| Helping with Inquiries Contributor(s): Jacobs, Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0853032319 ISBN-13: 9780853032311 Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1989 Annotation: This autobiography of one of the worlds leading Jewish religious thinkers and teachers, and the central participant in the dramatic Jacobs affair, begins with his early boyhood in a poor district of Manchester. The story covers his student life at Gateshead and London University, his trips overseas and the showbiz world of Hollywood all of which enhances the books value as a historical source. For the first time, he provides an extended personal account of the Jacobs affair of the 1960s, the bitter controversy over his theological writings which led to his being ostracised by many representatives of the Orthodox tradition from which he sprang. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 88-36674 |
| Physical Information: 290 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This autobiography of one of the world's leading Jewish religious thinkers and teachers, and the central participant in the dramatic 'Jacobs affair', begins with his early boyhood in a poor district of Manchester. The story covers his student life at Gateshead and London University, his trips overseas and the showbiz world of Hollywood - all of which enhances the book's value as a historical source. For the first time, he provides an extended personal account of the 'Jacobs affair' of the 1960s, the bitter controversy over his theological writings which led to his being ostracised by many representatives of the Orthodox tradition from which he sprang. |