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1 12/31/84 RECOMMENDED ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MAX M. AND MARJORIE B. KAMPELMAN COLLECTION OF JEWISH ETHICS Abrahams, Israel, ed. and tr. JPSA, $10.95 pbk. HEBREW ETHICAL WILLS (new edition). Agus, Jacob B. THE EVOLUTION OF JEWISH THOUGHT. Reprint of 1959 ed. Ayer Co. $30. Agus, Jacob B. MODERN PHILOSOPHIES OF JUDAISM. Behrman House, (OP) Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientist. MEDICAL HALACHA FOR EVERYONE. Feldheim, $9.95. Bahya Ben Joseph ibn Pakuda. BOOK OF DIRECTION TO THE DUTIES OF THE HEART. Mansoor, ed. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Press, $25. Bamberger, Bernard J., ed. STUDIES IN JEWISH LAW, CUSTOM AND FOLKLORE BY JACOB Z. LAUTERBACH. Ktav Belkin, Samuel. IN HIS IMAGE: THE JEWISH PHILOSOPHY OF MANAS EXPRESSED IN RABBINIC TRADITION. Reprint of 1960 ed. Greenwood Press, $ Berkovits, Eliezer. NOT IN HEAVEN: THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF HALAKHA. Ktav, $15. Berman, Louis A. VEGETARIANISM AND THE JEWISH TRADITION. Ktav, $10.00, $5.95 pbk. Biale, Rachel. WOMEN AND JEWISH LAW: AN EXPLORATION OF WOMEN S ISSUES IN HALACHIC SOURCES. Schocken, $ Borowitz, Eugene B. CHOICES IN MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT. Behrman House, $9.95 pbk.

2 Borowitz, Eugene B. LIBERAL JUDAISM. UAHC, $7.95 pbk. Borowitz, Eugene B. MODERN VARIETIES OF JEWISH THOUGHT $9.95 pbk. (OP) Behrman, T Brennan, William. MEDICAL HOLOCAUST I: EXPERMINATIVE MEDICINE IN NAZI GERMANY AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICA. Nordland Pub., $19.95, $8.95 pbk. Brennan, William. MEDICAL HOLOCAUST II: THE LANGUAGE OF EXTERMINATIVE MEDICINE IN NAZI GERMANY AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICA. Nordland Pub., $19.95, $8.95 pbk. Buber, Martin. I AND THOU. Rev. ed. Scribner, $3.95 pbk. Buber, Martin. KINGDOM OF GOD. (OP) Buber, Martin. PROPHETIC FAITH. (OP) Buber, Martin. TO HALLOW THIS LIFE: AN ANTHOLOGY. Arthur Cohen, ed. Univ. of Alabama Press (OP) Jacob Trapp, ed. Reprint of 1958 ed. Greenwood Press, $15. THE CODE OF MAIMONIDES. BOOK 4: THE BOOK OF WOMEN. Yale Judaica Series, $45. (Translated by Isaac Klein.) THE CODE OF MAIMONIDES. BOOK 5: THE BOOK OF HOLINESS. Yale Judaica Series, $45. (Translated and edited by Louis I. Rabinowitz and Philip Grossman.) THE CODE OF MAIMONIDES, BOOK 11: THE BOOK OF TORTS. Yale Judaica Series, $30. (Translated by Hyman Klein.) THE CODE OF MAIMONIDES. BOOK 12: THE BOOK OF ACQUISITION. Yale Judaica Series, $30. (Translated by Isaac Klein.) THE CODE OF MAIMONIDES. BOOK 13: THE BOOK OF CIVIL LAWS. Yale Judaica Series, $ (Translated by Jacob J. Rabinowitz.)

3 THE CODE OF MAIMONIDES. BOOK 14: THE BOOK OF JUDGES. Yale Judaica Series, $30. (Translated by Abraham M. Hershman.) Cohen, Abraham. EVERYMAN S TALMUD. Schocken, $11.50 pbk. Cohen, Arthur A., ed. THE JEW: ESSAYS FROM MARTIN BUBER S JOURNAL, DER JUDE, University of Alabama Press, $25. Cohan, Noah J. [ON CRUELTY TO ANIMALS]. Catholic University. Doctoral Dissertation. Cohen, Seymour J., ed. ORCHOT TZADDIKIM: THE WAYS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. Ktav, $25, $14.95 pbk. Cohn, Haim H., ed. JEWISH LAW IN ANCIENT AND MODERN ISRAEL. Ktav. $20. (OP) Cohn, Haim H. HUMAN RIGHTS IN JEWISH LAW. Ktav, $20. CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THINKING IN ISRAEL. VOLUME THREE: IN THE LIGHT OF HALACHA. Feldheim, $2.50. PROCREATION Danby, Herbert, tr. THE MISHNAH. Oxford Univ. Press, $ Daube, David. COLLABORATION WITH TYRANNY IN RABBINIC LAW. (OP) *Ebstein, Wilhelm. DIE MEDIZIN IM NEUEN TESTAMENT UND IM TALMUD. (2 Neudruck d. Ausg. Stuttgart 1903), Munich: W. Fritsch, DM 58. ENCYCLOPEDIA JUDAICA. Jerusalem: Keter, v. and supplements. D E C E N N I A L B O O K *Epstein, Isidore. THE RESPONSA OF RABBI SOLOMON BEN ADRETH OF BARCELONA, AND THE RESPONSA OF RABBI SIMON ZEMAH DURAN, TWO VOLUMES. Ktav. $ (OP) *second level of choice

