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“The book is extremely interesting, too, for its sketches of the leading politicians, as illustrated from their correspondence. Mr Morgan would have added to the value of his numerous citations from unpublished papers if he had dated them. It is sometimes difficult to follow his argument for lack of the dates of the letters to which he refers.”
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“Professor Morgan has his merits, but he takes himself very seriously. His predecessors on the same voyage are swept aside with minute omniscience. He seems to us to mistake the phases of influence for the permanence of character, and to be indiscriminate in the party labels he applies. But in the process of his criticism he has rendered a real service to history.”
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MORGENSTERN, JULIAN. Jewish interpretation of the book of Genesis. il *$1.50 Union of Am. Hebrew congregations 222
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“This book is addressed to two publics: teachers in Jewish religious schools, that their instruction may be more authoritative and effective; and non-professional students of the Bible, to help them in getting a first-hand knowledge of Judaism. The author stands squarely on the assured results of thoroughgoing critical scholarship, recognizing clearly the presence of myth, legend, and tradition in Genesis, and relative little authentic history, but he is not content to stop with analysis. Whereas most scholars wholly ignore the motives and ideas controlling authors and editors in the process of producing the book as it now stands, the investigation of these motives and ideas is the point of departure for Rabbi Morgenstern, for whom Genesis is ‘a Jewish work, written by Jewish authors, and edited by Jewish thinkers, the product of Jewish religious genius, and a unit of Jewish thought and doctrine,’ hence to be interpreted from a positive Jewish standpoint.”—Bib World
“The author selects his materials wisely, and his comments, critical and practical, are discriminating. Rabbi Morgenstern has succeeded admirably in accomplishing his purpose.”