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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
SYMBOL AND THEOLOGY IN EARLY JUDAISM
Softbound. 8vo. XXI, 242 pages. 22 cm. Second edition. Originally published: Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 1991. South Florida studies in the history of Judaism no. 198. Subjects: Symbolism in rabbinical literature. Lists in rabbinical literature. Jewish art and symbolism. Midrash - Theology. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-56)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
TEXTS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: PROTOCOLS OF NON-DOCUMENTARY WRITING IN THE RABBINIC CANON: LEVITICUS RABBAH (VOLUME 4 OF 4)
First edition. Original boards. 8vo, 304 pages, 24 cm. SUBJECTS: Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Halakhic Midrashim -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425. Rabbinische Literatur. Ex-library with usual markings. Otherwise Very Good Condition. (NEUSNER-4-3)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
TEXTS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: PROTOCOLS OF NON-DOCUMENTARY WRITING IN THE RABBINIC CANON: SIFRE TO DEUTERONOMY AND MEKHILTA ATTRIBUTED TO RABBI ISHMAEL (VOLUME 3 OF 4)
First edition. Original boards. 8vo, 304 pages, 24 cm. SUBJECTS: Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Halakhic Midrashim -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425. Rabbinische Literatur. Ex-library with usual markings. Otherwise Very Good Condition. (NEUSNER-4-4)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF JUDAISM: ESSAYS AND REFLECTIONS, THIRD SERIES ; THREE CONTEXTS OF JEWISH LEARNING
Original Cloth. 8vo. 200 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Third Series in the essays on the Academic Study of Judaism. Subjects: Jewish learning and scholarship - United States. Jews - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-3-24)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE BAVLI AND ITS SOURCES: THE QUESTION OF TRADITION IN THE CASE OF TRACTATE SUKKAH
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVI, 209 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Brown Judaic studies no. 85. Subjects: Talmud. Sukkah - Criticism, Redaction. Talmud Yerushalmi. Sukkah - Criticism, Redaction. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-37)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE BAVLI'S UNIQUE VOICE: A SYSTEMATIC COMPARISON OF THE TALMUD OF BABYLONIA AND THE TALMUD OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL [VOLUMES 1, 2, 3, 5]
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVI, 364; XI, 182; XX, 308; XXI, 202 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Four of seven volumes, contains: Volume 1. Bavli and Yerushalmi Qiddushin chapter one compared and contrasted - Volume 2. Yerushalmi's, Bavli's, and other canonical documents' treatment of the program of Mishnah-tractate Sukkah chapters one, two, and four compared and contrasted: a reprise and revision of The Bavli and its sources - Volume 3. Bavli and Yerushalmi to selected Mishnah chapters in the division of Moed: Erubin, chapter one and Moed qatan, chapter three - Volume 5. Bavli and Yerushalmi to selected Mishnah chapters in the Division of Neziqin: Baba Mesia chapter one and Makkot chapters one and two. South Florida studies in the history of Judaism no. 71, 72, 73, 77. Subjects: Talmud - Comparative studies. Talmud Yerushalmi - Comparative studies. "Talmud de Babylone" - "Talmud de Palestine". Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-38)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE CLASSICS OF JUDAISM: A TEXTBOOK AND READER
Softbound. 8vo. XXI, 486 pages. 23 cm. First edition. 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. (Publishers Description) Subjects: Rabbinical literature - Translations into English. Rabbinical literature - History and criticism. Judaism - History - Sources. Light shelf wear. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-60)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION OF RABBINIC CULTURE: MOPPING UP AFTER DEBATES WITH GERALD L. BRUNS, S.J.D. COHEN, ARNOLD MARIA GOLDBERG, SUSAN HANDELMAN, CHRISTINE HAYES, JAMES KUGEL, PETER SCHAEFER, ELIEZER SEGAL, E.P. SANDERS, AND LAWRENCE H. SCHIFFMAN
First edition. Original cloth, 8vo, xxvi, [213] pages. 24 cm. SUBJECTS: Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425 -- Historiography. Jewish learning and scholarship -- United States. Rabbinische Literature. Series: South Florida studies in the history of Judaism, no. 113. Ex-library with usual markings, otherwise in Good condition. (AC-1-6)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE FATHERS ACCORDING TO RABBI NATHAN: AN ANALYTICAL TRANSLATION AND EXPLANATION
Original Cloth. 8vo. XIV, 263 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Translation of: Avot de-Rabbi Nathan. Brown Judaic Studies 114. Subjects: Avôt de-Rabî Natan - Commentaires. Talmud. Minor tractates. Avot de-Rabbi Nathan - Commentaries. Midras Rabba. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-16)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE HALAKHAH : HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES
Hardback. 8vo. IX, 247 pages. 25 cm. First edition. The normative law, or Halakhah, of the Oral Torah defines the principal medium by which the sages set forth their message. Norms of conduct, more than norms of conviction, convey the sages' statement by embodying its system for the social order of holy Israel. The essays gathered here, complementing the author's Theology of the Halakhah (Brill, 2001) , systematically investigate the religious meaning of the normative law of Judaism, with special reference to the concept of time and history that is embodied by the law, in the now-classic essays, 'History, Time, and Paradigm in Scripture and in Judaism, ' 'Halakhah Past Time: Why No History in Rabbinic Judaism? ' and the comparison of history and purity in Rabbinic Judaism and in the religious system of the Dead Sea library at Qumran, 'History and Purity in First-Century Judaism. ' Two essays of anthropological interest, 'The Halakhah and Anthropology, ' and 'The Halakhah and the Inner Life of the Israelite, ' move from history to the Halakhah as a cultural indicator. The final essays take up two theological questions, how the theology expressed in the Halakhic system works together with the theology conveyed by the Aggadic statements of Rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity; and the case for the Rabbis' reading of ancient Israelite Scripture: 'Why the Rabbis are right. ' An essay, 'ritual without myth, ' argues that the Halakhah on its own, without verbal explanation, embodies its own mythic structure, in the context of the law of Numbers 19-Mishnah-tractate Parah. (Publishers description) . The Brill Reference Library of Judaism. Volume: 8. Subjects: Jewish law. Judaism. Droit juif. Judaïsme. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-18)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE HERMENEUTICS OF THE RABBINIC CATEGORY-FORMATIONS: AN INTRODUCTION
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVIII, 226 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Studies in ancient Judaism (University Press of America) . This work sets forth a theory of how Rabbinic Halakhic category-formations are articulated. One can now reconstruct the processes of thought that yield for the Halakhic category-formations, the hermeneutics that govern the selection of data for a given category-formation and determines how those data are to be interpreted. Not only so, but that theory encompasses three quite distinct sources for the definition and articulation of a given category-formation: Scripture, a hermeneutics generic to all Halakhic category-formations, and a hermeneutics particular to the category-formation at hand. Presented in the shank of this book are sample studies that show how the distinction between generic and particular hermeneutics for a Halakhic category-formation accounts for the character of the Halakhah as spelled out by the Mishnah-Tosefta-Yerushalmi-Bavli, which is to say, the Halakhah in its initial and normative statement. (Publishers Description) Subjects: Jewish law - Interpretation and construction. Rabbinical literature - History and criticism. Hermeneutik. Rabbinische Literatur. Talmud - Hermeneutics. Great condition. (NEUSNER-1-57)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE IDEA OF PURITY IN ANCIENT JUDAISM: THE HASKELL LECTURES, 1972-1973
Softbound. 8vo. XII, 153 pages. 23 cm. Second edition. Lectures by Jacob Neusner; with a critique and a commentary by Mary Douglas. Previously published by E. J. Brill, 1973. Subjects: Purity, Ritual - Judaism. Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B. C. -210 A. D. Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425. Light shelf wear. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-23)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE INTEGRITY OF LEVITICUS RABBAH: THE PROBLEM OF THE AUTONOMY OF A RABBINIC DOCUMENT
Softbound. 8vo. 234 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Brown Judaic studies no. 93. Subjects: Midrash rabbah. Leviticus - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Midrash rabbah. Leviticus - Criticism, Redaction. Midrash rabbah. Lévitique - Critique, interprétation, etc. Midrash rabbah. Lévitique - Critique rédactionnelle. Light edge wear, clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-36)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE JEWISH WAR AGAINST THE JEWS : REFLECTIONS ON GOLAH, SHOAH, AND TORAH
Original Cloth. 8vo. VIII, 149 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Reflections by Neusner on the paradox of a triple commitment to America, Judaism, and Zionism; with explanations on the resolution of the issues of that paradox through study of Torah. Subjects: Jews - United States - Identity. Jewish diaspora. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Israel and the diaspora. Diaspora. Judentum. United States - Ethnic relations. Light soiling to outer edges, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-3-15)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE MEMORIZED TORAH: THE MNEMONIC SYSTEM OF THE MISHNAH
Softbound. 8vo. 138 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Brown Judaic studies no. 96. Subjects: Mishnah - Mnemonic devices. Mishna - Mnémotechnique. Mishnah. Light shelf wear. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-45)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE MIDRASH COMPILATIONS OF THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE RHETORICAL, LOGICAL, AND TOPICAL PROGRAM [VOLUMES 1, 2, 4]
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVII, 193; XVI, 150; XXI, 218 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Midrash compilations of the 6th and 7th centuries; three of four volumes: Volumes 1. Lamentations rabbah - volume 2. Esther rabbah I - volume 4. Song of Songs rabbah. Brown Judaic studies no. 187, 188, 190. Subjects: Midrash rabbah. Five Scrolls - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Light wear to cloth, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-34)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE MIDRASH: AN INTRODUCTION
Original Cloth. 8vo. XII, 234 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Contents: Pt. 1. The second and third-century compilations: the Tannaite Midrashim. Exodus and Mekhilta attributed to R. Ishmael - Leviticus and Sifra - Numbers and Sifré to Numbers - Deuteronomy and Sifré to Deuteronomy. Pt. 2. The fourth and fifth-century compilations: the earlier Rabbah Midrashim. Genesis and Genesis Rabbah. Pt. 3. The sixth and seventh-century compilations: the later Rabbah Midrashim. Ruth and Ruth Rabbah - Song of Songs and Song of Songs Rabbah. Subjects: Halakhic Midrashim - History and criticism. Midrash rabbah. Genesis - Introductions. Midrash rabbah. Ruth - Introductions. Midrash rabbah. Song of Solomon - Introductions. Light soiling to cloth and outer edges, internally fresh and clean. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-40)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE MISHNAH: AN INTRODUCTION
Softbound. 8vo. XVII, 235 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In his brilliant introduction on the Mishnah, Jacob Neusner asks: How do you read a book that does not identify its author, tell you where it comes from, or explain why it was written a book without a preface? And how do you identify a book with neither a beginning nor end, lacking table of contents and title? The answer is you just begin and let the author of the book lead you by paying attention to the information that the author does give, to the signals that the writer sets out. As Neusner goes on to explain, the Mishnah portrays the world in a special way, in a kind of code that makes it a difficult work for the modern reader to understand. Without knowing how to decode the Mishnah, we may read its works without receiving its message. Neusner, one of the world s foremost Mishnaic scholars, demonstrated that the Mishnah s own internal logic and structure form a solid foundation on which to build an understanding of this vitally important Jewish work. Using examples of how the Mishnah's language, logic, and discourse associate and categorize behaviors, events, and objects, Neusner opens the Mishnah to readers who would not otherwise be able to grasp its most fundamental concepts. Since the Mishnah forms the basis of both the Babylonian and the Palestinian Talmuds (which are, in Neusner s elegant terms, the core curriculum of Judaism as a living religion) , study of the Mishnah is essential to an understanding of Judaism. Drawing on his own new translation of the Mishnah and displaying the enthusiastic dedication that has sparked a whole new body of Mishnaic research, Neusner allows readers with no previous background to join Jews who have studied, analyzed, and delighted in the wisdom of Mishnah for centuries. In addition to giving us a thorough exploration of the Mishnah s language, contents, organization, and inner logic, Neusner also provides us with a broad understanding of how it communicated its own world view its vision of both the concrete an spiritual worlds. The Mishnah: An Introduction gives us a tour of this sacred Jewish text, shedding light on its many facets from its view of life to its conception of God and His relation to our world. (Publishers description) . Subjects: Mishnah - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Mishnah. Light shelf wear. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-50)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE MODERN STUDY OF THE MISHNAH
Softbound. 8vo. XXVII, 283 pages. 22 cm. Second edition. Papers originally prepared for the editor's seminar at Brown University. Previously published by E. J. Brill, January, 1973. Subjects: Jewish learning and scholarship. Mishnah - Criticism, interpretation, etc. - History. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-22)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE MOTHER OF THE MESSIAH IN JUDAISM: THE BOOK OF RUTH
Softbound. 8vo. XXI, 138 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Includes selected texts from Ruth rabbah. The Book of Ruth deals with the ancestress of Israel's Messiah, David, and tells of his genealogy which, for the sages, formed a supernatural indicator of unlearned grace inherited from their ancestors. Neusner writes, 'Judaism's Messiah was to be a sage, promising not the eschatological forgiveness of sins but the ultimate and entire sanctification of Israel'. (Publishers Description) . Subjects: Midrash rabbah. Ruth - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Ruth - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Midrash rabbah. Ruth - Critique, interprétation, etc. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-52)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE ORAL TORAH: THE SACRED BOOKS OF JUDAISM: AN INTRODUCTION
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVII, 238 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Contents: Introduction: the argument of this book and how it unfolds - The oral Torah written down: the Mishnah - The Mishnah and the Tosefta - The theory of tradition of the oral Torah: Pirqe Avot (sayings of the fathers) - Explaining the oral Torah: the Sifra and the Yerushalmi (the Talmud of the land of Israel) - Recasting the written Torah as the oral Torah: Leviticus Rabbah - The written Torah and the oral Torah in conclusion: the Bavli (the Talmud of Babylonia) - Our sages of blessed memory: Torah in the flesh - The Torah, the dual Torah, and the oral Torah - Appendix: the contents of the oral Torah: a topical outline of the Mishnah. Subjects: Rabbinical literature - History and criticism. Tradition (Judaism) Mishnah - Evidences, authority, etc. Clean and fresh in good jacket. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-46)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE PHARISEES: RABBINIC PERSPECTIVES
Softcover. 8vo. IX, 316 pages. 23 cm. Condensed edition of: The rabbinic traditions about the Pharisees before 70. Studies in ancient Judaism 1. Subjects: Pharisees. Pharisiens. Mishnah - Criticism, Redaction. Tosefta - Criticism, Redaction. Wraps worn, light soiling to outer edges. Good condition. (NEUSNER-2-28)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE PHILOSOPHICAL MISHNAH [VOLUMES 1,2,4]
Original Cloth. 8vo. XI, 236; XV, 303; XV, 200 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Three of four volumes: Volume 1. The Initial Probe - Volume 2. The Tractates' Agenda; From Abodah Zarah Through Moed Qatan - Volume 4. The Repertoire. Brown Judaic Studies 163, 164, 172. Volume three absent. Volume four binders error, text side of cloth bound upside down. Subjects: Mishnah - Philosophy. Mishna - Philosophie. Light soiling to outer edges, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-33)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE PUBLIC SIDE OF LEARNING: THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF SCHOLARSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF JUDAISM
Softbound. 8vo. XII, 135 pages. 23 cm. First edition. AAR studies in religion no. 40. Subjects: Judaism - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States. Jews - History - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-55)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE RABBINIC TRADITIONS ABOUT THE PHARISEES BEFORE 70. COMPLETE IN 3 VOLUMES.
