The Pharisees: The Sociological Background of Their Faith

Louis Finkelstein

1938

VIII. The Doctrine of the Resurrection and Immortality

The fiercest of all the conflicts between Pharisee and Sadducee concerned the doctrine of the resurrection, for in it the class conflict was most explicitly formulated.

Crushed under the heel of the oppressor and exploiter, the artisan and trader of Jerusalem in the fourth century bce sought…

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Louis Finkelstein

1895–1991

Born in Cincinnati, Louis Finkelstein received his Jewish education from his father, an Orthodox rabbi. He attended both Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he taught for more than half a century, serving as its head from 1940 to 1972. Under his direction, the seminary grew tremendously, emerging as the chief institution in Conservative Judaism. Finkelstein himself was the dominant figure in the movement before his retirement and took an active role in American public life, especially in interfaith dialogue.

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