Judaism. Lectures. Vikhnovich V.L.

Judaism is the oldest monotheistic and Abrahamic world religion, which made a revolution in the religious ideas of mankind four thousand years ago. In the lecture course of the largest Judaic specialist and the history of the Jewish people of Vsevolod Lvovich Vikhnovich, the origins and history of this unique religion, the formation of the corps of its sacred texts - the Torah and its complementary Talmud, fundamental principles of creed, religious rites and holidays. Without trying to create an abstract model, divorced from historical given, the author shows Judaism in his complex evolution and heterogeneity, describing the leading trends of Jewish thought in detail: religious messianism, karamma, Jewish philosophy, Kabbalah, Hasidism, modernist movements of the New Age, etc. Separate attention in The book is given to that part of the Jewish history that has been associated with Russia for thousands of years.

The publication has been intended for students and teachers of higher educational institutions, as well as all those interested in the history of world religions.