Introduction to the Thematic Outline - Wisdom In Torah

INTRODUCTION TO THE THEMATIC OUTLINE
The outline presented here is intended to provide a general view of the conceptual scheme of the Encyclopaedia. It is divided
into five parts: I. History; II. Religion; III. Jewish Languages & Literature; IV. Jews in World Culture; V. Women. To show the conceptual
components of the Encyclopaedia’s coverage, each of these general parts is subdivided into a variety of sections and
sub-sections. The categories used in this outline are intended to be heuristic and thereby serviceable in guiding users through
the Encyclopaedia. Because the rubrics used as section headings are not necessarily mutually exclusive, certain entries in the
Encyclopaedia are listed in more than one section.
I. HISTORY
A. ANCIENT PERIOD
1. BIBLE p. 7
2. TALMUD p. 19
3. SECOND TEMPLE AND LATE ROMAN PERIODS p. 26
B. MEDIEVAL & MODERN PERIOD
1. GENERAL HISTORY p. 34
a. Antisemitism p. 35
b. Demography p. 36
c. Economic History p. 36
d. Zionism p. 37
2. REGIONAL HISTORY
a. Israel, Land and State of p. 39
b. Byzantium p. 61
c. Muslim Lands (incl. Islam) p. 61
d. Asia and Africa p. 67
e. Western Europe p. 68
1. England & British Commonwealth p. 68
2. France, Luxembourg & Belgium p. 78
3. Germany & Austria p. 86
4. Italy p. 101
5. Netherlands p. 105
6. Scandinavia p. 107
7. Spain & Portugal p. 108
8. Switzerland p. 111
f. Eastern Europe p. 111
1. Bulgaria, Albania & Armenia p. 111
2. Czechoslovakia p. 112
3. Greece p. 115
4. Hungary p. 115
5. Poland p. 119
6. Romania p. 125
7. Russia & Former Soviet Union p. 127
8. Yugoslavia p. 135
g. United States p. 136
h. Canada p. 171
i. Latin America p. 173
3. HOLOCAUST HISTORY p. 175
II. RELIGION
A. JEWISH
1. JEWISH LAW p. 187
2. JEWISH RITUAL & OBSERVANCE p. 188
3. JEWISH THOUGHT & PHILOSOPHY p. 192
4. RABBINICS p. 194
5. KABBALAH & JEWISH MYSTICISM p. 214
6. HASIDISM p. 217
B. OTHER
1. CHRISTIANITY p. 218
2. ISLAM (see MUSLIM LANDS)
3. KARAITES p. 220
4. MARRANOS p. 221
5. SAMARITANS p. 222
III. JEWISH LANGUAGES & LITERATURE
A. JEWISH LANGUAGES p. 222
B. JEWISH LITERATURE p. 223
C. HEBREW LITERATURE p. 223
D. YIDDISH LITERATURE p. 228
IV. JEWS IN WORLD CULTURE
A. ART p. 232
1. ARCHITECTURE p. 233
2. CARTOONING p. 233
3. PAINTING p. 234
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