A Traditional Quest: Essays in Honour of Louis JacobsDan Cohn-Sherbok Louis Jacobs has made a formidable contribution to Jewish scholarship over the last 40 years. In addition he has inspired a generation of students of Judaica as well as members of his own congregation at the New London Synagogue. The contributors to this volume in his honour include a wide range of distinguished scholars. Beginning with Jacob Neusner's essay on the transformation of the Dual Torah in the first four centuries CE, the volume ranges over a variety of topics in the field of Bible, Talmud, history and theology, mirroring the wide range of Louis Jacobs' own interests. In addition, a full bibliography of Louis Jacobs' publications is included. |
Contents
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3 Defining the Uniqueness of the Holocaust | 42 |
New Dimensions and Explorations | 58 |
5 The Human Body and the Image of God | 75 |
6 The Classical Tradition in Byzantium | 86 |
7 Akkadian Medicine in the Babylonian Talmud | 102 |
Elements of Composition in the Book of the Covenant | 154 |
11 Law in Reform Judaism | 168 |
12 Moses Mendelssohns Concept of Tolerance | 180 |
13 The Quest for a Jewish Theology and a NonFundamentalist Halakhah | 194 |
Bibliography of Louis Jacobss Writings | 217 |
Notes on Contributors | 227 |
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8 Psychoanalytic Approaches to Biblical Narrative Genesis 14 | 113 |
9 Saul Levi Morteiras Eulogy for Menasseh ben Israel | 133 |
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