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Nowhere is the rabbinic concept of the significance of our physical existence upon this earth more profoundly formulated than in the statement of Rabbi Jacob that " one hour of repentance and good deeds in this world is to be preferred ...
Nowhere is the rabbinic concept of the significance of our physical existence upon this earth more profoundly formulated than in the statement of Rabbi Jacob that " one hour of repentance and good deeds in this world is to be preferred ...
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Professor Ginzberg there interprets the statement in the light of the apologetic mood current among Jews at the end of the nineteenth century . " The naive conception dominant in the Old Testament , that God's will must be done to ...
Professor Ginzberg there interprets the statement in the light of the apologetic mood current among Jews at the end of the nineteenth century . " The naive conception dominant in the Old Testament , that God's will must be done to ...
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Statement by Douglas , quoted by Lincoln in speech at Springfield , Illinois , June 26 , 1857 ( Basler , p . 361 ) . 9. Lincoln's comment on Douglas's statement ( ibid . , p . 362 ) . 10. Ibid . , p . 361 , also p . 437 . 11. " .
Statement by Douglas , quoted by Lincoln in speech at Springfield , Illinois , June 26 , 1857 ( Basler , p . 361 ) . 9. Lincoln's comment on Douglas's statement ( ibid . , p . 362 ) . 10. Ibid . , p . 361 , also p . 437 . 11. " .
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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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