Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community - Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism

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Jeffrey S. Gurock and Jacob J. Schacter

Summary

Examining the intellectual influences that prompted Mordecai M. Kaplan to reject fundamental Orthodox precepts, this text asks whether an established religious group can learn from a heretic who has rejected its most fundamental beliefs.

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• Authors: Jeffrey Gurock, Jeffrey S. Gurock, Jeffrey S. Schacter Gurock, Jeffrey Schacter Gurock, Jacob Schachter, Jacob Schacter, Jacob J. Schacter
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.1997
• EAN: 9780231106276
• ISBN: 978-0-231-10627-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish, Biography: historical, political & military, RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Biography: historical, political and military, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities