The Idea of Purity in Ancient Judaism: The Haskell Lectures, 1972–1973
Overview
This book contains the text of the Haskell Lectures for 1972–1973, delivered at Oberlin College in 1973, the assignment being four lectures on a topic in post-biblical Judaism. Esteemed scholar Jacob Neusner not only explores the idea of purity in ancient Judaism—he lays out the methodological issues pertinent to the study of any problem in the history of ideas in ancient Talmudic Judaism.
- Title: The Idea of Purity in Ancient Judaism: The Haskell Lectures, 1972–1973
- Author: Jacob Neusner
- Series: Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity
- Volume: 1
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 1973
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Purity, Ritual › Judaism; Judaism › History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Judaism › History--Talmudic period, 10-425
- ISBNs: 9781597525848, 1597525847
- Resource ID: LLS:DPRTYNCNTJDSM
- Resource Type: text.monograph.lecture
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:21:52Z
Jacob Neusner (1932–2016) was a preeminent scholar of ancient Judaism and one of the most published authors ever, with more than 900 original volumes to his name. He was educated at Harvard University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the University of Oxford, and Yale University. He was research professor of theology and senior fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. Neusner’s work has been highly influential, if sometimes controversial. He pioneered applying “form criticism” to Rabbinic texts, and aimed at a humanistic and academic reading of ancient Jewish literature.
Neusner’s works include the Jacob Neusner Jewish Studies Bundle (99 vols.).