Softbound. 8vo. 1, 248 pages. 24 cm. Second edition. First published Leiden, Brill, 1971. Three volumes complete: Contents. Pt. 1.The Masters. - pt. 2. The Houses. - pt. 3. Conclusions. Subjects: Pharisees. Pharisees - Bibliography. Pharisiens. Farizeeën. Rabbijnse literatuur. Rabbinische Literatur. Pharisäer. Title Subject: Mishnah - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Tosefta - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Mishna Critique. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-4)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE RELIGIOUS STUDY OF JUDAISM [VOLUMES ONE AND TWO]
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVI, 172; XIII, 215 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Two volumes only (of four) . Volume 1. Description, analysis, and interpretation - Volume 2. Description, analysis, interpretation the centrality of context. The first in a series to study religion by description, analysis and interpretation. This book uses Judaism as an example of the importance, for all learning, of the circumstances and context in which scholarship takes place. The author argues that we learn only after we have decided what we wish to know, based on our categories of inquiry. A set of comparative studies of ancient Judaism and Christianity illustrates this thesis. (Publishers description) . Subjects: Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425 - Historiography. Midrash - History and criticism. Judaism - Relations - Christianity. Christianity and other religions - Judaism. Mort - Aspect religieux - Études comparatives. Bible. Old Testament - Criticism, interpretation, etc. , Jewish. Sifrei. Numbers - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-42)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE TALMUD OF BABYLONIA: AN AMERICAN TRANSLATION; XXXIII: TEMURAH
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVI, 221 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Tractate Temurah from Talmud Bavli, translated into English by Jacob Neusner. A complete set of the Neusner translation consists of 36 volumes in 68 books. Brown Judaic studies no. 218. The Talmud of Babylonia 33. Subjects: Talmud - Criticism, Redaction. Talmud - Translations into English. Talmud Commentaries. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-39)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE TALMUD OF BABYLONIA: AN AMERICAN TRANSLATION; XXXI [A+B] TRACTATE BEKHOROT CHAPTERS [1-4 + 5-9]
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVI, 166; XIX, 196 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Two volumes: volume A. Chapters 1-4 - volume B. Chapters 5-9. Tractate Bekhorot from Talmud Bavli, translated into English by Jacob Neusner. A complete set of the Neusner translation consists of 36 volumes in 68 books. Brown Judaic studies no. 219-220. The Talmud of Babylonia 31. Subjects: Talmud - Criticism, Redaction. Talmud - Translations into English. Talmud - Commentaries. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-40)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE TALMUD OF BABYLONIA: AN AMERICAN TRANSLATION; XXXIV: TRACTATE KERITOT
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVI, 202 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Tractate Keritot from Talmud Bavli, translated into English by Jacob Neusner. A complete set of the Neusner translation consists of 36 volumes in 68 books. Brown Judaic studies no. 223. The Talmud of Babylonia 34. Subjects: Talmud - Criticism, Redaction. Talmud - Translations into English. Talmud - Commentaries. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-41)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE TALMUD: A CLOSE ENCOUNTER
Softbound. 8vo. XI, 186 pages. 21 cm. Second edition. For the uninitiated - and even for seasoned scholars - the Talmud is a daunting sea of literature. Jacob Neusner in this book offers guidance in approaching the rabbinic writings, analyzing the ancient teachings, and interpreting the basis of religious authority for traditional Judaism. The result is a vivid introduction to one of the great documents of religion in society. (Publishers Description) Originally published: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1991. Subjects: Judaism - Relations - Christianity. Christianity and other religions - Judaism. Talmud Introductions. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-27)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE TORAH IN THE TALMUD: A TAXONOMY OF THE USES OF SCRIPTURE IN THE TALMUD: TRACTATE QIDDUSHIN IN THE TALMUD OF BABYLONIA AND THE TALMUD OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL [VOLUME TWO ONLY]
Original Cloth. 8vo. 194 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Volume 2. Yerushalmi Qiddushin chapter one and a comparison of the uses of Scripture by the two Talmuds. South Florida studies in the history of Judaism 70. Subjects: Talmud. Kiddushin I. - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Talmud Yerushalmi. Kiddushin I - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Old Testament - Quotations in rabbinical literature. Talmud. Kiddouchin I - Critique, interpétation, etc. Talmud de Jérusalem. Qiddouschin I - Critique, interprétation, etc. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-19)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE TOSEFTA - SIXTH DIVISION. TOHOROT (THE ORDER OF PURITIES) .
