Judaism as a Civilization
1934 text by Mordecai M. Kaplan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judaism as a Civilization: Toward a Reconstruction of American-Jewish Life is a 1934 work on Judaism and American Jewish life by Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism.
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Author | Mordecai M. Kaplan |
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Cover artist | Janet Halverson |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Judaism, Sociology of Jewry |
Genre | Religion |
Published | 1934 (The Macmillan Company), 1967 (Shocken Books) |
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Pages | 601 pages (1967 edition) |
ISBN | 978-1330267707 |
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The book is Kaplan's most notable work and has influenced a number of American Jewish thinkers. Kaplan's work centers around the concept that Judaism ought not to be defined as the religion of the Jews, but the sum of Jewish religion, culture, language, literature and social organization.