Beyond Reasonable Doubt

A kind of sequel to We Have Reason to Believe, 40 years later. While Jacobs was undoubtedly a pioneer in modern Jewish rationalism, he falls into his own trap of fundamentalism. At one point, he rages that the Documentary Hypothesis is science; no, it's not. While it might be clever and compelling and even right, it's literary theory and there is not a shred of proof that it is true. Those interested in a counter should read Joshua Berman's Ani Maamin.