Original Cloth. 8vo. LXV, 366 pages. 24 cm. Second edition. Translated from the Hebrew by Jacob Neusner. South Florida studies in the history of Judaism 10. Subjects: Tosefta. Tohorot (Order) . English. ; Order of purities. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-13)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE TRANSFORMATION OF JUDAISM: FROM PHILOSOPHY TO RELIGION
Softbound. 8vo. 362 pages. 23 cm. Second edition. An eminent scholar of the history of Judaism, Jacob Neusner shows in this work how Judaism changed from a philosophy to a religion between 200 and 400 C. E. 'The Transformation of Judaism' is a work both revolutionary in its method and unprecedented in its results. Comparing earlier and later sets of Judaic writings, Neusner sets forth how philosophy - abstract, elegant, orderly, and intellectual - turned into religion - tangible, down-to-earth, chaotic, and concrete. In the process, he offers an account of the birth of Judaism that has become normative. Moreover, Neusner's methodology can be applied to the study of religions other than Judaism because it examines the underpinnings of how a society sees the world (philosophy) , orders itself (politics) , and sustains itself (economics) . (Publishers description) . First edition published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1992. Subjects: Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425. Judaism and philosophy. Judaism - Essence, genius, nature. Rabbinical literature - History and criticism. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-26)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THE UNITY OF RABBINIC DISCOURSE [THREE VOLUME SET]
Original Cloth. 8vo. XIX, 169; XXVII; 171; XXII, 143 pages. 24 cm. Edition. Three volumes complete: Volume. 1. Aggadah in the halakhah - Volume 2. Halakhah in the aggadah - Volume. 3. Halakhah and aggadah in concert. Viewed as ideal types, the Halakhah defines the norm, setting forth what is obligatory, the Aggadah, specifies what exceeds the norm and goes beyond the measure of the law. The striking differences of style and substance that differentiate the two categories of discourse present the question of how they intersect in a single coherent statement, a system that holds together its two distinct media of thought and expression. When we have in hand systematic data on how Aggadah contributes to the Halakhah, and where Halakhah serves the purposes of the Aggadah, we find possible the logical next step: where do the two intersect, and at what points do the respective complexes of category-formations stand autonomous of one another, and that leads to the question: how do Aggadah and Halakhah constitute a coherent religious structure and make in common a single systemic statement? Where, within the formative literature of Normative Judaism, they join together, what affect the one exercises upon the other, and how the whole - Rabbinic Judaism - exceeds and transcends the sum of the parts - the Halakhah, the Aggadah - is spelled out. (Publishers description) . Studies in ancient Judaism (University Press of America) . Subjects: Rabbinical literature - History and criticism. Jewish law - Interpretation and construction. Aggada - Criticism, interpretation, etc. - Theory, etc. Midrash - History and criticism - Theory, etc. Midrasch. Great condition. (NEUSNER-1-59) Xxx
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THE WAY OF TORAH : AN INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM
Softbound. 8vo. XXII, 164 pages. 24 cm. Third edition. Expanded from the first edition. Subjects: Judaism. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-3-10)
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THE WAY OF TORAH: AN INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM
Softbound. 8vo. XI, 116 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Subjects: Judaism. Light shelf wear, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-3-9)
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THE WAY OF TORAH: AN INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM
Softbound. 8vo. XXV, 194 pages. 24 cm. Fourth edition. Completely Revised. This new edition remains the only work written by a major scholar that provides a conceptual framework for the study of Judaism. The author's unique orientation defines and interprets the Jewish experience by looking at the interrelationship between a religious way of viewing life and historical/social situations of the people who hold this view. A volume in the Wadsworth Religious Life of Man series. (Publishers description) Subjects: Judaism. Light wear to wraps, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-3-11)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
THERE WE SAT DOWN: TALMUDIC JUDAISM IN THE MAKING
