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32 produkter
The Jewish Religion
A Companion
Inbunden, 1995
2444 kr
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This is a unique, personal testimony and companion to the Jewish religion, in which the reader will find a wealth of information on just about every aspect of Jewish belief and practice, both ancient and modern - from personalities in the Bible to Jewish thinkers and writers of the present day, …
Religion and the Individual
A Jewish Perspective
Av Louis Jacobs
Häftad, 2008
536 kr
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The aim of this study is to demonstrate that, for all the admitted emphasis on peoplehood in the Jewish religious tradition, there are equally strong individualistic tendencies within Judaism which should not be confined to the sidelines. Dr Jacobs maintains that - in any balanced view of Judaism - …
Structure and Form in the Babylonian Talmud
Av Louis Jacobs
Häftad, 2008
716 kr
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This book attempts to uncover the basic form and structure of the Babylonian Talmud, which is a centrally important text in Jewish studies. The contribution made by Dr Jacobs to the study of the Talmud consists in his presentation of the literary principles employed in its composition, and he here …
The Talmudic Argument
A Study in Talmudic Reasoning and Methodology
Av Louis Jacobs
Häftad, 1984
732 kr
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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 lengthy passages with a view to showing how Talmudic reasoning operates and how the Talmud was compiled by its final editors. The …
Structure and Form in the Babylonian Talmud
Av Louis Jacobs
Inbunden, 1991
1349 kr
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This book attempts to uncover the basic form and structure of the Babylonian Talmud, which is a centrally important text in Jewish studies. The contribution made by Dr Jacobs to the study of the Talmud consists in his presentation of the literary principles employed in its composition, and he here …
Religion and the Individual
A Jewish Perspective
Inbunden, 1992
1481 kr
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The aim of this study is to demonstrate that, for all the admitted emphasis on peoplehood in the Jewish religious tradition, there are equally strong individualistic tendencies within Judaism which should not be confined to the sidelines. Dr Jacobs maintains that - in any balanced view of Judaism - …
Principles of the Jewish Faith
An Analytical Study
Av Louis Jacobs
E-bok, 2008
918 kr
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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.
Faith
Av Louis Jacobs
E-bok, 2008
485 kr
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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 Jewish approaches to belief, by a controversial and respected scholar who analyses the nature of God through a …
Jewish Values
Av Louis Jacobs
E-bok, 2008
347 kr
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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 be told?What ought to be our attitude to warfare?Of what relevance is the ideal of holiness to men and women of this age?How can pride be conquered?Can a …
Helping With Inquiries
An Autobiography
Av Louis Jacobs
Häftad, 2022
315 kr
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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 district of Manchester. The story covers his student life at Gateshead and London University, his trips …
Hasidic Prayer: With a New Introduction
Av Louis Jacobs
Häftad, 1993
291 kr
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From its very beginnings in the eighteenth century, the Hasidic movement was suffused with a joyous enthusiasm and optimism derived from the notion of God being in all things. This led to an insistence on joy as an essential element in divine worship, and in consequence a distinctive attitude to …
A Tree of Life
Diversity, Flexibility and Creativity in Jewish Law [Second Edition]
Av Louis Jacobs
Häftad, 2000
324 kr
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This study of the Jewish legal system (the Halakhah) demonstrates that the law embraces every corner of life.
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Av Louis Jacobs
Häftad, 2004
396 kr
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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. In his numerous …
Theology in the Responsa
Av Louis Jacobs
Häftad, 2005
340 kr
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Responsa are replies given by prominent rabbinic authorities to questions put to them by other scholars, asking for rulings on specific issues, generally of a practical nature. The responsa literature is thus a repository of the learning and sound sense of some of the greatest rabbinic authorities …
Quest for the African Dinosaurs
Ancient Roots of the Modern World
Av Louis Jacobs
Häftad, 2000
274 kr
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Winner of the Colbert Award for the best adult book about dinosaurs Louis Jacobs reopened paleontologists' eyes to the African continent when he uncovered a major fossil site in the hills of Malawi in the 1980s. During five digging seasons in Malawi and three in Cameroon, Jacobs found the remains …
'Ask the Rabbi'
Questions and Answers on Judaism
Av Louis Jacobs
Inbunden, 1999
358 kr
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The 'Ask the Rabbi' column in the Jewish Chronicle was an extremely popular weekly feature of the paper. During more than 25 years, over 1,000 lively questions and answers accumulated, of which this book is a selection arranged according to various themes. It can now be disclosed that the author of …
Jewish Preaching
Homilies and Sermons
Av Louis Jacobs, Elkan Levy m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
638 kr
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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 Ethics of the Fathers. The text for the modern sermon is usually the sidra, the weekly portion, or, in the summer months the …
Their Heads in Heaven
Unfamiliar Aspects of Hasidism
Av Louis Jacobs
Inbunden, 2005
638 kr
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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 to its restoration in the New World after the Holocaust, novel developments, some of them startling, are examined. The book surveys …
Judaism and Theology
Essays on the Jewish Religion
Av Louis Jacobs
Inbunden, 2005
778 kr
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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 faiths. For the first time a comprehensive account of Halakhic attitudes towards Christianity is …
Rabbinic Thought in the Talmud
Av Louis Jacobs
Inbunden, 2005
638 kr
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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 who were the actual editors of the Bavli and how they went about their work. This is followed by …
Their Heads in Heaven
Unfamiliar Aspects of Hasidism
Av Louis Jacobs
Häftad, 2005
287 kr
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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 to its restoration in the New World after the Holocaust, novel developments, some of them startling, are examined. The book surveys …
Judaism and Theology
Essays on the Jewish Religion
Av Louis Jacobs
Häftad, 2005
287 kr
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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 faiths. For the first time a comprehensive account of Halakhic attitudes towards Christianity is …
Rabbinic Thought in the Talmud
Av Louis Jacobs
Häftad, 2005
287 kr
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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 who were the actual editors of the Bavli and how they went about their work. This is followed by …
