W. Gunther Plaut (1912–2012)

Author of The Torah, a Modern Commentary

About the Author

Includes the names: W. Plaut, Plaut W., W. G. Plaut, W Gunther Plaut, Gunther W. Plaut, W. Gunther Plaut, W. Gunther Plant, Gunther Plaut, ed., W. Gunther Plaut ed., ed. W. Gunther Plaut, Gunther W. Plaut, ed., Wolfgang Gunther Plaut, Gunther (Editor) Plaut, Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, Gunther (Editor) Plaut, W. Gunther Plaut, editor, Rabbiner Gunther W. Plaut, W. Gunther Plaut, co-editor, W. Gunther Plaut J.S.D. Plaut

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The Torah, a Modern Commentary

Works by W. Gunther Plaut

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The Torah, a Modern Commentary (1981) — Author — 712 copies, 3 reviews

The Haftarah Commentary (1996) 136 copies

The Rise of Reform Judaism: A Sourcebook of Its European Origins (1963) 91 copies

The Reform Judaism Reader: North American Documents (2004) — Editor — 55 copies

The Torah, a Modern Commentary: Leviticus (1979) 51 copies, 2 reviews

The Torah, a Modern Commentary: Genesis (1999) 51 copies, 2 reviews

Book of Proverbs; a commentary (1961) 42 copies

Growth of Reform Judaism: American and European Sources Until 1948 (1965) 39 copies

The Magen David: How the Six-Pointed Star Became an Emblem for the Jewish People (1990) 37 copies, 1 review

The Torah, a Modern Commentary: Numbers (1979) 32 copies, 2 reviews

Judaism and the Scientific Spirit: Issues of Faith (2011) 32 copies

Shabbat Manual (1986) 32 copies

The Torah, a Modern Commentary: Exodus (1983) 21 copies, 2 reviews

The Torah, a Modern Commentary: Deuteronomy (1983) 20 copies, 1 review

Teshuvot for the 1990's: Reform Judaism's Answers for Today's Dilemmas (1999) 20 copies

Your neighbour is a Jew (1967) 20 copies

The case for the chosen people (1965) 19 copies

The Jews in Minnesota the First Seventy-five Years (1959) 15 copies

The Price and Privilege of Growing Old (2000) 14 copies

Unfinished business: An autobiography (1981) 13 copies

Through the sound of many voices : writings contributed on the occasion of the 70th birthday of W. Gunther Plaut (1982) 12 copies

The Man Who Would Be Messiah: A Biographical Novel (1990) 7 copies

The letter: A novel (1986) 6 copies

Children's Services for the High Holy Days (1975) 6 copies

More unfinished business (1997) 5 copies

One Voice: The Selected Sermons of W. Gunther Plaut (2007) 5 copies

Mount Zion, 1856-1956: The first hundred years (1956) 5 copies

Page Two: Ten Years of "News and Views" (1971) 4 copies

Eight Decades: The Selected Writings of W. Gunther Plaut (2008) 4 copies

Hanging threads (1978) 4 copies

Asylum : a moral dilemma (1995) 3 copies

The Man in the Blue Vest and other stories (1980) 3 copies

Israel Since the Six-Day War 2 copies

The Jews in Minnesota : the first seventy five years 1 copy

A Shabbat Manual 1 copy

German-Jewish Bible Translations: Linguistic Theology as a Political Phenomenon (Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture No. 36) 1 copy

Judaism (No 105/Volume 27/Number 1/ Winter 1978) (1978) 1 copy

Time to Think and Other Columns 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Plaut, W. Gunther
Legal name: Plaut, Wolf Gunther
Other names: Plaʼuṭ, Zeʼev Mosheh
Birthdate: 1912-11-01
Date of death: 2012-02-08
Gender: male
Education: University of Heidelberg
University of Berlin (LLB)
Hebrew Union College (DD, MHL)
University of Toronto
Occupations: Reform Rabbi
author
Nationality: Germany (Birth)
USA (Naturalized, 1943)
Canada
Birthplace: Munster, Germany
Places of residence: Germany
Chicago, Illinois, USA
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Place of death: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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JBGUSA 268 reviews

The Torah: A Modern Commentary/English Opening by W. Gunther Plaut

I certainly don't agree with all of Plaut's conclusions in this commentary. That being said the commentaries do help clarify many obscure parts of the Old Testament and helps me prepare for Torah Study and have intelligent things to say.

Mar 31, 20132 other reviews

PJCWLibrary 89 reviews

Torah a Modern Commentary/Hebrew Opening (English and Hebrew Edition) by W. Gunther Plaut

As a Christian I use it all the time,

Nov 8, 20152 other reviews

BeitHallel 2,467 reviews

The Magen David: How the Six-Poined Star Became an Emblem for the Jewish People by W. Gunther Plaut

NO OF PAGES: 114 SUB CAT I: Symbols SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: The author attempts to present the facts and pictures to show the most likely scenario for the Magen David to be associated with Jews and Judaism.NOTES: SUBTITLE: How the six-pointed star became an emblem for the Jewish people

Feb 18, 2011

PAFM 1,021 reviews

The Torah: A Modern Commentary by W. Gunther Plaut

A gift to PAFM of Louise Rosenlevin and Keddem Congreagation - inscription

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