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Author:   Jacob Neusner
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9780761844013

ISBN 10:   0761844015
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   05 November 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1 1. The Halakhic Category Formations of Normative Judaism: Why this, not that, in the Mishnah-Tosefta-Yerushalmi-Bavli? Chapter 2 2. Religious Jurisprudence in Judaism; The Halakhic Theology Seen Whole: Actualizing the Torah's Story Chapter 3 3. The Religious Meaning of the Torah Chapter 4 4. Is Judaism a traditional Religion? Chapter 5 5. The Golden Rule in Classical Judaism Chapter 6 6. Divine Love in Classical Judaism Chapter 7 7. Why No Science in Judaism? Chapter 8 8. Is Scripture the Origin of the Halakhah? Chapter 9 9. Testing the Results of Richard Kalmin: A Null Hypothesis Examined in the Setting of Mishnah and Bavlii Tractate Moed Qatan Chapter 10 10. Is the Yerushalmi Constructed in Accord with Analytical Templates? Chapter 11 11. Gabriele Boccaccini, Roots of Rabbinic Judaism: An Intellectual History, From Ezekial to Daniel Chapter 12 12. Bruce Chilton, Abraham's Curse: Child Sacrifice in the Legacies of the West Chapter 13 13. Edward K. Kaplan and Samuel H. Dresner, Abraham Joshua Heschel: Prophetic Witness. Edward Kaplan, Spiritual Radical: Abraham Joshua Heschel in America, 1940-1972 Chapter 14 14. Jonathan Sacks, The Home We Build Together: Recreating Society Chapter 15 15. Jonathan Cohen,Philosophers and Scholars: Wolfson, Guttman and Strauss on the History of Jewish Philosophy

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Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. He is a Member of the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He holds nine honorary degrees and fourteen academic medals and other awards and has published more than a thousand books.

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