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Great Jewish Thinkers: Their Lives and Work

by Naomi E. Pasachoff

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Lives of Saadia Gaon, Yehudah HaLevi, Maimonides, Moses DeLeon, Isaac Luria, Baal Shem Tov, Moses Mendelssohn, Theodor Herzl, Ahad Haam, Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, Leo Baeck,etc.

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Contains bibliographic information on 16 Jewish rabbis and philosophers living in the years from 882 to 1983.

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Naomi Pasachoff

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Naomi Pasachoff, a research associate at Williams College, has written over twenty books

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Genres: Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Anthropology, Biography & Memoir, History
DDC/MDS: 296.3 — Religion Other religions Judaism Jewish philosophy
LCC: BM750 .P27 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Judaism Judaism Biography
BISAC: JNF JUVENILE NONFICTION Photography

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Languages: English
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Published: 1992
Genres: Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Anthropology, Biography & Memoir, History
DDC/MDS: 296.3
LCC: BM750 .P27

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Naomi Pasachoff

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