Title: Good Read, Poor Arguments
Review: Louis Jacobs is trying his best to defend the obviously untenable position of having-the-cake-and-eating-it-too, by offering another book to explain the Jewish Conservative movements "Liberal Supernaturalist" view. He wants to explain how one can deny the historical truth of Judaism's core beliefs, the Revelation at Mount Sinai, and the divine source of the Oral Code - while at the same time stay committed to the observance of Halacha. The core of Jacobs' argument is that Biblical Criticism is a scientific fact. But when faced with the fact that modern scientists totally reject the premise of High Criticism - he reverts to the indefensible stance that current critics do not accept the divine source of the Torah. The current rejection of the "popular" Criticism is enough to give the believer a reason to stand by his beliefs.It is also quite boring to read the history of English Jewry and the personal adventures of Jacobs the person.Still, it is a good read.
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