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Reference materials in all fields are listed under "Reference." American Jewish Life Imagining the Jewish Future: Essays and Responses, edited by David A. Teutsch. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992.387 pp. $59.50 (c)j $19.95 (P). ISBN 00-7914-1167-2 (c); 0-7914-1168-0 (P). During a time of rapid change in the American Jewish community, a group of Jewish scholars and professionals discuss the sharp controversies over feminism and religious language, new data on the relationship between Israelis and American Jews, and the interaction between family and synagogue. Biblical and Rabbinic Literature The First Seven Days: A Philosophical Commentary on the' Creation of Genesis, by Norbert M. Samuelson. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1992. $59.95 (c). ISBN 1-55540-768-4. This work offers a detailed-word by word, sentence by sentencecommentary and philosophical analysis of the standard Masoretic Hebrew account of the origins and nature of the universe found in Genesis 1: 1 through 2:3. The commentary focuses on the conceptual content of the text, rather than its literary form, historical significance, or relation to other texts, and highlights issues of religion, political theory, and cosmology. A final chapter moves beyond analysis in order to reflect on the validity of the Genesis account. The
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