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... that restatement or reinterpretation of Jewish principle could hope to gain recognition as valid which responded to the contemporary situation with specific texts of Scripture or with fundamental principles of rabbinic tradition .
... that restatement or reinterpretation of Jewish principle could hope to gain recognition as valid which responded to the contemporary situation with specific texts of Scripture or with fundamental principles of rabbinic tradition .
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from the point of view of the Biblical - Rabbinic tradition , can be rationalized today is a war of self - defense . Judaism does not advocate a doctrine of absolute pacifism . The rabbinic dictum that if you are certain that someone is ...
from the point of view of the Biblical - Rabbinic tradition , can be rationalized today is a war of self - defense . Judaism does not advocate a doctrine of absolute pacifism . The rabbinic dictum that if you are certain that someone is ...
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272 There are many stories told of the righteous who expressed regret that the Jewish tradition included faith in the existence of the olam haba , for that precluded the possibility of their serving God with absolute certainty that they ...
272 There are many stories told of the righteous who expressed regret that the Jewish tradition included faith in the existence of the olam haba , for that precluded the possibility of their serving God with absolute certainty that they ...
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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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