Truth and Compassion: Essays on Judaism and Religion in Memory of Rabbi Dr Solomon Frank

by Michael D. Oppenheim and Jack N. Lightstone

These essays represent a multidisciplinary approach to the study of religion and, especially, Judaism.

Setting aside common scholarly concerns with source criticism and history of interpretation, Shimon Levy argues that in Numbers 11 the redactor has forged diverse elements into a unity. Observing that much of what is said about Second Commonwealth Judaic culture is speculative, Jack Lightstone calls for radical revision of accepted portrayals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889201439
• ISBN13: 9780889201439
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 224 Pages