| Beyond Reasonable Doubt Contributor(s): Jacobs, Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1904113117 ISBN-13: 9781904113119 Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in Ass OUR PRICE: $32.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: More than forty years have passed since Louis Jacobs first put forward the argument that traditionally observant Jews have no reason to take issue with the findings of the historical critics in their investigations of the Bible. In his numerous works on Jewish theology, Jacobs has argued that the traditional doctrine which claims that the Torah is from Heaven can and should be maintainedprovided that the word from is understood in a non-fundamentalist way to denote that there is a human as well as a divine element in the Torah: God revealing His will not only to but through the Jewish people in their historical experiences as they reached out to Him. As a result of these views, the Anglo-Jewish Orthodox hierarchy banned Jacobs from serving as an Orthodox rabbi. This was the cause of the notorious Jacobs affair, which culminated in the creation of the New London Synagogue and, eventually, in the establishment of the Masorti movement in the UK with strong affinities with Conservat |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Theology - Social Science | Jewish Studies - Religion | Judaism - Orthodox |
| Dewey: 296.3 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.87 lbs) 278 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
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| Publisher Description: More than forty years have passed since Louis Jacobs first put forward the argument that traditionally observant Jews have no reason to take issue with the results obtained by the historical critics in their investigation into the Bible and the other classical sources of Judaism. As a result of his views, which were first published in the still-controversial text We Have Reason to Believe, the Anglo-Jewish Orthodox hierarchy banned Jacobs from serving as an Orthodox rabbi. In this new book, Louis Jacobs examines afresh all the issues involved. He does so objectively but with passion, meeting the objections put forward by critics from the various trends within the Jewish world, both Orthodox and Reform. In a recent poll conducted by the (London) Jewish Chronicle, Louis Jacobs was chosen as the 'Greatest British Jew.' |