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Vol. 10, No. 3 Spring 1992 BOOK NOTES Reference materials in all fields are listed under "Reference." . American Jewish Life 165 Bridges and Boundaries: African Americans and American jews, edited by Jack Salzman. New York: George Braziller, 1992. 272 pp. $45.00 (c); $24.95 (P). ISBN 0-8076-1279-0 (c); 0-8076-1280-4 (p). . This volume explores the roots of the current tensions between African Americans and American Jews. Fifteen critical essays by leading historians, scholars, and political and religious figures examine the history of the changing relationship between these two groups. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Jewish Museum, the book also includes photographs selected from the exhibition. Crime, Punishment, and Deten-ence: An American-jewish Exploration: Proceedings of a Conference at the Wi/stein Institute, March 1990, Los Angeles, edited by David M. Gordis. Los Angeles: The University ofJudaism, 1991. 104 pp. $14.95 (p). ISBN 0-87068-5-392-0. These papers, which were presented at a conference organized by the Wilstein Institute, are an exploration of the subject of crime and punishment by legal scholars, philosophers of Jewish law, judges, and others involved in law enforcement whose views are informed in one way or another by Jewish tradition and experience. They do not constitute an attempt to state the "Jewish view" of the subject, but rather to grapple with these issues with reference to Jewish tradition and experience. The articles presented here represent a broad range of political and ideological perspectives. What emerged was an understanding that fundamental values and objectives can and do suggest inconsistent and even contradictory policies. To develop an effective policy requires finding an equilibrium that will sustain competing and even conflicting values. 166 SHOFAR jews in the American Academy, 1900-1940: The Dynamics of Intellectual Assimilation, by Susanne Klingenstein. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1991. 248 pp. $35.00. ISBN 0-300-04941-2. This book is an account of the first Jewish professors of humanities in American universities, describing how the philosophy and literature departments of Ivy League colleges in the early twentieth century gradually opened their doors to Jewish men of letters and showing how this integration transformed the thinking of these Jewish professors. This I Believe: Documents of American jewish Life, by Jacob Rader Marcus. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1990. 277 pp. $25.00. ISBN 0-87668-782-6. Marcus analyzes 91 documents on ethics and ideals-letters, ethical wills, bar mitzvah speeches, the spirited declarations of notables-to determine their goals and dreams, their hopes and desires, their innermost thoughts and concerns. Ancient World & Archaeology The Roads and Highways of Ancient Israel, by David A. Dorsey. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. 300 pp. $39.95. ISBN 0-8018-3898-3. Drawing on literary and archaeological evidence, David A. Dorsey examines the road system in Israel during the Iron Age (ca. 1200-586 B.C.E.) He offers an investigation of the nature and physical characteristics of roads in ancient Israel and reconstructs Israel's road network as it existed during the period of the Hebrew Bible. The work includes an analysis of the nature of ancient thoroughfares, covering such topiCS as travel and transportation, the construction, maintenance, and naming of roads, typical road widths, passes, fords, and inns. Four kinds of evidence are used in reconstructing Israel's road network: historical sources, the courses of later roads, Iron Age settlement patterns revealed through archaeological excavations and surveys, and topography. Vol. 10, No.3 Spring 1992 Art & Music 167 Independent Filmmakers: Looking at Ourselves, A Guide to Films Featured in the jewish Film Festival, edited by Deborah Kaufman, Janis Plotkin, and Rena Orenstein. Berkeley, CA: Jewish Film Festival, 1991. 96 pp. $10.00. Contains over 225 film listings by title, with credits, summaries, and distributors' addresses. Includes features, documentaries, shorts; international distributors, archives, festivals, video listings. Biblical & Rabbinic Literature Eerdmans' Handbook to the Bible, edited by David and Pat Alexander. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1992.679 pp. $19.95 (p). ISBN 0-8028-0639-2. Paperback version of the 1986 edition. The Indomitable Prophet: A Biographical Commentary' onjeremiah, by R. E. O. White. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1992. 180 pp. $13.95. ISBN...

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