This volume opens with three introductory chapters to the work as a whole dealing with the geographical background, the chronology and the numismatic history of Judaism.

This third volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism focuses on the early Roman period.

This fourth volume covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam.

This seventh volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism provides an authoritative and detailed overview of early modern Jewish history, from 1500 to 1815. The essays, written by an international team of scholars, situate the Jewish experience in relation to the multiple political, intellectual and cultural currents of the period. They also explore and problematize the 'modernization' of world Jewry over this period from a global perspective, covering Jews in the Islamic world and in the Americas, as well as in Europe, with many chapters straddling the conventional lines of division between Sephardic, Ashkenazic, and Mizrahi history. The most up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative work in this field currently available, this volume will serve as an essential reference tool and ideal point of entry for advanced students and scholars of early modern Jewish history.

Volume 5 examines the history of Judaism in the Islamic World from the rise of Islam in the early sixth century to the expulsion of Jews from Spain at the end of the fifteenth. This period witnessed radical transformations both within the Jewish community itself and in the broader contexts in which the Jews found themselves. The rise of Islam had a decisive influence on Jews and Judaism as the conditions of daily life and elite culture shifted throughout the Islamicate world. Islamic conquest and expansion affected the shape of the Jewish community as the center of gravity shifted west to the North African communities, and long-distance trading opportunities led to the establishment of trading diasporas and flourishing communities as far east as India. By the end of our period, many of the communities on the 'other' side of the Mediterranean had come into their own—while many of the Jewish communities in the Islamicate world had retreated from their high-water mark.

Vol. 4 covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam. Focuses especially on the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections.

The first three volumes of The Cambridge History of Judaism cover the history of the Jews from the Exile in 587 BCE to the end of the early Roman era. These volumes present a definitive scholarly account of enduring value to anyone enquiring into the formative years of Judaism and its relation to other cultures, be they students, teachers or interested general readers. For the first time, the three volumes are offered together at a special price. Volume One (published in 1984) opens with an introduction to the project and proceeds with coverage of the Persian period. Volume Two (1989) deals with the Hellenistic age. Volume Three (1999) focuses on the early Roman period of Jewish history from Pompey to Vespasian, with themes extending to the end of the third century CE. Complete with illustrations, tables and maps, these books constitute a major work of reference on a key topic.