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That was and is due to the difference between the spirit which emanates from the literal meaning of the opening words of the Declaration and that which emanates from the literal meaning of a number of passages in the Constitution .
That was and is due to the difference between the spirit which emanates from the literal meaning of the opening words of the Declaration and that which emanates from the literal meaning of a number of passages in the Constitution .
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We know how reluctant the Rabbis always were to reject completely the literal meaning of the biblical text.31 But that certainly cannot be the whole answer . As we shall note later in this inquiry , rabbinic enactments very often varied ...
We know how reluctant the Rabbis always were to reject completely the literal meaning of the biblical text.31 But that certainly cannot be the whole answer . As we shall note later in this inquiry , rabbinic enactments very often varied ...
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Had it been so validated , the tradition would undoubtedly have recorded and transmitted it , for there can be no more radical departure from the literal text than this , and the sages who effected it would unquestionably have wanted to ...
Had it been so validated , the tradition would undoubtedly have recorded and transmitted it , for there can be no more radical departure from the literal text than this , and the sages who effected it would unquestionably have wanted to ...
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| Title | The Ethical in the Jewish and American Heritage Volume 4 of Moreshet series : studies in Jewish history, literature and thought Volume 4 of Moreshet series |
| Author | Simon Greenberg |
| Publisher | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0873340027, 9780873340021 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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