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Louis Jacobs
In this study of how the Halakhah (the Jewish legal system) embraces each of life’s situations, the author demonstrates that the Halakhists, influenced by their diverse cultural backgrounds, sought throughout…
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In this sequel to We Have Reason to Believe, Louis Jacobs meets the objections to his theological position put forward over the past forty years by critics on all sides.
‘Remarkably well done, with profound scholarship but presented in a readable and absorbing manner.’ Times Educational Supplement
Divided into two parts, this book deals with Talmudic Methodologies. The first part sheds light on Talmudic logic, and the second part examines the literary analysis of the Amoraic literature…
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Louis Jacob
Lance McCoy has always hated ranching. He’s been running from it for ten years. A son of an alcoholic father, he left home at sixteen to make a better life…
De Claris Scriptoribus Cabilonensibus Liber Tertius (1652) a Ludovico Jacobo scriptus est. In hoc libro, Jacobus de scriptoribus Cabilonensibus, quorum opera in linguam Latinam redacta sunt, disputat. Liber Tertius continet…
The Ask the Rabbi column in the Jewish Chronicle was an extremely popular weekly feature of the paper. During more than 25 years, over 1000 questions and answers accumulated, of…
Addresses some of the most burning questions but also provides surveys of contemporary Jewish religious life in the various communities and of the attitudes of Jewish thinkers to other religious…
Provides four detailed understandings of the nature and scope of the Babylonian Talmud, outlining the state-of-the-art studies of the subject as well as some problems still awaiting solution, such as…
Rabbi Aaron Horowitz is acknowledged to be the most outstanding, systematic exponent of the profound Habad theory of Hasidism. This book deals with the life and thought of this religious…
First published in 1975 and unrivalled in its treatment of the subject, Louis Jacobs examines those responsa in which theology is considered and highlights the changes that have occurred in…
This autobiography of one of the world’s leading Jewish religious thinkers and teachers begins with his boyhood in Manchester. It covers his student life, trips overseas and the showbiz world…
This book, the only one in English that can serve as a textbook for beginners and more advanced students of the Babylonian Talmud, examines in detail a number of typical…
Through a careful analysis of the primary texts, Jacobs conducts a thorough survey of some of the most important instances where the individual is discussed in the Jewish religious tradition.
From manna to witchcraft, Aaron to Zweifel, this comprehensive reference work is intended as both a personal testimony of Jewish belief and practice, and a guide for anyone interested in…
Dr Coats, widely recognized for his work over two decades on the Pentateuchal traditions, here presents us with his distinctive portrait of Moses. George Coats identifies two strands in the…
Miri Freud-Kandel
It argues that, despite its particularities and limitations, his approach can provide a powerful model for contemporary religious seekers in the context of a growing impetus away from established, denominationally…
Louis Jacobs opened the eyes of paleontologists to the African continent when he uncovered a major fossil site in the hills of Malawi in the 1980s. This study of the…
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
This autobiography of one of the world’s leading Jewish religious thinkers and teachers, and the central participant in the dramatic ‘Jacobs affair’, begins with his early boyhood in a poor…
Rabbi Jacobs, with sixty years’ experience of pulpit work to his credit, provides a number of homilies for each weekly portion of the modern sermon and for the chapters of…
Sheds light on obscure corners of the Hasidic movement and the lives of the Rebbes. After a brief account of the history and rise of Hasidism in the eighteenth century…
Louis Jacobs (Lancaster University)
Louis Jacobs was Rabbi at New London Synagogue until his death in 2006. In the year of his death he was votedGreatest British Jewby a poll of Jewish…
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Jewish thinkers throughout the ages have been as passionate in their concern about the meaning and nature of faith as Christian theologians. This is a lucid and profound examination of…
All the fundamental tenents of Judaism as expressed in the Thirteen Principles of Faith laid down by Maimonides are subjected to a brilliant, courageous interpretation–a major work.
What does it mean to trust in God? How can man love God? If timidity is unwholesome, why does Scripture speak of the fear of God? When should a lie…
This book attempts to uncover the basic form and structure of the Babylonian Talmud, which is a centrally important text in Jewish studies. By examining a number of talmudic passages…
This book attempts to uncover the basic form and structure of the Babylonian Talmud, which is a centrally important text in Jewish studies.
Harry Freedman
A biography of Louis Jacobs, rabbi, theologian and author of the highly controversial book on Jewish thought and religion, We Have Reason to Believe
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Louis Jacob,Louis Jacob
La mort de Napoleon Ier / Louis Jacob Date de l'edition originale: 1908 Sujet de l'ouvrage: France (1804-1814, Empire)
Le present ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des…
Louis Jacob Curtman
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Louis Jacob Hirschman
Charles Louis Jacobs
The Revolutionary Rhetoric of Hamiltonexplores how the musical confronts conventional conceptions of American history, racial equity, and political power. Scholars of theatre studies, media studies, and communication studies will find…
Dans ce recueil, P. L. Jacob a reuni des farces, soties et moralites qui mettent en scene le ressort principal de ces oeuvres, la ruse. Une ruse qui tourne a…
Louis Quarre-Reybourbon
Pierre-Louis Jacobs d'Hailly, gentilhomme lillois, voyageur au XVIIe siecle / par L. Quarre-Reybourbon, … Date de l'edition originale: 1898
Louis Jacob Josef Muskens
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die…
Gathers sixteenth-century writings about ethics, mysticism, and Jewish spirituality by some of the many teachers in the Galilean community of Safed.
This book examines the basic beliefs of Judaism in light of modern thought. Its shape is traditional but not fundamentalist.