This is a bibliography of literature treating the topic of

criticism of Judaism Criticism of Judaism refers to criticism of Jewish religious doctrines, texts, laws, and practices. Early criticism originated in inter-faith polemics between Christianity and Judaism. Important disputations in the Middle Ages gave rise to wi ...

as a

religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...

, sorted by alphabetical order of titles. Books that criticise the religion of Judaism can be categorised in several groups, such as: * Books that criticise the

Torah The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the ...

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' Jewish fundamentalist interpretation and application of them; * Books that criticise the Jewish religion as a whole; * Books that criticise all religions (especially the

Abrahamic religions The Abrahamic religions are a group of religions centered around worship of the God of Abraham. Abraham, a Hebrew patriarch, is extensively mentioned throughout Abrahamic religious scriptures such as the Bible and the Quran. Jewish tradition ...

), including Judaism in particular; and * Books that criticise social separatism of Jewish minority communities, and argue for (voluntary or involuntary)

Jewish assimilation Jewish assimilation ( he, התבוללות, ''hitbolelut'') refers either to the gradual cultural assimilation and social integration of Jews in their surrounding culture or to an ideological program in the age of emancipation promoting confor ...

(religiously, linguistically, socially, or culturally). Books that are critical of Judaism can be written by non-Jews ( Gentiles) or by

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

themselves, such as Jewish secularists,

Jewish atheists This page lists well-known Jewish atheism, Jewish atheists. Based on Jewish law's emphasis on matrilineal descent, religiously conservative Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish authorities would accept an atheist born to a Jewish mother as Who is ...

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ists.

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The Age of Reason ''The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology'' is a work by English and American political activist Thomas Paine, arguing for the philosophical position of deism. It follows in the tradition of 18th-century Briti ...

'' (1794, 1795, 1807) by

Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In th ...

, critical of all religions; Judaism and Christianity in particular * '' Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam'' (2005) by

Michel Onfray Michel Onfray (; born 1 January 1959) is a French writer and philosopher with a hedonistic, epicurean and atheist worldview. A highly-prolific author on philosophy, he has written over 100 books. His philosophy is mainly influenced by such think ...

, critical of all religions; Christianity, Judaism and Islam in particular * '' God and Sex'' (2010) by

Michael Coogan Michael D. Coogan is lecturer on Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Harvard Divinity School, Director of Publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum, editor-in-chief of Oxford Biblical Studies Online, and professor emeritus of religious studies at Stone ...

, critical of the Hebrew Bible, and Christian and Jewish fundamentalist interpretations and applications of it * '' The God Delusion'' (2006) by Richard Dawkins, critical of all religions; Christianity, Judaism and Islam in particular * ''

God Is Not Great ''God Is Not Great'' (sometimes stylized as ''god is not Great'') is a 2007 book by British-American author and journalist Christopher Hitchens, in which he makes a case against organized religion. It was originally published in the United Kingd ...

'' (2007) by

Christopher Hitchens Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British-American author and journalist who wrote or edited over 30 books (including five essay collections) on culture, politics, and literature. Born and educated in England, ...

, critical of all religions; Christianity, Judaism and Islam in particular * '' God's Zeal: The Battle of the Three Monotheisms'' (2007) by

Peter Sloterdijk Peter Sloterdijk (; ; born 26 June 1947) is a German philosopher and cultural theorist. He is a professor of philosophy and media theory at the University of Art and Design Karlsruhe. He co-hosted the German television show ''Im Glashaus: Das P ...

, critical of Christianity, Judaism and Islam in particular * ''Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel'' (1994) by

Israel Shahak Israel Shahak ( he, ישראל שחק; born Israel Himmelstaub, 28 April 1933 – 2 July 2001) was an Israeli professor of organic chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor, an intellectual of liberal political bent, ...

and Norton Mezvinsky, critical of Jewish fundamentalism * ''

Jewish History, Jewish Religion Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

'' (1994) by

, critical of Judaism in general and Jewish fundamentalism (

Orthodox Judaism Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as revealed by God to Moses ...

) in particular * ''

The Jewish Question The Jewish question, also referred to as the Jewish problem, was a wide-ranging debate in 19th- and 20th-century European society that pertained to the appropriate status and treatment of Jews. The debate, which was similar to other " national ...

'' (1843) by Bruno Bauer, critical of Jewish separatism and arguing for Jews to convert to Christianity in order to assimilate * ''

On the Jewish Question "On the Jewish Question" is a response by Karl Marx to then-current debates over the Jewish question. Marx wrote the piece in 1843, and it was first published in Paris in 1844 under the German title "Zur Judenfrage" in the ''Deutsch–Französi ...

'' (1844) by

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...

in response to Bauer's 1843 book, critical of Jewish separatism, but arguing for voluntary assimilation without a need to become Christians (first) * ''

Tractatus Theologico-Politicus Written by the Dutch philosopher Benedictus Spinoza, the ''Tractatus Theologico-Politicus'' (''TTP'') or ''Theologico-Political Treatise'' was one of the most controversial texts of the early modern period. In it, Spinoza expounds his vie ...

'' (1670) by Baruch Spinoza, critical of all religions; Judaism and Christianity in particular. Critical of Jewish separatism. * '' Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots'' (2012) by Deborah Feldman, critical of Jewish fundamentalism and Jewish separatism * '' When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?'' (2004) by

George Carlin George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American comedian, actor, author, and social critic. Regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of all time, he was dubbed "the dean of countercu ...

, critical of Christianity, Judaism and Islam in particular

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