The Jews: Their History, Volume 2Louis Finkelstein Schocken Books, 1970 - 556 pages Omits ten chapters from the 1960 edition, while many others have been brought up to date. For contents, see Author Catalog. |
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Page 35
... spirit of the Torah is best described as " priestly - prophetic . ” The world's most categorical ethical ideals are to be found in the Decalogue , side by side with ritual enactments . Within the Book of Leviticus , which contains the ...
... spirit of the Torah is best described as " priestly - prophetic . ” The world's most categorical ethical ideals are to be found in the Decalogue , side by side with ritual enactments . Within the Book of Leviticus , which contains the ...
Page 231
... spirit . " The mark of Jewish individuality , he reasoned , is the absolute spirit , the belief in an incorporeal God Who is not predicated by any material symbolism . Therein , he concluded , is the secret of the eternity of Israel ...
... spirit . " The mark of Jewish individuality , he reasoned , is the absolute spirit , the belief in an incorporeal God Who is not predicated by any material symbolism . Therein , he concluded , is the secret of the eternity of Israel ...
Page 240
... spirit . He regarded it as the manifestation of the national will - to - live - the very blind force that asserted itself during crucial periods in Jewish history . The critical position of Judaism in the modern era that called forth ...
... spirit . He regarded it as the manifestation of the national will - to - live - the very blind force that asserted itself during crucial periods in Jewish history . The critical position of Judaism in the modern era that called forth ...
Contents
The Bible as a Cultural Monument Robert Gordis I | 43 |
On Medieval Hebrew Poetry Shalom Spiegel | 82 |
JudeoArabic Literature Abraham S Halkin | 121 |
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