A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part Twenty-One: The Redaction and Formulation of the Order of Purities in Mishnah and Tosefta
Overview
In part 21 of his study of Jewish purity laws, Jacob Neusner provides an in-depth overview of the Mishnah. He analyzes the organization of the Mishnah tractates and examines the themes found within each division of the Mishnah. Neusner also discusses the divisions of the Tosefta and their delineation, cognitive units, and formulation.
- Title: A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part Twenty-One: The Redaction and Formulation of the Order of Purities in Mishnah and Tosefta
- Author: Jacob Neusner
- Series: Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity
- Volume: 21
- 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) › Criticism, Form; Tosefta. Tohorot › Criticism, Form
- ISBNs: 9781556353420, 1556353421
- Resource ID: LLS:HSTMSHNCLWPRT21
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:38:21Z
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.).