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Description for Tree of Life
Paperback. 'Louis Jacobs demonstrates a profound scholarship in the second edition of this important work. The breadth of source and the volume of analysis are truly extraordinary.' Reuven Livingstone, Jewish Chronicle Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
This study of the Jewish legal system (the Halakhah) demonstrates that the law embraces every corner of life.
This study of the Jewish legal system (the Halakhah) demonstrates that the law embraces every corner of life.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781874774488
SKU
V9781874774488
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99-50
About Louis Jacobs
Louis Jacobs, founding rabbi of the New London Synagogue, was a renowned scholar with an international reputation as a lecturer. He was the author of The Jewish Religion: A Companion (1995) and of many other distinguished books, several of them published by the Littman Library, including Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1999), Hasidic Prayer (paperback 1993), and Theology in the Responsa (paperback ... Read more
Reviews for Tree of Life
'Rabbi Louis Jacobs is well known as a highly distinguished liberal interpreter of Judaism. Many of his works ... are immediately accessible to the general reader, but his interpretation is deeply rooted in scholarly study of the rabbinic writings, sources which also inspire "conservative" expressions of a Judaism markedly different from his own ... The author makes his point in ... Read more