Letter to Rochelle Leventhal about "The Indivisible Isaiah" (1964)

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Letter to Mrs. Margalioth about "The Indivisible Isaiah" (1963)

Dear Miss Leventhal: Thank you for sending me the book "The Indivisible Isaiah" by Mrs. Margalioth. Since I was of some assistance to Mrs. Margalioth in publishing the book, I received a copy of the Hebrew and English with the compliments of the author. It is therefore unnecessary for me to purchase another volume through Sura. Consequently, I am sending back the book under separate cover. Sincerely yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm.

Neviim

Letter to R. Blau about Recommending "The Indivisible Isaiah" to Yavneh Students (1963)

Dear Rabbi Blau, At the end of January 1964, a book will be published by the Sura Institute of Yeshiva University which I think is of the utmost importance and should be read by every member of Yavneh across the country. The name of the book is “The Indivisible Isaiah: Evidence for the Single Authorship of this Prophetic Book” by Rachel Margalioth of Jerusalem, presently in New York. This 245-page volume is a translation and extensive revision of the Hebrew Shad Hayah Yeshayahu, which argues scientifically and consistently for the thesis that all the book of Isaiah was written by one author, and that there was only one Prophet Isaiah. The author is a distinguished biblical scholar who is in all ways loyal to the teachings and traditions of Torah. You can well appreciate that her work, which goes against the whole dogmatic trend of higher biblical criticism, is one which ought to be read and studied and pondered by every member of Yavneh as well as every thinking Orthodox Jew. Her arguments are forceful, novel, and in accordance with the Jewish scholarly methodology. I cannot urge you strongly enough to circularize this information to all members of Yavneh and encourage them to purchase the book and study it. The list price of the volume will be $4.75. However, I prevailed upon Mrs. Margalioth to make it available to Yavneh students for only $2.75 (less than the regular student discount). Please do give this your attention and try to circularize this to Yavneh as soon as is feasible. All orders should be sent to the author directly at 250 West 99th Street. Please let me hear from you on this matter. Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm.

Neviim Yavneh Student Group

Letter to R. Joseph Lookstein about His Homiletical Essays (1968)

Dear Rabbi Lookstein: Many, many thanks for sending me your splendid new volume of homiletical essays. Reading through them evoked a good deal of nostalgia from me for the "good old days" when you trained me – a nostalgia mingled with the same admiration which has not diminished, but rather increased through the years. I do hope that "Faith and Destiny of Man" is but the first of a series of similar volumes. Once again, therefore, my thanks and congratulations, together with my wishes to you and Mrs. Lookstein, and all your family, for a happy and kosher Passover. Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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