A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part Fifteen: Niddah: Commentary
Overview
Mishnah-tractate Niddah is devoted to two principle themes: secretions of the body and the resulting uncleanness associated with these excretions. Most of the body fluids under discussion derive from the woman.
- Title: A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part Fifteen: Niddah: Commentary
- Author: Jacob Neusner
- Series: Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity
- Volume: 15
- 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: 9781597529396, 1597529397
- Resource ID: LLS:HSTMSHNCLWPRT15
- Resource Type: Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:38:14Z
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.).