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How the Halakhah Unfolds
This work follows the single tractate, Moed Qatan, in its passage through the principal documents of formative Judaism_the Mishnah (200 C.E.), Tosefta (300 C.E.), Yerushalmi (400 …
The Rabbinic Utopia
This book expounds upon the Utopian vision of Rabbinic Judaism in its classical documents. Rabbinic Judaism carries forward, and itself forms, a massive Utopian enterprise, a …
The Talmud Law, Theology, Narrative
The Talmud is important because it sets forth the law and theology of Judaism in its authoritative statement, continuing for centuries to attract commentators and forming the …
Micah and Joel in Talmud and Midrash
In the first six centuries of the Common Era, the Rabbis of formative Judaism, from the Mishnah through the Bavli, consulted the ancient Israelite prophets for guidance on issues …
Isaiah in Talmud and Midrash
The Rabbis of classical Judaism, in the first six centuries of the Common Era, commented on the teachings of ancient Israel's prophets and shaped, as much as they were shaped by, …
The Implicit Norms of Rabbinic Judaism
Implicit norms of law and theology governed in Rabbinic Judaism from the onset of its canon in the Mishnah (concluded at ca. 200) to its climax in the Talmud of Babylonia four …
The Continuing Agony
The Continuing Agony addresses the crucial and painful issues that continue to plague Christian-Jewish relations after Auschwitz. Despite these obstacles, the essays in this book …
The Vitality of Rabbinic Imagination
Assessed against comparable documents of Scripture and the Qumran library, the Mishnah shows itself as a triumph of imagination. It exhibits remarkable capacity to think in new and …
Persia and Rome in Classical Judaism
Persia and Rome in Classical Judaism examines the representation of Rome and Persia (Iran) in the successive groups of documents that comprise the Rabbinic canon of late antiquity. …
Rabbi Jeremiah
This analysis of how the Rabbis of the Talmud and Midrash made Jeremiah one of their own shows how Rabbinic Judaism rehearses the Prophetic message. Jeremiah offered hope to renew …
How the Bavli is Constructed
In this Neusner book, he seeks to discern the Talmud's forests from its trees. By "trees" is meant episodic and free-standing statements, facts out of any larger context. By …
New Perspectives on Ancient Judaism
Continues the study of ancient Judaism by academic methods. This volume includes, by chapter descriptions: Galatians (1:1-5): Paul and Greco-Roman Rhetoric; Text as Interpretation: …