“There is no alloy in his criticism.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 626. O. 19, ’07. 160w. |
Philipson, David. Reform movement in Judaism. **$2. Macmillan.
7–15617.
A series of studies which “aim to present a connected story of the progressive movement in Judaism ... setting forth the purposes and accomplishments of the reform movement.” The beginnings of the reform are discussed and chapters are devoted to: The Geiger-Tiktin affair, The Hamburg Temple prayer-book controversy, Reform in England, Rabbinical conferences, 1844–6, Reform Congregation or Berlin, The Breslau “Friends of reform,” Reform in Hungary, The Leipzig and Augsburg synods, Reform in the United States and Recent developments in Europe.
“The author is to be commended for his careful and scholarly work, and his book is eminently readable.”
| + + | Nation. 84: 503. My. 30, ’07. 390w. |
“The present volume, relating the struggle and advance of the reformers during the last century, is of peculiar interest and importance to Christians as well as to the Jews.”
| + | Outlook. 86: 43. Jl. 20, ’07. 250w. |