Buy this book on-line Kaplan, Mordecai M : THE AIMS OF RECONSTRUCTIONNew York : Reconstructionist Press., 1962.
8vo. 12 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Reconstructionist Judaism – introductions. Kaplan (1881-1983) , born in Lithuania, was a founder of the Reconstructionist movement in the United States. His family moved to the U. S. When he was nine, and he was later ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary and was a rabbi in New York. In 1909 Kaplan began working at the Seminary, under Solomon Schechter, first as a dean and soon after began a half-century long teaching career. His Reconstructionist views “[meant] that Judaism should be considered from a pragmatic, historical point of view, rather than a metaphysical, revelational one[, that the] focus of the content of Jewish life is the Jewish people, its needs, and its responses to challenge, rather than revealed texts or metaphysical constructions....Tradition can guide but must not dictate. ”(EJ, Cohen) Very good condition. (SPEC-6-8) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Kaplan, Mordecai M : THE AIMS OF RECONSTRUCTION. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, rare books, first editions, libri rari and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |