Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 46. Yitzhak D. Gilat, Studies in the Development of the Halakha (in Hebrew). Bar-llan University Press, Ramat-Gan, 1992.417 pp. Bernard Jackson (ed.), The Jewish Law Annual, Volumes IX and X ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 46. Samuel Tobias Lachs, Humanism in Talmud and Midrash. Associated University Presses, London, 1993. 150 pp. £24.50. Lachs squarely admits in the Preface that his book is selective, an ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 47:1. Gloria Wiederkehr-Polack, Eliezer Zweifel and the Intellectual Defense of Hasidism. KTAV Publishing House, Hoboken, N.J., 1995. x, 254 pp. $39.50. Daniel Meijers, Ascetic Hasidism in ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 45:1. Lionel Kochan, The Jewish Renaissance and Some of its Discontents (Sherman Studies of Judaism in Modern Times). Manchester University Press, Manchester and New York, 1992. x, 125 pp. ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 45:1. Basil F. Herring, Jewish Ethics and Halakhah for Our Time: Sources and Commentary, volume 2 (The Library of Jewish Law and Ethics, vol. XVII). Yeshiva University Press, New York, 1989. xxvi, ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 45:1. Naftali Loewenthal, Communicating the Infinite: The Emergence of the Habad School. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1990. xi, 336 pp. £31.95/545.95. Roman A. Foxbrunner, ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 41:2. Abraham R. Besdin (ed.), Man of Faith in the Modern World: Reflections of the Rav, vol. 2 (adapted from the lectures of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik). Ktav, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1989. 164 pp. ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 41:2. David Birnbaum, God and Evil: A Jewish Perspective. Ktav, Hoboken, NJ, 1989. xxi, 266 pp. $20.00. Birnbaum surveys the various theodicies advanced by Jewish thinkers in ancient, medieval ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 41:2. David Ellenson, Orthodoxy, Halakhah, and the Boundaries of Modern Jewish Identity. University Press of America, Lanham, New York, London, 1989. x, 192 pp. $31.00. It is widely acknowledged ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 41:2. Robert Gordis, The Dynamics of Judaism: A Study in Jewish Law. Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, 1990. x, 244 pp. Jacob Katz, The ‘Shabbes Goy’: A Study in Halakhic ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 41:2. Freema Gottlieb, The Lamp of God: A Jewish Book of Light. Jason Aronson, Northvale, New Jersey, 1989. xxi, 498 pp. $35.00. Aryeh Wineman, Beyond Appearances: Stories from the Kabbalistic ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 41:2. Bezalel Safran (ed.), Hasidism: Continuity or Innovation? (Harvard Judaic Texts and Studies, V). Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA / London, 1988. xviii, 144 pp. £4.75. This is an ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 41:2. Erich Spier, Der Sabbat (Das Judentum, 1). Institut Kirche und Judentum, Berlin, 1989. 220 pp. Elliot K. Ginsburg, The Sabbath in the Classical Kabbalah (SUNY Series in Judaica: ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 41:2. Alan J. Avery-Peck (ed.), The Literature of Early Rabbinic Judaism: Issues in Talmudic Redaction and Interpretation (New Perspectives on Ancient Judaism, vol. 4). University Press of America, ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 40:2. Dan Cohn-Sherbok, The Jewish Heritage. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1988. vii, 204 pp. £25.00 (hb)/£7.95 (pb). William Zuidema (trans. John Bowden), God’s Partner: An Encounter with Judaism. ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 40:2. Abraham J. Heschel (ed. Samuel H. Dresner), The Circle of the Baal Shem Tov: Studies in Hasidism. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1985. xiv, 213 pp. £23.75. Heschel ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 40:2. Joel Roth, The Halakhic Process: A Systematic Analysis. Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, 1986. 398 pp. $35.00. Simon Greenberg (ed.). The Ordination of Women as Rabbis: Studies and ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 40:2. Henry Adler Sosland, A Guide for Preachers on Composing and Delivering Sermons: The Or ha-Darshanim of Jacob Zahalon. A Seventeenth Century Italian Preacher’s Manual. Jewish Theological ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 40:2. Moshe Idel, Kabbalah: New Perspectives. Yale University Press, New Haven and  London, 1988. xx, 419 pp. £30.00/$49.50. Moshe Idel, Studes in Ecstatic Kabbalah. State University of New York ... Continue Reading ➨

Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 40:2. Judith Hauptman, Development of the Talmudic Sugya: Relationship between Tannaitic and Amoraic Sources. University Press of America, Lanham, New York, and London, 1988. 243 pp. $27.50. A ... Continue Reading ➨