Beyond Reasonable Doubt

'Jacobs cogently and clearly presents his views on diverse topics.'
Roger S. Kohn, Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter

'Brims with scholarship and is powerfully argued. Jacobs's mastery of the full range of Jewish religious sources-legal, philosophical, and mystical-is apparent on every page, and is well deployed in making his case for liberal supernaturalism as a breakthrough religious synthesis. And that case is hardly a timely one, for Jacobs is hardly alone in hungering for a form of traditionalism that can combine halakhic observance with an open intellectual outlook. Indeed, this is today the shared meeting ground of the right wing of Conservative Judaism and the left wing of the Orthodox movement.'
David Singer, Commentary

'A learned and compelling argument for an enlightened form of traditional Judaism . . . written in a lucid, accessible style for lay readers, who will benefit enormously from Rabbi Jacobs's honest and critical assessment of the major tendencies in contemporary Judaism . . . a major critique of Jewish fundamentalism and a compelling alternative to it.'
Allan Nadler, Forward

'Here is a scholar who . . . has much to offer British Jewry.'
Cecil Bloom, Jerusalem Post

'The book will enlighten because Jacobs is a reliable and lucid authority on the issues discussed.'
Robert Weissman, Jewish Quarterly

'A very personal, and very mature and honest, statement of "where I stand".'
Norman Solomon, Journal of Jewish Studies

'The most engaging aspect of the book is the personal style in which it is written. The book is positively brought alive by a wealth of personal anecdotes and stories.'
Emma Conway, Le'ela