A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Part Five: The Mishnaic System of Appointed Times
Overview
Concluding his five-part presentation of the Mishnaic law of Appointed Times, Jacob Neusner analyzes the system as a whole and describes the formation of each tractate—from Shabbat to Hagigah. Neusner then outlines the Mishnaic law of Appointed Times over the course of various time periods, such as the Time of the Temple and the period of Yavneh from 70 to 120 A.D.
Top Highlights
“First, let us ask, what do we mean by a history of the Mishnaic law? The simplest meaning of ‘history’ is dual. First, we want to know what idea or law came first and what came afterward. Second, we propose to ask how the sequence of legal facts established as history relates to some larger scheme or context of unfolding events and meanings, whether social or intellectual. That is, we want to relate the history of legal facts, their temporal sequence, to the social realities or intellectual issues of the historical context in which these facts take place.” (Page 2)
- Title: A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Part Five: The Mishnaic System of Appointed Times
- Author: Jacob Neusner
- Series: Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity
- Volume: 5
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2007
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Mishnah. Moʻed › Commentaries; Fasts and feasts › Judaism
- ISBNs: 9781556353642, 1556353642
- Resource ID: LLS:HSTMSHNCLWTPRT5
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:38:30Z
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.).