Softbound. 8vo. XX, 158 pages. 23 cm. Third Printing. Dr. Neusner centers his study on three key words applied to rabbinic Judaism: power - the way in which one man caused another to do his will; myth - the stories people told and the beliefs they held to account for and justify the power-relationships they experienced; and function - how things worked. This important book deals with complex materials in a clear, nontechnical manner that will prove useful to those persons who are not familiar with Hebraic studies. (Publishers Description) . Subjects: Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425. Judaïsme - Histoire - 10-425 (Période talmudique) . Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-3-13)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
TORAH FROM OUR SAGES: A NEW AMERICAN TRANSLATION AND EXPLANATION = PIRKE AVOT
Original Cloth. 8vo. 214, [6] pages. 25 cm. First edition. Text in English and Hebrew; commentary in English. By Jacob Neusner; illustrated by Mordechai Rosenstein (6 leaves of attractive color illustrations) . Subjects: Spreuken der Vaderen. Mishnah. Avot - Commentaries. Light soiling to outer edges. Clean and fresh in good jacket. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-48)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
TORAH: FROM SCROLL TO SYMBOL IN FORMATIVE JUDAISM
Original Cloth. 8vo. XXI, 181 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Contents: The Mishnah and the Torah - Abot: from the Torah to Torah - Tosefta: Torah in the Mishnah's first Talmud - The Talmud of the land of Israel - The compilations of scriptural exegesis - The Talmud of Babylonia. Subjects: Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425. Rabbinical literature - History and criticism. Torah (The Hebrew word) . Light wear to jacket. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-45)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
TRADITION AS SELECTIVITY: SCRIPTURE, MISHNAH, TOSEFTA, AND MIDRASH IN THE TALMUD OF BABYLONIA: THE CASE OF TRACTATE ARAKHI
Original Cloth. 8vo. XIV, 231 pages. 24 cm. First edition. South Florida studies in the history of Judaism 09. Subjects: Babylonische Talmoed. Talmud. Arakhin - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Mishnah. Arakhin - Comparative studies. Tosefta. Arakhin - Comparative studies. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-12)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
TRANSFORMATIONS IN ANCIENT JUDAISM: TEXTUAL EVIDENCE FOR CREATIVE RESPONSES TO CRISIS
Original Cloth. 8vo. X, 180 pages. 23 cm. First edition. The Judaism that is defined by its canonical writings (the Hebrew Bible, Mishnah, Talmuds, and Midrash) tells the story of how hope overcomes despair. Neusner explores the way rabbinic Judaism has responded to social, cultural, and political crises by rethinking historical, received paradigms of piety and practice--and finding in them relevant, useful truth for the current situation. When faced with acute and catastrophic events, the Rabbinic sages explored anew the received paradigms and truth of their faith and discovered in them truth that is both continuous with the past and responsive to the contemporary unanticipated crisis. Neusner offers a broad thesis, theological at its core: when defeat turns to despair, Judaism comes to a turning point. And with the response to despair, in an act of stubborn affirmation, Judaism is transformed. (Publishers Description) . Subjects: Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B. C. -210 A. D. Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425. Judaism - Sacred books. Judaism - Relations - Christianity. Christianity and other religions - Judaism. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-3-6)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
TZEDAKAH: CAN JEWISH PHILANTHROPY BUY JEWISH SURVIVAL?
Original cloth. 8vo. 106 pages. 24 cm. Second Printing. Hebrew texts (chiefly from the Mishnah) with translations included in Appendix. Brown Judaic studies no. 205. Reprint; Originally published: Chappaqua, NY, Rossel Books, 1982. Subjects: Charity laws and legislation (Jewish law) Jews - Charities. Judaism - 20th century. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-51)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN JUDAISM: TOWARD THE DESCRIPTION OF A MODERN RELIGION: VOL. 2. SECTORS OF AMERICAN JUDAISM: REFORM, ORTHODOXY, CONSERVATISM, AND RECONSTRUCTIONISM.
Original Cloth. 8vo. XV, 326 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Understanding American Judaism, Volume 2: Sectors of American Judaism: Reform, Orthodoxy, Conservatism, and Reconstructionism. Edited by Jacob Neusner; contains the following essays: Agus, J. B. The Reform movement. - Lenn, T. I. The Reform rabbi. - Petuchowski, J. J. The limits of liberal Judaism. - Levy, R. N. The Reform synagogue: plight and possibility. - Fein, L. J. Reform is a verb. - Agus, J. B. The Orthodox stream. - Liebman, C. S. A sociological analysis of contemporary Orthodoxy. - Liebman, C. S. Orthodox sectarians. - Rackman, E. A challenge to Orthodoxy. - Agus, J. B. The Conservative movement: Reconstructionism. - Liebman, C. S. Reconstructionism in American Jewish life. - Waxman, M. The ideology of the Conservative movement. - Neusner, J. Conservative Judaism in a divided community. - Sklare, M. Recent developments in Conservative Judaism. - Neusner, J. Judaism in freedom. - Neusner, J. The Jewish religious experience in America: the problem of interpretation. Subjects: Judaism - United States. Reform Judaism - United States. Orthodox Judaism - United States. Conservative Judaism - United States. Reconstructionist Judaism. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-3-20)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
