Chapters in the Formative History of Judaism: Third Series

by Jacob Neusner

Overview

This collection of five essays and two book reviews draws on a half-year of work, from mid-2008 to early 2009. The collection begins with historical theological essays: one on the apologetics of Judaism, the other on its soteriology. Both were written in response to invitations to contribute to collections of historical theology. The second set of two essays deals with the canon of Rabbinic Judaism. This is The Jack Chester Memorial Lecture to the Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at the University of Miami. Two brief reviews complete the collection of six months of work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761846383
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	07/16/2009
Series:	Studies in Judaism
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Historical Theology
Chapter 3 1. Analysis and Appreciation. The Case of Judaism
Chapter 4 2. The Restorationist Soteriology in Formative Judaism
Chapter 5 The Canon
Chapter 6 3. The Rabbinic Canon
Chapter 7 4. Comparing Misrashim: Sifré to Numbers and Sifré Zutta to Numbers
Chapter 8 Constructive Theology
Chapter 9 5. Time for Islam. From Dialogue to Trialogue in Interfaith Relations
Chapter 10 Book Reviews
Chapter 11 Joel L. Kraemer, Maimonides. The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds
Chapter 12 Hillel Goldberg, Hallel Hakkohen. Buir HaGRA, Hilkhot Miqvaot