ʻEts ḥayim = Etz hayim : study companion / edited by Jacob Blumenthal and Janet L. Liss ; foreword by David Wolpe.
Contributor(s): Blumenthal, Jacob
| Liss, Janet | Rabbinical Assembly | United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
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TextPublisher: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2005Edition: First editionDescription: 394 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0827608225Other title: Etz hayimSubject(s): Bible. Pentateuch -- Commentaries | Haftarot -- Commentaries | Bible. Pentateuch -- Theology | Conservative Judaism -- Customs and practices| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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John Bulow Campbell Library | 1 East | BS 1227.E89 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182903064646 |
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"The Rabbinical Assembly; the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism."
"The essays here were originally published in Etz hayim : Torah and commentary."--Introduction, page 5.
A note on the spirituality of texts / Michael Fishbane -- Midrash / David Wolpe -- Traditional methods of Bible study / Benjamin Edidin Scolnic -- Modern methods of Bible study / Benjamin Edidin Scolnic -- Biblical and Rabbinic perspectives / Daniel Gordis -- Medieval and modern theories of revelation / Elliot N. Dorff -- The nature of revelation and Mosaic origins / Jacob Milgrom -- The God of Israel / Howard Avruhm Addison -- The covenant and the election of Israel / David L. Lieber -- Reward and punishment / Harvey Meirovich -- Eschatology / Neil Gillman -- Civil and criminal law / Ben Zion Bergman -- Midrash and legal process / Joel Roth -- Medieval and modern halakhah / Elliot N. Dorff -- Biblical concepts of holiness / Baruch A. Levine -- Justice / Elliot N. Dorff -- Marriage and family / Gilbert S. Rosenthal -- Women / Judith Hauptman -- Education / Hanan A. Alexander -- Ecology / David M. Gordis -- Land of Israel / Benjamin J. Segal -- Dealing with strangers: relations with Gentiles at home and abroad / Joel Rembaum -- War and peace / Michael Graetz -- Biblical prayer / Reuven Hammer -- Shabbat and the holidays / Joel Roth -- Dietary laws / Edward L. Greenstein -- T'fillin and M'zuzot / Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Tzitzit (tassels) / Jacob Milgrom -- Matriarchs and patriarchs / Debra R. Orenstein -- Mose: man of Israel, man of God / Stephen P. Garfinkel -- Priests and Levites in the Bible and Jewish life / Baruch Frydman-Kohl -- Prophecy and prophets / Shalom M. Paul -- Israelite society in transition / Gordon Freeman -- Biblical archaeology / Lee I. Levine -- Ancient Near Eastern mythology / Robert Wexler -- Biblical and ancient Near Eastern law / Nahum M. Sarna -- Sacrifices / Gordon Tucker -- The Torah scroll / Stuart Kelman -- Torah reading / Lionel Moses -- Haftarah / Michael Fishbane -- Ḥazak Ḥazak v'nitḥazzek / Jeffrey H. Tigay.