Description
About the Author
Marc Shapiro holds the Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania. A graduate of Brandeis and Harvard universities, he is also the author of Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy: The Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, 1884-1966 (2002); The Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides' Thirteen Principles Reappraised (); and Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History (), all published by the Littman Library.
Reviews
'Remarkably erudite . . . fascinating and remarkably learned.'
Allan Nadler, Jewish Review of Books
'I've been eagerly awaiting this book for years. Surely it is the most anticipated Jewish book of 2015 . . . It is chock-filled with examples, illustrations, and interesting ideas. There's not an unnecessary word. It has the high quality that you would expect from American Judaism's premier intellectual. I feel great joy in engaging with a work that stimulates both my love of Torah and my love of truth.'
Luke Ford
'Professor Shapiro is a precise, knowledgeable, and sometimes unconventional scholar. He attempts to demonstrate and to analyse how God-fearing writers and printers through the ages . . . "correct" texts or historical accounts so as to present them as they should have been rather than as they actually were . . . The bibliography and extensive indexes cover scores of pages. Professor Shapiro's diligence has produced most interesting and praiseworthy results.'
Hama'ayan
'The outstanding product of a master of rabbinic literature and an extraordinarily sharp-eyed and meticulous scholar. The book should be accessible to the widest possible readership, including traditionalists.'
Adam Ferziger, Marginalia: Los Angeles Review of Books
'An impressive work of detailed and seminal scholarship . . . a major contribution to Judaic studies and is highly recommended to as a critically important addition to synagogue and academic reference collections and supplemental reading lists.'
Micah Andrew, Midwest Book Review
'Thorough, comprehensive, based on the painstaking examination and comparison of primary sources, Changing the Immutable is an impressive feat of scholarship.'
Andrew Koss, Mosaic
'An outstanding work'
Fred Reiss, San Diego Jewish World
'Fascinating . . . meticulous.'
Jack Riemer, South Florida Jewish Journal
'Fascinating and well researched.'
Ben Rothke, Times of Israel
M. Shapiro provides in the last chapter a remarkable glossary of well-known and less well known references that illustrate that serve as a base to a philosophical reflection yet to come.
Jean-Pierre Rothschild, Revue des etudes juives
Book Information
ISBN 9781904113607
Author Marc B. Shapiro
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Publisher Liverpool University Press
Weight(grams) 726g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 160mm * 33mm