UNDERSTANDING RABBINIC JUDAISM, FROM TALMUDIC TO MODERN TIMES
Softbound. 8vo. VII, 422 pages. 21 cm. Second edition. Reprint. Originally published New York, KTAV, 1974. A collection of essays, compiled by Jacob Neusner, including the following: Rabbinic Judaism, Mordecai M. Kaplan - The religious ideas of Talmudic Judaism, Julius Guttman - The legal foundations of Rabbinic Judaism, Mordecai M. Kaplan - The centrality of Halakhah, Eliezer Berkovits - The literature of the law, Mendell Lewittes - The life of the synagogue, Israel Abrahams Rashi, Alexander Marx - The gaon, Rabbi Elijah Wilna, Louis Ginzberg - Medieval Jewish theology, Mordeccai M. Kaplan - Saadia Gaon, Alexander Marx - Judah Halevi, Henry Slonimski Maimonides, Isadore Twersky Nachmanides, Solomon Schechter - General characteristics of Jewish mysticism, Gershom G. Scholem - The mystical element of Judaism, Abraham J. Heschel - The book of the pious, Solomon Alcanan Singer - Shneyur Zalman of Liady, Charles B. Chavel - Moses Sofer, S. Ehrmann - Israel Salanter, Louis Ginzberg - Bibliography on Judaism from Talmudic to modern times, David Goodblatt. Subjects: Judaism - History. Rabbis. Rabbinical literature - History and criticism. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-3-3)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
UNDERSTANDING SEEKING FAITH : ESSAYS ON THE CASE OF JUDAISM [VOLUMES 1, 2, 3]
Original Cloth. 8vo. 153; XI, 234; XXV, 302 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Three volumes (fourth volume absent) : volume 1. Debates on method, reports of results - volume 2. Literature, religion and the social study of Judaism - volume 3. Society, history, and the political and philosophical uses of Judaism Brown Judaic studies no. 116, 73, 153. Subjects: Judaism - Essence, genius, nature. Rabbinical literature - History and criticism. Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425. Judaism - Historiography. Light shelf wear to outer edges, light foxing to endpages of volume two; otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-58)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
UNITING THE DUAL TORAH: SIFRA AND PROBLEM OF THE MISHNAH
Original Cloth. 8vo. XI, 233 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In this book Jacob Neusner analyzes the text of Sifra, a commentary on the book of Leviticus, arguing that Sifra should be understood as successfully relating the Mishnah, the authoritative writing down of the Oral Torah, to Jewish Scripture, or the written Torah. Neusner shows how Sifra's authors adopted a mediating position between the written Torah and the Mishnah, reconstructing large tracts of the Mishnah according to the logic and program of the written Torah of Leviticus. (Publishers Description) . Subjects: Tradition (Judaism) . Sifra - Relation to Mishnah. Mishnah - Relation to Sifra. Talmud - Commentaries. Fresh in good jacket. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-44)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
WHAT IS MIDRASH?
Softbound. 8vo. XII, 114 pages. 22 cm. First edition. This book introduces Midrash both in general and through many examples of the kinds of Midrash that flourished among ancient Judaisms. Neusner, preeminent authority on the subject, lays special emphasis upon the exegesis of Scripture produced by the Judaism of the dual Torah, oral and written. (Publishers Description) . Subjects: Midrash - History and criticism. Midrasch. Midrash - Critique, interprétation, etc. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-39)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
WRONG WAYS AND RIGHT WAYS IN THE STUDY OF FORMATIVE JUDAISM: CRITICAL METHOD AND LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND THE HISTORY OF RELIGION
Original Cloth. 8vo. XX, 253 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Brown Judaic studies no. 145. Subjects: Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425 - Historiography. Rabbinical literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc. Judentum Geschichte 70-425. Geschichtsschreibung Aufsatzsammlung Rabbinische Literatur. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-23)
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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob
ÅBO ADDRESSES: AND OTHER RECENT ESSAYS ON JUDAISM IN TIME AND ETERNITY
Original cloth. 8vo. XI, 273 pages. 23 cm. First edition. South Florida studies in the history of Judaism 22. Subjects: Rabbinical literature - History and criticism. Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425 - Historiography. Rabbinische Literatur Aufsatzsammlung. Great condition. (NEUSNER-1-11)
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