A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part Eighteen: Zabim
Overview
Jacob Neusner defines and outlines the Zabim, the secondary Mishnah-tractate concerning the bodily discharges of both men and women. He explains how the Zabim relates to the overall Mishnah-Tosefta in its larger context and describes the literary and historical problems surrounding the Zabim.
- Title: A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part Eighteen: Zabim
- Author: Jacob Neusner
- Series: Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity
- Volume: 18
- 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: 9781597529426, 1597529427
- Resource ID: LLS:HSTMSHNCLWPRT18
- Resource Type: Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:38:17Z
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.).