4 ETHICS OF THE FATHERS (PIRKE AVOT). Ed. by Philip Blackman. Judaica Press, $3.95 pbk. Feldman, Emanuel. BIBLICAL AND POST-BIBLICAL DEFILEMENT AND MOURNING: LAW AS THEOLOGY. Ktav. $20. (Library of Jewish Law and Ethics; Vol. 3.) (OP) Finkelstein, Louis, (ed.) THE JEWS. Schocken, V. (OP?) Franck,-Adolphs THE KABBALAH OF THE RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY OF THE HEBREWS. Arno-Press, 1973? (The Jewish People; History, Religion,Literature Set. Repr. of 1926 ed.) (JM, DG) Friedman, Maurice. MARTIN BUBER'S LIFE AND WORK. Dutton, V. ca. $32. each. Friedman, Maurice. MARTIN BUBER: THE LIFE OF DIALOGUE, 3rd. rev. ed. Univ. of Chicago Press, $11. pbk. Freehof, Solomon B. BOOK OF JOB: A COMMENTARY. UAHC. (OP) Ginzberg, Louis. STUDENTS, SCHOLARS, AND SAINTS. (OP) Glatzer, Nahum. THE DIMENSIONS OF JOB: A STUDY AND SELECTED READINGS. Schocken, $7.70 pbk. Glatzer, Nahum. IN TIME AND ETERNITY. (OP) Goldin, Judah, tr. THE FATHERS ACCORDING TO RABBI NATHAN. Schocken, $4.95 pbk. Goldman, Samuel. JEWISH ETHICS. (OP) Gordis, Robert. THE BOOK OF GOD AND MAN: A STUDY OF JOB. University of Chicago Press, $8.95 pbk. Gordis, Robert. THE ROOT AND THE BRANCH: JUDAISM AND THE FREE SOCIETY. University of Chicago Press, $17.50.

5 Guttman, Julius. PHILOSOPHIES OF JUDAISM: THE HISTORY OF JEWISH PHILOSOPHY FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO FRANZ ROSENZWEIG. Schocken, $11.95 pbk. Halevi, Judah. THE KUZARI: AN ARGUMENT FOR THE FAITH OF ISRAEL. Schocken, $4.95 pbk. Heilman, Samuel C. SYNAGOGUE LIFE: A STUDY IN SYMBOLIC INTERACTION. University of Chicago Press, $12.95, $4.95 pbk. Hertzberg, Arthur, ed. ZIONIST IDEA: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS AND READER. Atheneum, $7.95 pbk. Heschel, Abraham J. GOD IN SEARCH OF MAN. FS & G, $10.95 pbk. Heschel, Abraham J. MAN'S QUEST FOR GOD. Scribner, $15. Heschel, Abraham J. A PASSION FOR TRUTH. (OP) Heschel, Abraham J. THE PROPHETS. Harper and Row, 1969, v. $5.95, $4.95 pbk. Heschel, Abraham J. WHO IS MAN. Stanford Univ. Press, $10; $3.95 pbk. Husik, Isaac. A HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHY. Atheneum, $5.95 pbk. Ibn-Gabirol, Solomon B. IMPROVEMENT OF THE MORAL QUALITIES: AN ETHICAL TREATISE OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY. AMS Press. (Columbia University. Oriental Studies; No. 1). $ Jacobs, Louis. JEWISH ETHICS, PHILOSOPHY AND MYSTICISM. Behrman, (Chain of Tradition Series). $5.95 pbk. Kaplan, Aryeh. ETHICS OF THE TALMUD. Maznaim, $2.95 pbk. Kaplan, M. ETHICS OF NATIONALISM. (OP)

