
0:35
0:35
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Chapter 6, Part 9: Growing Up
1:07
1:07
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Chapter 6, Part 10: Marriage
2:02
2:02
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Chapter 6, Part 11: Parenthood
0:21
0:21
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Chapter 6, Part 12: Mid-Life
0:19
0:19
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Chapter 6, Part 13: Old Age
0:36
0:36
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Chapter 6, Part 14: Death
1:36
1:36
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Chapter 7: Out of the Ghetto, Into the Whirlwind. Part 1
6:09
6:09
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Chapter 7, Part 2: Reform Judaism
6:08
6:08
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Chapter 7, Part 3: Reform Judaism (cont.)
3:09
3:09
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Chapter 7, Part 4: Orthodox Judaism
5:14
5:14
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Chapter 7, Part 5: Conservative Judaism
1:30
1:30
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Chapter 7, Part 6: Reconstructionist Judaism
1:02
1:02
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Chapter 8, Part 7: Twentieth-Century Judaism
2:59
2:59
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Chapter 8, Part 8: Zionism, Religion, and the State of Israel
4:51
4:51
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Chapter 8, Part 9: Holocaust Theology
5:58
5:58
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Chapter 8, Part 10: Some Regard the Holocaust as an Act of God's Righteous Judgement
5:03
5:03
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Chapter 8, Part 11: God
4:15
4:15
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Chapter 8, Part 12: Feminism
5:57
5:57
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Chapter 9, Part 13: 'Eternal Law', Changing Times
4:29
4:29
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Chapter 9, Part 14: Abortion
7:34
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Chapter 9, Part 15: Euthanasia
4:25
4:25
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Chapter 9, Part 16: Surrogate Motherhood
1:59
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Chapter 9, Part 17: Conclusion
1:55
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