An insider view: a defense of theological imprecision.(American reform judaism by Dana Kaplan)(Book Review)

From: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life andThought | Date: June 22, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

AMERICAN REFORM JUDAISM: AN INTRODUCTION BY DANA Evan Kaplan constitutes a noteworthy academic achievement. The book is remarkable in both its breadth and depth, and will surely become the definitive work on this largest American Jewish religious movement.

Kaplan himself is superbly qualified to author this work. An American ordained as a rabbi at the Jerusalem campus of Hebrew Union College, Kaplan also earned his doctorate in American Jewish History under the eminent scholar Lloyd Gartner at Tel Aviv University. He thus writes with the knowledge and familiarity of an ...

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