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The Background And Nature Of Temple Mythology In Rabbinic Literature, V. George Shillington

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Rabbinic ideas concerning the Temple of Jerusalem captured the interest of the present writer as he was researching the biblical concept of sacrifice. It was fascinating to discover that the rich symbolism of the Temple in rabbinic thought developed in a period when the Temple did not exist. The presence of teh mythical Temple in the literature of the Rabbis began to raise certain questions: Why did the Jewish leaders of the post-Temple era develop such an elaborate mythology of the Temple? Why did they continue to imagine a cultus which had long since vanished? These questions are compounded by …

A Study Of The Attitudes Of Canadian Jews Toward Israel, Amiram Rokach

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The present study attempted to investigate the relationships between self esteem, perception of Gentiles’ attitudes, and attitudes to the State of Israel, as expressed by a sample of Canadian born Jews.

Four hypotheses were formulated. The first one stated that there existed a negative relationship between perception of Gentiles’s attitudes (GA) and positive attitudes toward Israel (AI). That hypothesis was supported.

The second hypothesis stated that there existed a negative relationship between self esteem (SE) and positive attitudes toward Israel (AI). That hypothesis was also supported.

the third hypothesis stated that when high positive attitudes toward Israel (HPAI) are found, …