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FOREWORD THE HISTORY OF JEWISH THOUGHT is in large measure the history of Jewish interpretation of Scripture . From Philo and the Rabbis of the Talmud to Rosenzweig and Heschel , the aim and technique of midrash have been very much the ...
FOREWORD THE HISTORY OF JEWISH THOUGHT is in large measure the history of Jewish interpretation of Scripture . From Philo and the Rabbis of the Talmud to Rosenzweig and Heschel , the aim and technique of midrash have been very much the ...
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Nor can we attribute this to lack of intellectual capacity or to ignorance of Greek philosophic thought . Certainly , after Alexander's conquest of the Near East , the Rabbis knew a good deal about Greek life and thought .
Nor can we attribute this to lack of intellectual capacity or to ignorance of Greek philosophic thought . Certainly , after Alexander's conquest of the Near East , the Rabbis knew a good deal about Greek life and thought .
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It is not that he expressed thoughts that were entirely new . On the contrary . Even as Jefferson in the Declaration sought primarily to speak the hearts and minds of the noblest sons of his generation , " so Lincoln " took , and made ...
It is not that he expressed thoughts that were entirely new . On the contrary . Even as Jefferson in the Declaration sought primarily to speak the hearts and minds of the noblest sons of his generation , " so Lincoln " took , and made ...
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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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