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Britain's Chief Rabbis and the Religious Character of Anglo-Jewry, 1880-1970.

Elton, Benjamin.

Britain's Chief Rabbis and the Religious Character of Anglo-Jewry, 1880-1970. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (301 pages)

Britain's Chief Rabbis and the religious character of Anglo-Jewry, 1880-1970 -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Religious and historical context -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Historical context -- Chapter 3 Jewish religious responses to modernity: a typology -- Chapter 4 Intellectual context: theology and theologians -- Part II Theology and policy, 1891-1946 -- Chapter 5 The theology of Hermann Adler -- Chapter 6 The religious policy of Hermann Adler -- Chapter 7 The theology of J.H. Hertz -- Chapter 8 The religious policy of J.H. Hertz -- Part III Post-War developments -- Chapter 9 From the Second World War to the Jacobs Affair -- Chapter 10 The religious character of the Chief Rabbis and of Anglo-Jewry -- Bibliography -- Index.

A radical new interpretation of Britain's Chief Rabbis from Nathan Adler to Immanuel Jakobovits, and the impact they had on Anglo-Jewry.

9781526129963


Orthodox Judaism-Great Britain-History-19th century.
Orthodox Judaism-Great Britain-History-20th century.


Electronic books.

BM292 .E486 2009

296.832094109034

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