About the Author

Rabbi Louis Jacobs, CBE, was Rabbi of the New London Synagogue for more than thirty years and was Visiting Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. His books include We Have Reason to Believe (1957, fifth revised edition 2004), Jewish Values (1960), Principles of the Jewish Faith (1964), A Jewish Theology (1973), God, Torah, Israel (1990), Jewish Preaching: Homilies and Sermons (2004), Their Heads in Heaven (2004), Judaism and Theology (2005) and Rabbinic Thought in the Talmud (2005). His autobiography, Helping with Inquiries (1989), describes the controversy that erupted after the first appearance of We Have Reason to Believe, and the subsequent establishment of the New London Synagogue.