The Rabbis of classical Judaism, in the first six centuries of the Common Era, commented on the teachings of ancient Israel's prophets and shaped, as much as they were shaped by, prophecy. They commen
In the first six centuries of the Common Era, the Rabbis of formative Judaism, from the Mishnah through the Bavli, consulted the ancient Israelite prophets for guidance on issues of theology, law, his
This book examines the representation of Rome and Persia (Iran) in the successive groups of documents that comprise the Rabbinic canon of late antiquity.
This study of the inclusion of biographical narratives examines sage-stories, anecdotes about the life and deeds of Rabbinic sages, in components of the unfolding canon of Rabbinic Judaism during the
Rabbinic Judaism affirms the Prophetic heritage and makes it its own. Indeed, the Rabbis of the formative age and canon of Rabbinic Judaism looked to Prophecy along with the Torah and the Writings to
Judaism's two native categories, narrative theology and law (also known as parable and praxis or Aggadah and Halakhah) form two distinct modes of discourse. The one expounds norms of attitude and beli
This study of the inclusion of biographical narratives examines sage-stories, anecdotes about the life and deeds of Rabbinic sages, in components of the unfolding canon of Rabbinic Judaism during the
This collection of ten essays and five book reviews draws on three years of work, from late 2005 through mid-2008. It begins with two Halakhic essays, one on the category-formations of the Halakhah an
This book follows a single tractate through the principal documents of formative Judaism as Neusner has presented them. Neusner shows how his academic commentaries, outlines and comparisons and theolo
Comparing the Mishnah to four biblical codes and two codes found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, Neusner (Bard College) argues that the Mishnah is unique in its Israelite context of Scripture and traditio
This is the third volume of a set of anthologies that sets forth the statements of the formative canon of influential Rabbinic Judaism on three large topics: the calendar, the life cycle, and theology
The well-known commentator from Bard College continues his glossing of the principal rabbinic Midrash documents of formative Judaism by placing them in relationship to the canon as a whole. To make po
The collection commences with historical theological essays: one on the apologetics of Judaism, the other on its soteriology. The second set of essays deals with the canon of Rabbinic Judaism. The fin
This is the first volume of a set of anthologies that sets forth the statements of the formative canon of influential Rabbinic Judaism on three large topics: the calendar, the life cycle, and theology
This is the second volume of a set of anthologies that sets forth the statements of the formative canon of influential Rabbinic Judaism on three large topics: the calendar, the life cycle, and theolog
This collection of five essays and two book reviews draws on a half-year of work, from mid-2008 to early 2009, written on topics of historical theology and the canon of Rabbinic Judaism.
This collection of eight essays draws on a half-year of work, the second six months of 2009. Neusner takes up three problems in the history of Religions, four essays on fundamental issues in form-hist
This book seeks to discern how the Talmud transforms isolated facts into cogent and coherent constructions: the forests formed by the Talmud?s trees. Trees serve as facts out of any larger context, wh
In this book the author, a recognized authority on Jewish life and thought, poses the question, 'How are we to think about the social and political setting for our religious and ethnic life as Jewish
A theological system and structure form foundations of, and are realized in detail by, the Rabbinic Midrash, claims Neusner (theology, Bard College). Here he defines the principal parts of the theolog
Neusner (Bard College) offers here a narrative of his work on the history, literature, social thought, history of religion, and theology of Judaism that he has presented over many years and many volum
The canonical documents of Rabbinic Judaism impose upon most of their components fixed patterns of rhetoric, recurrent logic of coherent discourse, and a well-defined topic or program, for example, a
