ISBN:
9789004494190
,
9780391041387
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2002
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Three Questions of Formative Judaism : History, Literature, and Religion
Keywords:
Judaism Historiography
;
Judaism History Talmudic period, 10-425
;
Rabbinical literature History and criticism
Abstract:
The academic study of Judaism requires a systematic inquiry into the history, literature, and religion-and eventually the theology-as revealed in the historical documents themselves. Under this premise, Three Questions of Formative Judaism encounters the canonical writings of Judaism in the context of their creation at a certain time and place. How something is said thus becomes as important as what is said. Bringing nearly fifty years of research to bear on these fundamental questions, Jacob Neusner challenges his readers to face the difficult, often unasked or neglected questions about the nature, background, and purposes of Rabbinic Judaism and rewards them with an enriched understanding and a stronger foundation for tackling the even more elusive questions concerning the theology of formative Judaism
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004494190
