Judaism: A Quarterly Journal. Issue No. 133, Volume 34, Number 1, Winter, 1985. The Issue of Patrilineal Descent - A Symposium.

Octavo, paper covers, 144 pp. Articles are The Issue of Patrilineal Descent - A Symposium: "By Way of Introduction," Robert Gordis, "The Matrilineal Principle in Historical Perspective," Shaye J.D. Cohen, "The Matralineal Principle: The Crucial Concern," J. David Bleich, "Toward a Reasonable Future for the Jewish People," Jack I. Cohen, "Halakhah and History," Robert Goldenberg, "Rationale for 'Matrilineal' and the Failure of 'Patrilineal,'" Arnold M. Goodman, "Patrilineal Descent - a Solution or a Problem?" Gordis, "Those Entitled To Be Jews," Ben Halpern, "Patrilineal Descent - An Examination of the Issue," Judith Hauptman, "There is no Problem of Descent," Louis Jacobs, "The 'Matrilineal' Principle - a Comment and a Statement," Immanuel Jakobovitz, "An Halakhic Perspective on an Historical Foundation," Joel Roth, "Patrilineal Descent: A Sociological View," Sol Roth, "History and Halakhah are Related and Inseparable," Herman E. Schaalman, "Jewish Identity and Jewish Descent," Lawrence H. Schiffman, "Facing the Realities of Intermarriage," Alexander M. Schindler, "Halakhic Perspectives on the Matrilineal-Patrilineal Principles," Phillip Segal, "A Reconstructionist View on Patrilineal Descent," Jaocb J. Staub, "Patrilienal Descent: A Response," Binyamin Walffish, "Matiliny - a Survival of Polysgyny," Trude Weiss-Rosmarin, "Patrilineal Descent and the Jewish Identity Crisis," Walter S. Wurzberger, "Can History Teach Halakhah?" Alan Yuter, "A Perspective on Patrilineal Descent," Bernard M. Zlotowitz. …