A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things, Part Six: The Mishnaic System of Sacrifice and Sanctuary
Overview
In the final volume of this series on the Mishnaic law of Holy Things, which concern the Mishnaic Temple and its cult, Jacob Neusner analyzes the Mishnaic system as a whole. He discusses the formation of each of the tractates and then explains how these laws unfolded over time. Neusner also interprets the Mishnaic system in various contexts, including the world of second-century Judaism and late antiquity.
- Title: A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things, Part Six: The Mishnaic System of Sacrifice and Sanctuary
- Author: Jacob Neusner
- Series: Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity
- Volume: 6
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2007
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Mishnah. Kodashim › Commentaries; Mishna › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9781556353543, 1556353545
- Resource ID: LLS:HSTMSHNCLWTPRT6
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:38:31Z
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.).