Three Score and Ten: Essays in Honor of Rabbi Seymour J. Cohen on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday.

Octavo in dust jacket with a few short tears, frontispiece photo, xxii, 512, 20 pp., bibliography Preface by Karp, Jacobs and Dimitrovsky. Foreword by Philip M. Klutznick. "Seymour J. Cohen,' by Pamela S. Nadel. Articles are "Israelite Society in the Eighth Century," David Lieber, "The Prophets on Eschatological Repentance," Jacob Milgrom,"The role of theTwo Covenants in Biblical Theology," Reuven Hammer, "The Lost Pslam Verse," Solomon B. Freehof, "The Impact of the Roman Emperors on the Synagogue Liturgy," Louis Finkelstein, "Parallels - Ancient Greek and Rabbinic Culture," Theodore Friedman, "Legends of Bar Kappara," Judah Nadich, "Laughter and Merriment in Rabbinic Literature," Samuel E. Karff, "A Judaic Time-Scheme," Herbert Bronstein,"The Human Body: AHouse of God," Byron L. Sherwn, "SomeRabbinic Reactons in the Aggadah to National Tragedy," Chaim Pearl, "Yaldabaoth, Once More," Joseph Dan, "Rabbi Ephraim ha-Kohen and a Heretical Sermon," Louis Jacobs, "The Aims of Hebrew Bibliography in Historical Perspective," Menahem Schmelzer, "Interpretation of Scripture in Judah Halevi's 'The Kozari': A Study in Theological Exegesis," Joel E.Rembaum, "Hasidism's Resh Lakish," Samuel H. Dresner, "'Rabbi Pinhas the Koretzer's Sabbath," Abraham Silverstone, translated by Ephraim H. Prombaum, "Judaism and the Limits of Theodicy," Gordon Tucker, "Buber's Legacy," Nathan A. Scott, Jr., "Personality and Covenant Relationship," Harold M. Schulweis,"Searching the Whirlwind for Herschel's God f Pathos," Michael S. Siegel, "An Attempt at Formulating Contemporary Principles of Faith," Pinchas H. Peli, "History as Consolation," Ismar Schorsch, "The Rev. Buchanan and the Strange Vision of an Earlier Cleric," David Lincoln, "Vatican Documents on Dialogue: A Jewish Perspective," Elliot N. Dorff, "God of Auschwitz?" Herman Schaalman, "The Elemental Survivor: Primo Levui, "Three Hasidc Masters," Elie Wiesel, "The Binding Tie of Cohesive Sentiment: Contemplating the Constitution," Martin E Marty, "The Ameircan Rabbi in Historic Perspective," Abrahm J. Karp, "Reflection on the Rabbinate and Rosh Hashanah," Grson D. Cohen, "Reform Judaism in Present Day America: The Evidence of the 'Gates of Prayer,'" Davd Ellenson, "The Dark Side of Tradition: The Impact of Religion on American andDomestic Policy 1860-1900," Deborah Lipstadt," Stephen S.Kaiser: A Personal Testimony," Grace Cohen Grossman, "Ashkenazi-sephardi Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Jerusalem A Cautionary Tale," David Polish,"A Zionist Approach to Jewish History," Hertzel Fishman "Thoughts on Zionism in England," Frederick C. Schwartz, "Toward a Viable American Zionist Rationale," Joseph P. Sternstein, "Beginning of the Redemption," Eugene J. Cohen, "Address by the President of Israel to the General Asssembly of the Jewish Agency (June 26,1988)," Chaim Herzog, "Ben Berdits'bski Le-Sofre Amerikah," Jacon Kabakoff, "Der Dikhter fun fer Geulah-Vizye," Gershon Weiner.…