An edition of Abraham
(2015)
Abraham
the world's first (but certainly not last) Jewish lawyer
First edition.
by Alan M. Dershowitz
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"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.
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Jewish lawyers, Jews, Legal status, laws, History, Abraham (biblical patriarch), Jewish law, LawyersPeople
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Abraham: the world's first (but certainly not last) Jewish lawyer
2015
in English
- First edition.
0805242937 9780805242935
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Table of 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 the nation-state of the Jewish people on trial
The Jewish lawyer as Abrahamic idol smasher, advocate, collaborator, rescuer, and deal-maker
Epilogue : the future of Abraham's descendants.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-177) and index.
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