Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xv, 187 pages ; 23 cm |
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. |
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. |
Subject |
Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History.
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Jewish lawyers -- History.
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Abraham (Biblical patriarch)
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Abraham (Biblical patriarch) (OCoLC)fst00037599
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Jewish lawyers. (OCoLC)fst00982819
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Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc.
(OCoLC)fst00983297
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
9780805242935 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
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0805242937 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
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9780805243314 (ebook) |
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0805243313 (ebook) |
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