Samuel Belkin, ‘In His Image—The Jewish Philosophy of Man as Expressed in Rabbinic Tradition’

Originally published in World Jewry 4:3 (1961), pp. 18-19. In His Image—The Jewish Philosophy of Man as Expressed in Rabbinic Tradition, by Samuel Belkin. London, Abelard-Schuman, 25s. The term “Rabbinic” in Dr. Belkin’s sub-title embraces post-Talmudic teachers, particularly Maimonides, who is quoted frequently. The ideas of Philo, on whom Dr. Belkin is an authority, are duly…