A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part Four: Ohalot: Commentary
Overview
The purposes and methods of this volume continue those of the previous three volumes on the Kelim. Here, Jacob Neusner’s primary goal is to formulate his studies in the Ohalot. He gives a clear account of all 18 chapters of the Ohalot in order to understand its literary and historical aspects.
- Title: A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part Four: Ohalot: Commentary
- Author: Jacob Neusner
- Series: Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity
- Volume: 4
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2007
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Mishnah. Tohorot (Order) › Commentaries; Tosefta. Ṭohorot › Commentaries; Purity, Ritual › Judaism
- ISBNs: 9781597529280, 1597529281
- Resource ID: LLS:HSTMSHNCLWPPRT4
- Resource Type: Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:38:02Z
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.).