A Legacy of Learning : Essays in Honor of Jacob Neusner.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (446 pages)
- The Brill Reference Library of Judaism Series ; v.43 .
- The Brill Reference Library of Judaism Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Jacob Neusner's Legacy of Learning -- Ancient and Rabbinic Judaism -- The Amoraic Agenda in Bavli Rosh Hashanah: A Generational Analysis -- Women and Gender in Jacob Neusner's Writings -- "It Is Τime to Αct for the Lord": In Appreciation of Midrash Samuel -- Tent of Meeting as Bet Ulpana: Temple as Torah in the Targums of Israel -- Talmudic Stories about Angry and Annoyed Rabbis -- Judaism Evolving: An Experimental Preliminary Translation -- "The Weaver of Midrash in Performance": Notes to an Oral-Performative Translation of Sifre Devarim -- The "Neusnerian Turn" in Method and the End of the Wissenschaft as We Knew It -- Israelite Religion in the Light of Hebrew Epigraphy: The Inscriptions from Kuntillet 'Ajrud -- How the Rabbis Imagined Sarah: A Preliminary Study of the Feminine in Genesis Rabbah -- Varieties of Religious Visualizations -- Judaism and Christianity -- Vayavo Ya'acov Shalem -- The Platform of Mark's Gospel, Its Aramaic Sources and Mark's Achievement -- Embodied Judaism, Emplaced Judaism -- Jesus Talks Back -- Parting of the Ways that Never Parted: Judaism and Christianity in the Work of Jacob Neusner -- American Judaism -- The American Jewish Holocaust "Myth" and "Negative Judaism": Jacob Neusner's Contribution to American Judaism -- World Religions and Philosophy -- Intentionality and Meaning -- Another Prophetic Paradigm: Moses in Sufi Verse -- The Formative Period of Islam and the Documentary Approach: A Prolegomenon -- The Academy -- Transcendent Education: Immortality and the Liberal Arts -- Index of Biblical and Post-Biblical References -- Index Cited Authors -- Index Subject.
The questions Jacob Neusner has asked have shaped how scholars today approach the rabbinic literature. These essays honor that legacy, addressing topics in early Judaism, Judaism's relationship to Christianity and other religions, American Judaism, and the role of humanistic study today.
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Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016. Talmud--Criticism, interpretation, etc. Talmud--Evidences, authority, etc. Rabbinical literature--History and criticism. Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425.