Gordis Robert Editor (17 results)

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, 129-256 pp. Articles are "The First Reader," R.G., The Radical Persuasion in American Jewish History," Stephen J. Whitfield, "The Ugly Jew and the Cry for Normalcy," Lothar Kahn, "Hasidism Through the Eyes of Three Masters," Samuel M. Dresner, "Rethinking Zionism: The Challenge of Shlomo Avineri," William Kluback, "Some Difficulties in Dialogue," Henry Bamberger, "Jews, Arabs and Japanese: Letters by Rabbi: Abraham Isaac Kook," Ben Zion Bokser, "Buber and Ebner: Intellectual Cross-Fertilization Between a Catholic and a Jew," Rivka Howitz, "Thinking in Our Ancentors' Categories," Jakob J. Petuchowski, "The Messinic Ideal and the Apocalyptic Vision," Jacob B. Agus, "The Centenary of Jewish Immigration to the United States: 1881-1981," Joseph Edelman, "The Ethics of Gilgul," S. Daniel Breslauer, "The Four Faces of God: Toward a Theology of Powerlessness," William Orbach. …

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, 257-384 pp. Articles are "The First Reader," R.G., Genetic Medicine in the Perspective of Orthodox Halakhah," Ronald M. Green, "The House of Israel Seen from Afar," James P. Farnham, "Covenant - Jewish Universalism and Particularism," David Polish, "Poem For My Ancestoers (poem)," Sarah Singer, "Judaism and the Practice of Stewardship," David Ehrenfeld and Philip J. Bentley, "Some Laws of Jewish Liturgical Development," Jakob J. Petuchowski, "Rabbis and Rabbis," Roland B. Gittelsohn, "Kashrut and Controversy," Mark F. Lewis, "Lies, Wives and Sisters: The Wife-Sister Motif Revisited," Daniel H. Gordis, "Beatification of the Bitburg Dead (poem)," Bernhard Frank, "The Hand of God Leaves No Fingerprints," Robert J. Milch.…

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, 385-512 pp., index Articles are "The First Reader," R.G., "Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel Today and Tomorrow - A Symposium. Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel: Aims and Platforms," Efraim Tabory - Respondents: Robert Gordis, Seymour Cohen, Nissim Eliad, Hertzel Fishman, Theodore Friedman, David M. Gordis, Alfred Gottschalk, Richard G. Hirsch, Moshe Kol, Michael Langer, Herman E. Schaalman, Mordecai Waxman, Moses Cyrus Weiler, Marshall Wolke, Ira S. Youdovkin, Moshe Zemer, "Rabbi (poem)," Gary Pacernik, "Universalism in the Philosophy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik," Zvi Kurzweil, "The Case for Count Clermont-Tonnerre," Jakob J. Petuchowski, "Creative Assimilation and its Benefits," Rebecca Scherer, "A Whole New Megillah: Review Essay on Megillat Hanukkah," Eric I. Friedland, "The Jewish Muse: Review-Essay on Hebrew Ballads and Other Poems," Else Lasker-Schüler, "'The Syrian-African Rift and Other Poems' by Avoth Yeshurun, 'In Light of Genesis,' Pamela White Hadas,'" Bernhard Frank. …

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, 128 pp. Articles are "The First Reader," R.G., David Ben-Gurion's Attitude Toward the Diaspora," Zeev Tzahor, "The Religious Criminal," Jeffrey M. Cohen, "The Mission of Israel in a Nuclear Age," Levi A. Olan, "Judaism and Process Philosophy," William A. Kaufman, "Non-Observance and Jewish Law," Solomon B. Freehof, "A Typology of Biblical Women," Frederick E. Greenspahn, "A Legend Concerning the Origins of the Shema," Reuven Hammer, "The Light (poem)," Zvi Ya'ir, "The Contribution of Abraham Joshua Heschel," Samuel H. Dresner, "Gershom Scholem and Anarcism as a Jewish Philsophy," David Biale, "The Bible and Politics," Rofat Soncino, "The Aggadic Tradition," Howard Schawrtz, "Jerusalem, A Portrait," Mordechai Roshwald., "My Daughter Studies Hebrew and Arabic (poem)," Donia Clenman. …

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. 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.…

Magazine. 128p., softbound in 9x6.5 inch plain printed yellow wraps, covers have picked up light dust-soil, a corner-tip crease, and a back-cover scribble, clean and unmarked within, a good (good-only) copy.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Issue 83, Vol. 21, No. 3, Summer 1972. 115 pp. Excellent copy with tight binding and spotlessly clean text. Page edges are lightly tanned. Some minor external wear with some light staining on front and back cover. Lightly bumped corners. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In Hebrew and English on facing pages. Very large format, with large type for cantor or rabbi at the amud, lectern. [1], xiii, [2], 1-4, 5-260, 5-260, 261-396 pages. 10.5 x 7.5 inches. Spine reinforced. In August 1957, this book was donated to an unnamed synagogue by Dr. Stanley F. Schwaid in honor of his parents, David and Gertrude Schwaid. An internet search indicates that at one time this prayerbook was used at Congregation Ados Israel, Young Israel of New Rochelle, New York.…

Hardcover & Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good-. 388 pp. dj torn.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Issue 128, Vol. 32, No. 4, Fall 1983. 124 pp. ISSN 0022-5762. Issue Number 128, Volume 32, Number 4, Fall 1993. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Condition: Very Good. 1955. Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Not Indicated.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Not Indicated.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Not Indicated. Some foxing on top edge, otherwise in nice condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Not Indicated.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 189 pp. Contents: 13 Essays divided into two sections [footnotes within Essays]: I. IN MODERN LITERATURE (1) Robert Bierstedt, "The Tergiversation of Herman Wouk" (The Caine Mutiny); (2) Charles Frankel, "Efficient Power and Inefficient Virtue" (Bernard Shaw: Major Barbara); (3) George N. Schuster, "Art at War with the Good" (Thomas Mann: Death in Venice); (4) Lionel Trilling, "The Morality of Inertia" (Edith Wharton: Ethan Frome); (5) John E. Smith, "When Should We Not Tell the Truth?" (Henrik Ibsen: The Wild Duck); (6) Edward Davison, "The Line of Caponsacchi" (Robert Browning: The Ring and the Book); (7) William York Tindall, "The Ceremony of Innocence" (Herman Melville: Billy Budd); II. IN EARLIER LITERATURE (8) Henry Hatfield, "Can One Sell One's Soul?" (The Faust Legend); (9) Edgar Johnson, "The Dilemma of Hamlet" (William Shakespeare: Hamlet); (10) Richard McKeon, "The Choice of Socrates" (Plato: Crito); (11) Whitney J. Oates, "Happiness as the Goal" (Euripides: The Bacchae); (12) John F.C. Richards, "The Choice of Antigone" (Sophocles: Antigone); (13) Robert Gordis, "The Conflict of Tradition and Experience" (The Book of Job); Contributors, pp. 179-180; Index, pp. 181-189. Orange dustwrapper not price-clipped ($3.00) with superimposed white lettering on front cover; white band across top front cover for smaller lettering for Editor name. Spine sunned from orange to tan (All lettering remains sharp and distinct, eminently readable) and rear cover white area lightly sunned/soiled, as with age; spine edges and parts of cover edges are worn from holding book; small chips and wear at spine ends and book corners (now backed with Archival tape): describes worse than it is but there you have it: NOW in Brodart mylar, which graciously forgives transgressions. Classic collection in Philosophy of Literature, edited by prolific and distinguished Author, published in Politics, Government, Sociology, Social Science, Government and Human Happiness.…

Condition: Very Good. 1955. Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. . . . .