SHULA JACOBS,
NEW and BRILLIANT Upload!Originally published in the Liverpool Jewish Gazette, 22 February 1963. Bible “Did Not Drop from Heaven” . . . . Says Dr Louis Jacobs A PLEA for an intellectual and scientific approach to Jewish thought and tradition was made by Rabbi Dr Louis ... Continue Reading ➨
Lawrence Cohen – Review Column
Hopefully this column will focus on some of the gems on the shelves in the library. This month I would like to draw your attention to one new book and one recently re-issued. Rabbi Louis Jacobs has just published a marvellous introduction to the ... Continue Reading ➨
Assembly of Rabbis of the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain, ‘Days of Awe: The High Holy-Day Machzor’
Originally published in the Jewish Chronicle, 12th September 1986. Days of Awe: the High Holy-day Machzor: Assembly of Rabbis of the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain. Oxford University Press, £13.95. This attractively produced, thoroughly ... Continue Reading ➨
Human element in divine Revelation
Originally published in the Jewish Chronicle, 24th May 1996. Thirty-five years after the first ‘Jacobs Affair,’ the dispute that led to the establishment of the Masorti movement in Britain, Rabbi Dr Louis Jacobs reassesses its central theme, the ... Continue Reading ➨
The problem of evil
Originally published in the Jewish Chronicle, 2nd July 1954. Yannai said: It is not in our power to explain either the prosperity of the wicked or the afflictions of the righteous. (Ethics iv, 19.) The problem of pain, of why the wicked prosper ... Continue Reading ➨
Introduction to ‘Modern Jewish thought: selected issues, 1889-1966’
Originally published in Louis Jacobs (ed.), Modern Jewish Thought: Selected Issues, 1889-1966. The essays in this anthology of Modern Jewish Thought first appeared (with the exception of the Wilhelm essay) in well-known Jewish learned journals. As ... Continue Reading ➨
Alexander Samely, ‘Rabbinic interpretation of scripture in the Mishnah’
Originally publishes in BSOAS 66:1 (2003), p. 80-1. ALEXANDER SAMELY: Rabbinic interpretation of scripture in the Mishnah. xi, 479 pp. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. £55. This reviewer of Samely’s massive volume is torn ... Continue Reading ➨
Jacob J. Staub, ‘The creation of the world according to Gersonides’
Originally publishes in BSOAS 46:2 (1983), p. 338-9. Jacob J. Staub: The creation of the world according to Gersonides. (Brown Judaic Studies, 24.) xii, 422 pp. Chico, California: Scholars Press, 1982. Levi ben Gershon, or Gersonides ... Continue Reading ➨
Mordecai Akiva Friedman, ‘Jewish marriage in Palestine: a Cairo Geniza study’
Originally publishes in BSOAS 46:1 (1983), p. 141-2. Mordecai Akiva Friedman: Jewish marriage in Palestine: a Cairo Geniza study. 2 vols, i: The Ketubba traditions. ii: The Ketubba texts. xxiv, 492 pp.; ix, 517 pp., 32 plates. Tel-Aviv: Chaim ... Continue Reading ➨
Jacob Neusner, ‘A history of the Mishnaic law of women, parts 1-5’
Originally publishes in BSOAS 44:1 (1981), p. 160-1. Jacob Neusner: A history of the Mishnaic law of women. Parts 1-5. (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity, Vol. 33.) xxi, 220; xix, 145; xix, 204 ; xix, 281 ; xxiii, 281 pp. Leiden: E. J. Brill, ... Continue Reading ➨
Property in Jewish Law
Originally published in An introduction to Jewish law, ed. Peter Elman (London: Lincolns-Prager, 1958), 44-52. Kinds of Property Classical Jewish Law knows of three kinds of property—that which has an owner or owners, ownerless property, and ... Continue Reading ➨
Jacob Neusner, ‘A history of the Mishnaic law of purities, parts 20-22’
Originally published in BSOAS 41:2 (1978), p. 367-8. Jacob Neusner: A history of the Mishnaic law of purities. Parts 20-22. (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity, Vol. 6.) xvi, 253; xxiv, 359; xxvi, 314 pp. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1977. Guilders ... Continue Reading ➨
Jacob Neusner, ‘A history of the Mishnaic law of purities, parts 15-19’
Originally published in BSOAS 41:1 (1978), p. 213. Jacob Neusner: A history of the Mishnaic law of purities. Parts 15-19. (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity, Vol.6.) xviii, 183; xviii, 229; xviii, 236; xviii, 218; xxii, 233 pp. Leiden : E. J. ... Continue Reading ➨
Jacob Neusner, ‘A history of the Mishnaic law of purities, parts 6-11’
Originally published in BSOAS 40:1 (1977), p. 137. Jacob Neusner: A history of the Mishnaic law of purities. Parts 6-11. (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity, Vol. 6.) xvi, 286; xvi, 231; xviii, 292; xvi, 272; xxii, 264; xvii, 246 pp. Leiden : E. ... Continue Reading ➨
Jacob Neusner, ‘Talmudic Judaism in Sasanian Babylon’
Originally published in BSOAS 40:1 (1977), pp. 210-11. Jacob Neusner: Talmudic Judaism in Sasanian Babylon: essays and, studies. (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity, Vol. 14.) xii, 187 pp. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1976. Guilders 80. This ... Continue Reading ➨
Baruch M. Bokser, ‘Samuel’s commentary on the Mishnah: its nature, forms, and content. Part 1. Mishnayot in the order of Zera’im’
Originally published in BSOAS 39:2 (1976), pp. 435-6. Baruch M. Bokser: Samuel’s commentary on the Mishnah: its nature, forms, and content. Part 1. Mishnayot in the order of Zera’im. (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity, Vol. 15, Pt. 1.) xvi, 257 ... Continue Reading ➨
Lee I. Levine, ‘Caesarea under Roman rule’
Originally published in BSOAS 39:1 (1976), pp. 166-7. Lee I. Levine: Caesarea under Roman rule. (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity, Vol. 7.) xvi, 297 pp. Leiden: E.J.Brill, 1975. Guilders 80. In this very erudite work (ch. v alone has no ... Continue Reading ➨
Jacob Neusner, ‘A history of the Mishnaic law of purities, parts 1-5’
Originally published in BSOAS 38:3 (1975), p. 627. Jacob Neusner: A history of the Mishnaic law of purities. Parts 1-5. (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity, Vol. 6.) xxiv, 282; si, 338; xvi, 415; xvi, 350; xv, 282 pp. Leiden : E. J. Brill, ... Continue Reading ➨
David R. Blumenthal (ed. and tr.), ‘The commentary of R. Hoter ben Shelomo to the thirteen principles of Maimonides’
Originally published in BSOAS 38:2 (1975), pp. 493-494. David R. Blumenthal (ed. and tr.): The commentary of R. Hoter ben Shelomo to the thirteen principles of Maimonides (Etudes sur le Judaïsme Médiéval, Tom. vi.) xx, 354 pp. Leiden: E. J. Brill, ... Continue Reading ➨
Jacob Neusner, ‘The Rabbinic traditions about the Pharisees before 70’
Originally published in BSOAS 35:3 (1972), pp. 626-627. Jacob Neusner: The, Rabbinic traditions about the Pharisees before 70. 3 vols.: xvi, 419; xiv, 353; xvi, 427pp. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1971. Guilders 264. Many essays have been written by ... Continue Reading ➨