6 Kaplan, Mordecai M. JUDAISM AS A CIVILIZATION: TOWARDS A RECONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE. JPSA, $25, $10.95 pbk. Kaufmann, Yehezkel. (Translated by Moshe Greenberg.) THE RELIGION OF ISRAEL: FROM ITS BEGINNING TO THE BABYLONIAN EXILE. University of Chicago Press, $ Schocken, $10.95 pbk. Kegley, Charles and Bretall, Robert. [MARTIN BUBER...?] Kohler, Kaufmann. JEWISH THEOLOGY SYSTEMATICALLY AND HISTORICALLY CON SIDERED. Ktav, (OP) Kohn, Jacob. THE MORAL LIFE OF MAN. (OP) Kraut, Benny. FROM REFORM JUDAISM TO ETHICAL CULTURE: EVOLUTION OF FELIX ADLER. Ktav, $ THE RELIGIOUS *Langer, Lawrence L. VERSIONS OF SURVIVAL: THE HOLOCAUST AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT. SUNY Press. $29.50, $10.95 pbk. (SUNY series in Modern Jewish History.) Lazarus, M. THE ETHICS OF JUDAISM. (Die Ethik des Judentums). Steven Katz, ed. Ayer Co., 1980 (Reprint of 1911 ed.) $80. 2 V. Lehren des Judentums. (OP) Lieberman, Saul. GREEK IN JEWISH PALESTINE. Feldheim, $ Lieberman, Saul. HELLENISM IN JEWISH PALESTINE. (OP) Mattuck, Israel. JEWISH ETHICS. (OP) Meillenburg, James. WAY OF ISRAEL: BIBLICAL FAITH AND ETHICS. Harper and Row. $3.95 pbk. (OP) Meiselman, Moshe. JEWISH WOMAN IN JEWISH LAW. Ktav. $15. (Library of Jewish Law and Ethics; Vol. 6.)

7 Montefiore, C.G. and Lowe, H., eds. A RABBINIC ANTHOLOGY. Schocken, $16.95 pbk. Moore, George Foote. JUDAISM. Harvard Univ. Press. (OP) Neusner, Jacob. Ktav. $20. THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF JUDAISM: ESSAYS AND REFLECTIONS. Neusner, Jacob, ed. CONTEMPORARY JUDAIC FELLOWSHIP IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. Ktav, $15. Neusner, Jacob, ed. JUDAISM: THE EVIDENCE OF THE MISHNAH. University of Chicago Press, $25. (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism series.) Newman, Louis, ed. HASIDIC ANTHOLOGY: TALES AND TEACHINGS OF THE HASIDIM. Schocken, $6.95 pbk. Ostow, Mortimer, ed. PSYCHOANALYSIS AND JUDAISM. Ktav $20. Plaut, A. Gunther and Bamberger, Bernard. THE TORAH: A MODERN COMMEN TARY. UAHC, $30. PRACTICAL MEDICAL HALACHA. Feldheim, $5. Reimer, Jack. JEWISH ETHICAL WILLS. (OP) Rosner, Fred. MEDICINE IN THE MISHNEH TORAH OF MAIMONIDES. Ktav, $20. Schechter, Solomon. ASPECTS OF RABBINIC THEOLOGY: MAJOR CONCEPTS OF THE TALMUD. Schocken, $8.95 pbk. Schochet, Eli. ANIMAL LIFE IN JEWISH TRADITION. Ktav, $20. Scholem, Gershom. MAJOR TRENDS IN JEWISH MYSTICISM. Schocken, $8.95 pbk.

8 Schreiber, Aaron. JEWISH LAW & DECISION-MAKING: A STUDY THROUGH TIME. Temple University Press, $40. Silver, Maxwell. ETHICS OF JUDAISM. (OP) SONCINO BABYLONIAN TALMUD. (English) Ed. by Isidore Epstein. 18 vols. Bloch. $375. SONCINO BOOKS OF THE BIBLE. Ed. by A. Cohen. 14 vols. Bloch. $ SOZIALE ETHIK IN JUDENTUMS. (OP) Steinberg, Milton. BASIC JUDAISM. Harbrace J, $2.95 pbk. Steinsaltz, Adin. ESSENTIAL TALMUD. Basic, 1976, $15, $7.95 pbk. Strauss, Leo. SPINOZA'S CRITIQUE OF RELIGION. Schocken, $8.50 pbk. THE TRACTATE "MOURNING": (SEMAHOT): REGULATIONS RELATING TO DEATH, BURIAL, AND MOURNING. Yale Judaica Series, $ (Edited and translated with an introduction and notes by Dov Zlotnick.) Trachtenberg, Joshua. JEWISH MAGIC AND SUPERSTITION. Atheneum, $6.95 pbk. Twersky, Isadore. STUDIES IN JEWISH LAW AND PHILOSOPHY. Ktav. $35. Vorspan, Albert. GREAT JEWISH DEBATES AND DILEMMAS: PERSPECTIVES ON MORAL ISSUES IN CONFLICT IN THE 80'S. UAHC, $5.95 pbk. Zipperstein, Edward. BUSINESS ETHICS IN JEWISH LAW. Ktav. $15, $8.95 pbk. (OP)

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