Chapters in the Formative History of Judaism: Current Questions and Enduring Answers

by Jacob Neusner

Overview

The documentary reading of the Rabbinic canon continues to create engaging questions and interesting problems for study. This collection of essays and book reviews represents two years of work from 2003 to 2005 focused on the Rabbinic canon. The collection is divided into four main groups. The first set of essays represents examples of historical and history-of-religion questions precipitated by the documentary perspective. The second group of essays focuses on the treatment of 56 B.C.E., 70 C.E., and 132-135 C.E. in successive canonical compilations. This section compares and contrasts Rabbinic and Christian writings on the same topic, Halakhic and Aggadic documents on the same topic, the theological description of a Rabbinic document, and various historical problems. The third set of essays deals with the history of law, and the fourth section includes several freestanding essays and six book reviews.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761833857
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	12/01/2005
Series:	Studies in Judaism
Pages:	412
Product dimensions:	6.48(w) x 8.96(h) x 1.23(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Theology and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. He is also a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, and Life Member of Clare Hall at Cambridge University, England. He has published numerous books with University Press of America on Jewish studies, in particular Rabbinic Judaism.

Table of Contents

1 Preface Part 2 Part I: Chapters in the Formative History of Judaism Part 3 Part II: Documentary Readings in the History of Judaism Part 4 Part III: Law, Language, Dialectics Part 5 Part IV: Book Reviews