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This exhaustive, full-scale biography of the twentieth century's most dedicated Gentile fighter against antisemitism is a key resource for those who would like to learn more of Parkes the man and his work in reconciling Christianity and Judaism. Virtually alone among Christians, James Parkes could audaciously announce to a Jewish audience that he spoke also as a Jew and be greeted not by suspicion but by applause. From his birthplace on the island of Guernsey, it focuses on the formative influences on this important but neglected thinker. Tracing his career as a maverick historian and clergyman, it does not neglect to analyze how his ideas and commitments interacted with the twists and turns of his personal life.

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Born in the Bronx in 1938, Haim Chertok has degrees from Fordham University (NY) and the University of Pennsylvania. After military service in the Far East, he was an anti-war activist in the 1960s, and before emigrating to Israel in 1976 he taught at the University of California (Berkeley), Fordham and other institutions. He has published four books and many articles, which have appeared in journals such as The Jerusalem Post, The New York Times, Granta, Midstream, American Jewish Congress Monthly, Tikkun, Commentary and Hadassah. He now lives in Beersheva.

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