The Evolution of Jewish Monotheism, 9781009569194
Hardcover
Explore Judaism’s most fundamental, yet surprisingly diverse, declaration of faith.

The Evolution of Jewish Monotheism

‘god is one,’ from antiquity to modernity

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  • Hardcover

    338 pages

  • Release Date

    27 February 2025

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Summary

The Singular God: A History of Jewish Monotheism

In this book, David Michael Grossberg offers a fresh and illuminating perspective on the three-thousand-year evolution of Jewish monotheism by narrating the history of ‘God is one’ as a religious slogan from the ancient to the modern world.

Although ‘God is one’ has been called Judaism’s primary testimony of faith, its meaning has been obscure and contentious from its earliest emergence. From the Bible’s acclamatory ‘the Lord …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781009569194
ISBN-10:1009569198
Author:David Michael Grossberg
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:338
Release Date:27 February 2025
Weight:597g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 22mm
About The Author

David Michael Grossberg

David Grossberg is a sponsored researcher in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of Heresy and the Formation of the Rabbinic Community (2017) and co-editor of Genesis Rabbah in Text and Context (2016).

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