In the Aftermath of Catastrophe : Founding Judaism 70-640.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE HALAKHIC AND AGGADIC REPONSES TO THE HURBAN -- 1 70-200 The Halakhah: The First Response to the Destruction of the Second Temple -- 2 200-400 The Aggadah: The Second Response to the Destruction of the Second Temple -- 3 Judaism and the Christian Triumph -- PART TWO: THE PROPHETIC SOURCES OF RABBINIC JUDAISM -- 4 Prophetic-Rabbinic Judaism: 1 Jeremiah Redivivus -- 5 Prophetic-Rabbinic Judaism: 2 How Important was the Destruction of the Second Temple in the Formation of Rabbinic Judaism? -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

In In the Aftermath of Catastrophe Jacob Neusner continues his project of making clear the importance of the first six centuries of the Common Era in the history of Judaism. It is during this period, which began with the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem in 70 and concluded with formation of the Talmud of Babylonia and the advent of Islam after 600, the system of Judaism that would attain normative status took shape and the Judaic canon of law and theology came to definition. The normative or Rabbinic Judaism, carried forward by today's Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative Judaisms, also emerged at this time.

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