Understanding Rabbinic Judaism: From Talmudic to Modern Times
Overview
In an attempt to define “rabbinic civilization” and explore what makes a culture “rabbinic,” Jacob Neusner and other Judaic scholars examine the continuities of rabbinic Judaism from Talmudic to modern times.
- Title: Understanding Rabbinic Judaism: From Talmudic to Modern Times
- Author: Jacob Neusner
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2003
- Logos Release Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Judaism › History; Rabbis; Rabbinical literature › History and criticism
- ISBNs: 9781592442133, 1592442137
- Resource ID: LLS:NDRSTNDNGRBJDSM
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:46:02Z
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.).