In order to understand the faith of Judaism, according to Jacob Neusner, one must look at the very foundation of that faith: the Torah. To believers, this act of studying the Torah provides a direct and immediate link to the living God and forms the very basis of a faithful Jewish life. In this book, Jacob Neusner introduces the reader to selections from all the documents of the Torah, in addition to Scripture, that define the canon of Judaism in its formative age. The Classics of Judaism is, however, more than a collection of writings. It is also a primer for learning how to approach and read any book of Judaism.
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Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism and Bard Center Fellow at the Bard College Institute of Advanced Theology in Annondale-on-Hudson, New York. He is the author of several books, including Judaism When Christianity Began, The Emergence of Judaism, and the popular textbook World Religions in America, all of which are available from WJK.
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This book is so easy to read, yet packed with abounding knowledge to the student of the wisdom of Judaism. If you are also a student of the Bible and God's Torah, you will love going deeper into the meanings of the scriptures by peering thru Hebrew eyes into fascinating revelation after revelation from other Jewish sources such as the Talmud and Mishnah. As the Author, Jacob Neusner, expounds in his introduction..."If you want to meet God, you open a book and study. That labor of learning, studying a document of the Torah, is the first place, and the most important place, where you find God". And then you begin your journey to discovering wonderful things from the scriptures....wonderful things about God, Himself, and how He not only relates, but daily interacts with His people.
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Genesis Rabbah, House of Hillel, Leviticus Rabbah, Song of Songs, Mekhilta Attributed, Talmud of Babylonia, Hebrew Scriptures, Day of Atonement, Rabban Simeon, Mount Sinai, New Year, Old Testament, Ruth Rabbah, Esther Rabbah, Lamentations Rabbah, Baba Mesia, Ben Nannus, Rabban Gamaliel, King Solomon, Rabbi Nathan, Rabbi Eleazar, God of Israel, Judah the Patriarch, New York, Lord God New!
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Genesis Rabbah, House of Hillel, Leviticus Rabbah, Song of Songs, Mekhilta Attributed, Talmud of Babylonia, Hebrew Scriptures, Day of Atonement, Rabban Simeon, Mount Sinai, New Year, Old Testament, Ruth Rabbah, Esther Rabbah, Lamentations Rabbah, Baba Mesia, Ben Nannus, Rabban Gamaliel, King Solomon, Rabbi Nathan, Rabbi Eleazar, God of Israel, Judah the Patriarch, New York, Lord God New!
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- Seven Blessings: A Novel by Ruchama King on page 438
- An Introduction to Judaism: A Textbook and Reader by Jacob Neusner in Front Matter
- What Is Midrash? (Guides to Biblical Scholarship Old Testament Series) by Jacob Neusner on page 96
- The oral Torah: The sacred books of Judaism : an introduction by Jacob Neusner on page 97
- Mahzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur by Jules Harlow on page 420
- The Emergence of Judaism by Jacob Neusner in Front Matter
- Judaism When Christianity Began: A Survey of Belief and Practice by Jacob Neusner in Front Matter
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