In this book, Jacob Neusner gives an introductory, systematic, and holistic account of the theology and practice of Rabbinic Judaism, which emerged, along with Christianity, from antiquity and formed the classical statement of Judaism to the present day. He offers a description of beliefs and practices, theology as expressed in mythic narratives, and norms of ritual and symbolic behavior. Neusner also discusses: revelation and scripture, the doctrine of God, the definition of the holy, the chain of tradition embodied in the story of the written and oral Torah, the intervention of God in history through miracles, sacred space, atonement and repentance, death and afterlife, and art and symbol in 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 review is from: Judaism When Christianity Began: A Survey of Belief and Practice (Paperback)
Neusner in this book discuss about Judaism and not about beginning of Christianity. He examine relations in Judaism between written Torah and oral Torah. There are valuable insights where we can see style of Jewish thinking and interpretation of the Holy Scriptures in the first centuries A.D.
I expected to read here more deeper survey because title of this book demands that, but for introduction it is sufficient.
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Holy One, Rabbinic Judaism, Day of Atonement, Written Torah, Talmud of Babylonia, Holy Things, Hebrew Scriptures, Genesis Rabbah, Five Books of Moses, Leviticus Rabbah, Torah of Moses, Mount Sinai, Lord God, Jesus Christ, Ten Commandments, Babylonian Talmud, New Year, Second Temple, Baba Batra, First Temple, Halakhah of Shabbat, Rabban Gamaliel, Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Nathan, Torah of Sinai New!
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Holy One, Rabbinic Judaism, Day of Atonement, Written Torah, Talmud of Babylonia, Holy Things, Hebrew Scriptures, Genesis Rabbah, Five Books of Moses, Leviticus Rabbah, Torah of Moses, Mount Sinai, Lord God, Jesus Christ, Ten Commandments, Babylonian Talmud, New Year, Second Temple, Baba Batra, First Temple, Halakhah of Shabbat, Rabban Gamaliel, Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Nathan, Torah of Sinai New!
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- An Introduction to the Old Testament by Mr. Edward J. Young in Back Matter
- The Classics of Judaism: A Textbook and Reader by Jacob Neusner in Front Matter
- An Introduction to Judaism: A Textbook and Reader by Jacob Neusner in Front Matter
- Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean in Back Matter
- Memory and Tradition in Israel (Study in Bible Theology) by Brevard S Childs in Back Matter
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- The Emergence of Judaism by Jacob Neusner in Front Matter
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