Israel, its role in civilization / edited by Moshe Davis.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: America and the Holy LandPublication details: New York : Arno Press, 1977, c1956.Description: xvii, 338 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0405102410
  • 9780405102417
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956.94 Am35h v.16
LOC classification:
  • DS126.5 .D285 1977
Contents:
The state of Israel as a spiritual force / Louis Finkelstein -- The spirit of the new Israel / David ben Gurion -- Israel, prophetic vision and historical fulfillment / William F. Allbright -- The Dead Sea manuscript finds / H. Louis Ginsberg -- Second and Third Commonwealth / Salo W. Baron -- Palestinian Judaism in the first century / Morton Smith -- Jewish life in Eretz Yisrael as reflected in the Palestinian Talmud / Saul Lieberman -- Israel and the end of history / Carl J. Friedrich -- Nationalism and internationalism in our day / Abba Eban -- The emerging constitution of Israel / Yehuda Leo Kohn -- A democracy in an autocratic world / Jacob Robinson -- Religion and state in Israel / Hayim Greenberg -- The Yemenite Jews in the Israel amalgam / S.D. Goitein -- Music-making in Israel / Milton Katims -- Jewish and universal trends in contemporary Israeli art / Mordecai Narkiss -- Character change and social experiment in Israel / Martin Buber -- The future of Israel / Allan Nevins -- The land of Israel in the Anglo-Saxon tradition / Howard Mumford Jones -- Backgrounds of American policy toward Zion / Selig Adler -- Zion in American Christian movements / Robert T. Handy -- American settlement in Israel / Alexander Bein -- United States and Israel, elements of a common tradition / Abba Eban.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library Reference Collection (Main Floor) 956.94 Am35h v.16 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SS000756741

Reprint of the ed. published by Seminary Israel Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The state of Israel as a spiritual force / Louis Finkelstein -- The spirit of the new Israel / David ben Gurion -- Israel, prophetic vision and historical fulfillment / William F. Allbright -- The Dead Sea manuscript finds / H. Louis Ginsberg -- Second and Third Commonwealth / Salo W. Baron -- Palestinian Judaism in the first century / Morton Smith -- Jewish life in Eretz Yisrael as reflected in the Palestinian Talmud / Saul Lieberman -- Israel and the end of history / Carl J. Friedrich -- Nationalism and internationalism in our day / Abba Eban -- The emerging constitution of Israel / Yehuda Leo Kohn -- A democracy in an autocratic world / Jacob Robinson -- Religion and state in Israel / Hayim Greenberg -- The Yemenite Jews in the Israel amalgam / S.D. Goitein -- Music-making in Israel / Milton Katims -- Jewish and universal trends in contemporary Israeli art / Mordecai Narkiss -- Character change and social experiment in Israel / Martin Buber -- The future of Israel / Allan Nevins -- The land of Israel in the Anglo-Saxon tradition / Howard Mumford Jones -- Backgrounds of American policy toward Zion / Selig Adler -- Zion in American Christian movements / Robert T. Handy -- American settlement in Israel / Alexander Bein -- United States and Israel, elements of a common tradition / Abba Eban.

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