Aaron W. Hughes 
Defining Judaism [PDF ebook] 
A Reader

Judaism is a monotheistic religion with a history of over 3, 500 years.  »Defining Judaism » illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues required for comparative and historical study of the faith. The texts range from historical attempts to define individual  »Jews » to imagining Judaism as a religion like other religions, to modern and post-modern attempts to decentre these earlier definitions. The reader brings together a wide range of essays from influential scholars of ancient and contemporary Judaism to attempt a full picture of Judaism that will be of interest to all those involved in the study of religion.