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... accepted , though less frequently openly avowed , is the doctrine that might makes right . This doctrine was expounded with unsurpassed clarity by Thucydides , in the answer which he attributes to the Athenians who came to demand that ...
... accepted , though less frequently openly avowed , is the doctrine that might makes right . This doctrine was expounded with unsurpassed clarity by Thucydides , in the answer which he attributes to the Athenians who came to demand that ...
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... accepted by his colleagues to be a violation of the biblical law . Be that as it may , the fact remains that Rav Ashi's suggested gezerah shavah is recognized by all rabbinic authorities to be at best but an asmakhta b'almah , a mere ...
... accepted by his colleagues to be a violation of the biblical law . Be that as it may , the fact remains that Rav Ashi's suggested gezerah shavah is recognized by all rabbinic authorities to be at best but an asmakhta b'almah , a mere ...
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... accepted them as due punishment for their transgressions and incorporated this interpretation of the tragedies that befell them into the synagogue liturgy so that it has become central Affinities Between Jewish and American Historical ...
... accepted them as due punishment for their transgressions and incorporated this interpretation of the tragedies that befell them into the synagogue liturgy so that it has become central Affinities Between Jewish and American Historical ...
Contents
The Religious Component in the Secular | 35 |
Section 7 | 41 |
Preliminary Remarks | 51 |
Copyright | |
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