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Abraham : the world's first (but certainly not last) Jewish lawyer
Author
Title
Abraham : the world's first (but certainly not last) Jewish lawyer / Alan M. Dershowitz.
ISBN
9780805242935
0805242937
9780805243314
0805243313
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Schocken Books, [2015]
Physical Description
xv, 187 pages ; 23 cm.
Summary
"The best-selling author of Taking the Stand presents a no-holds-barred history of Jewish lawyers to profile influential figures from the biblical Abraham and Louis Brandeis through Max Hirschberg and Ruth Bader Ginsburg,"--Novelist.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 28, 2015
Series
Jewish encounters.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-177) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the Jewish lawyer
God meets Abram-and so do we
God tests Abraham and Abraham passes-at least the first test
Abraham refuses to argue with God and with his wife over the lives of his children-failing god's next test
Abraham negotiates to buy a burial cave for Sarah
The trial of Jesus, the conviction of the Jews, and the blood libel
Alfred Dreyfus, Leo Frank, Rudolf Slansky, Anatoly Sharansky, and other Jews on trial
The Jewish lawyer as Abrahamic idol smasher, advocate, collaborator, rescuer, and deal-maker
Epilogue : the future of Abraham's descendants.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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