Title: A First Rate Teaching and Reference Tool
Review: Students don't like to buy books for their college courses but every now and then there is one they keep and enjoy for the rest of their lives. This is one of them. The late Arthur Cohen and Paul Mendes Flohr assembled a remarkable array of first rate authors to write on an encyclopedic range of topics relevant to an understanding of what Judaism is all about from a contemporary perspective. I've used the book since 1994 in an intro to Judaism course I offer every year, and I have never been disappointed. Occasionally, the essays demand a bit much from an undergraduate student. But as long as s/he is ready to engage in reading texts that don't dum down the issue, s/he'll get something valuable out of it. I recommend this book most highly.
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