The Treasury of Judaism: A New Collection and Translation of Essential Texts

by Jacob Neusner

Overview

This is the third volume of a set of anthologies that sets forth the statements of the formative canon of influential Rabbinic Judaism on three large topics: the calendar, the life cycle, and theology. Focusing on the seminal period of normative Judaism, the editor Jacob Neusner presents in three parts the teachings of Rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity, the first six centuries of the Common Era. The topical abstracts, which deal with the sacred calendar (volume one), events in the life cycle (volume two), and theological expositions (volume three), are presented in documentary sequence, from the Mishnah, ca. 200, through the Bavil or Talmud of Babylonia, ca. 600. This is the story told in abundant selections of Rabbinic classics of the age, the first centuries C.E., in which the two Talmuds and Midrash came to closure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761840497
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	06/17/2008
Series:	Studies in Judaism
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	442
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism and Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Theology at Bard College. He is also a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton NJ and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He holds nine honorary degrees and fourteen academic medals and other awards and has published numerous books.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 The Mishnah
Chapter 3 The Tosefta
Chapter 4 Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael
Chapter 5 Sifra
Chapter 6 Sifré to Numbers
Chapter 7 Sifré to Deuteronomy
Chapter 8 Genesis Rabbah
Chapter 9 Leviticus Rabbah
Chapter 10 Esther Rabbah I
Chapter 11 Ruth Rabbah
Chapter 12 Pesiqta DeRab Kahana
Chapter 13 The Fathers according to Rabbi Nathan
Chapter 14 The Talmud of the Land of Israel
Chapter 15 The Talmud of Babylonia

Editorial Reviews

This set of anthologies sets forth the statements of the formative canon of influential Rabbinic Judaism on three large topics: the calendar, the life cycle, and theology. This is the story told in abundant sections of Rabbinic classics of the age, the first centuries C.E., in which the two Talmuds and Midrash came to closure.

Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Jewish Studies

This set of anthologies sets forth the statements of the formative canon of influential Rabbinic Judaism on three large topics: the calendar, the life cycle, and theology. This is the story told in abundant sections of Rabbinic classics of the age, the first centuries C.E., in which the two Talmuds and Midrash came to closure.

Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Jewish Studies