The eminent judaica scholar jacob neusner provides here the first formanalytical translation of the mishnah. As a remarkable introduction to the mishnah, it is yet another tribute to jacob neusner as the mature herculean scholar who revolutionized rabbinic scholarship in the twentieth century. About the author 2006 jacob neusner is research professor of theology and senior fellow of the institute of advanced theology at bard college. He studied at the jewish theological seminary in new york, where he was ordained a conservative rabbi and received a masters degree in hebrew letters in 1960. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jacob neusner books online. Greeley, jacob neusner and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Jacob neusner shows that pretty well everything jesus said and did would have been interpreted by the jews of his day as it has often been suggested that jesus was just a good teacher with a high moral code who never claimed to be anything more than a normal human being but was misunderstood by his followers and especially later on by the. Jacob neusner s books jacob neusner average rating.
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Jacob neusner born 1932 is one of the most important figures in the shaping of modern. The blackwell companion to judaism wiley online books. The jerusalem talmud, or yerushalmi, or talmud of the land of israel, is a commentary on the oral law the mishnah of israel that ties that oral law to the written law the torah, the hebrew scripture. Having published more than 900 books and innumerable articles he is the most published humanities scholar in the world. Neusner, whose books include jews and christians and with andrew m.
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