The Schocken guide to Jewish books : : where to start reading about Jewish history, literature, culture, and religion / [electronic resource] / edited by Barry W. Holtz.. — 1st ed.. — New York : : Schocken Books,, c1992.. — x, 357 p. : : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Ports of entry : introductory Jewish books / Lawrence Square Kushner -- The Bible and its world / Everett Fox -- The world of the Talmud / Eliezer Diamond -- The Jewish Middle Ages / Ivan G. Marcus -- The European experience : Jews confront modernity / Michael Stanislawski -- The American Jewish experience / Jonathan D. Sarna -- The Holocaust / Deborah E. Lipstadt -- Israel and Zionism / David Twersky -- Jewish mysticism / Elliot K. Ginsburg -- Jewish philosophy : medieval and modern / Michael Paley and Jacob J. Staub -- Jewish women's studies / Sue Levi Elwell -- Hebrew literature / Alan Mintz -- Yiddish literature / David G. Roskies -- The Jewish Novelist in America / Mark Shechner -- The bar/bat mitzvah book / Rita Berman Frischer.