Law as Literature
Overview
In Law as Literature, editor William Scott Green, compiles research done by Neusner and others on various books of Judaic law, including Neusner’s chapter on the Mishnah Tohorot 2:2–8, and others’ chapters on the Yebamot and the Berakot treatises of the Talmud.
- Title: Semeia 27: Law as Literature
- Author: Jacob Neusner
- Series: Semeia
- Volume: 27
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2006
- Logos Release Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Rabbinical literature › Criticism and interpretation; Midrash › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Talmud › Criticism, interpretation, etc
- ISBNs: 9781597520638, 1597520632
- Resource ID: LLS:LAWASLITERATURE
- Resource Type: Journal
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:05:55Z
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.).