The Jewish Religion: A Companion
YA?This compendium, arranged in dictionary format, allows students to learn about one of the world's oldest religions. Jacobs deals with topics ranging from personalities in the Bible to Jewish thinkers of the present day; he includes customs, traditions, and Jewish ideas on topics as diverse as adoption and astrology. The author also considers Jewish attitudes towards ecology, insanity, and even worrying. The text is readable and interesting; there is no need to have any grounding in Hebrew language or terminology. High school students asked to examine historical issues associated with Judaism or to understand Judaic allusions in literature will find this work invaluable.?Ron Axelrod, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VACopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.