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The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, 1954 - 1978

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

10 pamphlets published by the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in London, containing a number of the Claude Montefiore Lectures between 1954 and 1978. Founded by Montefiore in 1911, the Synagogue is the oldest Liberal Jewish congregation in the nation. Occasional manuscript material such as letters, leaflets, or other small pieces of ephemera are present along with individual pamphlets. Lecture dates reflect when the talk was delivered, and do not necessarily match the publication year. The materials included are as follows.

1954: George Temple, “Religion and Modern Scientific Thought”
1958: D. Winton Thomas, “The Hebrew Bible Since Claude Montefiore”
1959: Sir Richard Livingstone, “The Influence of the Greek and Hebraic Traditions on Western Ideals”
1961: James Parkes, “The Theology of Toleration”
1962: Rabbi Louis Jacbobs, “Montefiore and Loewe on the Rabbis”
1966: Rabbi Dr. Leslie I. Edgar, “Claude Montefiore’s Thought and the Present Religious Situation”
1971: Rabbi Bernard J. Bamberger, “Unsystematic Theology”
1973: Albert H. Friedlander, “Leo Baeck and the Concept of Suffering”
1974: Geza Vermes, “Jesus the Jew”
1978: Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Magonet, “The Liberal and the Lady: Esther Revisited”

Dates

  • 1954 - 1978

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 7.5 Cubic Feet (21 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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