We Have Reason to Believe: Fifth Edition

by Louis Jacobs

Book Overview

This book examines the basic beliefs of Judaism in light of modern thought. Its shape is traditional but not fundamentalist. This book, the main cause of the 'Jacobs Affair' in which the author's appointment to an Orthodox Rabbinic position was vetoed, suggests that the doctrine Torah Min Ha-Shamayyin (The Torah is from Heaven) needs to be reinterpreted so as not to be in conflict with modern knowledge. The controversy erupted again in the 1990s when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853035601
• ISBN13: 9780853035602
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"