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Aaronides
Aaron (?13th century bce)
Abbaye (278-338 ce)
ablution
abortion
Abrabanel, Isaac (1437-1508)
Abraham bar Hiyya(fl. 12th century)
Abraham, Apocalypse of
Abraham, Testament of
Abrahamites
Abrahams, Israel (1858-1924)
Abraham (fl.?16th century bce)
Abulafia, Abraham ben (1240-c.1291)
academy (Hebrew: yeshivah)
Acosta, Uriel (c.1585-1640)
Adam
Adam Kadmon
Adam, Book of
additional service
additional soul(Hebrew: neshamah yeterah)
Adloyada
Adon Olam(Hebrew, 'Lord of the World')
Adonai (Hebrew, 'My Lord')
adoption
Adret, Solomon ibn (1235-1310)
adultery
afikoman (Hebrew, 'desert')
afterlife
afternoon service(Hebrew: minhah)
aggadah (Hebrew, 'narrative')
Aggadat Bereshit (Hebrew, 'Narrative on In the Beginning' [Genesis])
Agnon, Shmuel Yosef (1888-1970)
agunah
Ahab (fl. ninth century bce)
Ahad Ha-Am (1856-1927)
Aharonim (Hebrew, 'latter ones')
Ahaziah (1) (fl. ninth century bce)
Ahaziah (2) (fl. ninth century bce)
Ahaz (fl. eighth century bce)
Ahikar, Book of
Akdamut
akeda
Akiva (50-135 ce)
al het (Hebrew, 'For the sin')
Albo, Joseph (c.1380-1435)
Alenu(Hebrew, 'It is our duty to praise')
Alexandria
Alfasi, Isaac ben Jacob (1013-1103)
aliyah (Hebrew, 'going up')
Alkalai, Yehuda Hai (1798-1878)
allegory
alphabet
Alroy, David (fl. 12th century)
altar
am ha-aretz(Hebrew, 'people of the land')
Amalekites
amen (Hebrew, 'true', 'truly')
Amichai, Yehuda (b. 1924)
amidah (Hebrew, 'standing')
amoraim (Hebrew, 'speak')
Amos, Book of
Amsterdam
amulet (Hebrew: kamia)
Anan ben David (fl. eighthcentury)
angel
Ani Maamin (Hebrew, 'I believe')
animals
anointing
anthropomorphism
anti-Semitism
Antiochus IV Epiphanes(fl. second century bce)
anusim (Hebrew, 'compelled ones')
apikoros (Greek, 'Epicurean')
apocalypse (Greek, 'revelation')
Apocrypha
apologetics
apostasy
Aramaic
arba kosot
Arbaah Turim(Aramaic, 'Four Rows')
Aristeas, Letter of
ark
Ark of the Covenant
Aron Kodesh
asceticism
asch, Sholem (1880-1957)
Ashamnu(Hebrew, 'We have trespassed')
Ashkenazim
ashrei (Hebrew, 'Happy are those [who dwell in thy house]').
Asmodeus (Hebrew: Ashmedai)
assimilation
astrology
atarah (Hebrew, 'crown')
atonement
Auschwitz
Av 15
Av 9
av bet din(Hebrew, 'Father of the Court')
av ha-rahamin(Hebrew, 'Father of mercy')
Avelei Zion
Avinu Malkenu(Hebrew, 'Our Father, Our King')
Avodah Zarah(Hebrew, 'Idolatrous Worship')
Avodah (Hebrew, 'Service', 'Prayer')
Avot (Hebrew, 'Fathers')
Avtalyon (fl. first century bce)
Azazel
azei hayyim (Hebrew, 'trees of life')
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Reprinted with permission from
A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism
,
by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Oneworld Publications.