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It was not merely that the Jews knew that they had been enjoined to live as " a people apart " from the nations of the world ( Num . 23 : 9 ) . They also knew that as heirs to the Torah and its covenant , they were bearers of a unique ...
It was not merely that the Jews knew that they had been enjoined to live as " a people apart " from the nations of the world ( Num . 23 : 9 ) . They also knew that as heirs to the Torah and its covenant , they were bearers of a unique ...
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I answer because I live among men and not among angels.45 It was inevitable , therefore , that the meaning of this amendment , in terms of the practical , legal applicability of its provisions , should increasingly become a subject of ...
I answer because I live among men and not among angels.45 It was inevitable , therefore , that the meaning of this amendment , in terms of the practical , legal applicability of its provisions , should increasingly become a subject of ...
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ing , live under restraint of justice with regards to rational beings who are so much weaker than ourselves , that we had no reason to fear their resentments " ( Sidgwick , Outlines , p . 206 ) . " There is no friendship nor justice ...
ing , live under restraint of justice with regards to rational beings who are so much weaker than ourselves , that we had no reason to fear their resentments " ( Sidgwick , Outlines , p . 206 ) . " There is no friendship nor justice ...
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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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