Jacob Neusner

Looks at the various religions in the United States and how they shape American life.

An Introduction

World Religions in America

"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). Completed about 200 years prior to "The Babylonian Talmud (Bavli"), it records the first such compilation of Jewish scholarly thought. Jacob Neusner completed this monumental American translation and commentary of "The Jerusalem Talmud" in the last decade, but until now it has been expensive and difficult to obtain. Now all thirty-nine Yerushalmi tractates as translated by Professor Neusner and Tzvee Zahavy have been brought together in this CD-ROM. In addition to a preface and general introduction to the whole work, Professor Neusner has provided fresh and helpful introductions to each of the tractates. He has also provided within his translation the references to Bible verses alluded to in the "Yerushalmi." This electronic edition contains the full content of the translation, commentary on most of the tractates, and introductions to each. Enabling instantaneous searches by word or phrase, it has exceptional research capabilities--and opens swift avenues for exploration and discovery.

A Translation and Commentary

The Jerusalem Talmud

A Teaching Book

Invitation to the Talmud

Alan Avery-Peck

"The 27 contributions to this Companion and the selections in the associated Blackwell Reader in Judaism illustrate important points, with primary sources complementing the exposition. In this way, the editors talk about Judaism and let Judaism speak for itself. All the contributors, experts in their fields, address a broad audience, assuming an interest in the subject but no prior knowledge.

The Blackwell Companion to Judaism

[This book] introduces students to the major Western world religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - their beliefs, key concepts, history, as well as the fundamental role they have played, and continue to play, in Western culture.-Back cover.

An Essential Guide

Rabbinic Literature

"Judaism and the Interpretation of Scripture is an indispensable tool for those seeking to understand the multiformity of interpretation used in the rabbinic midrash, a collection of commentary on the Hebrew Scriptures composed during the dynamic first six centuries of the Common Era. Because this magnificent work of ancient Jewish scholarship was composed using several methods of interpretation, it must be read with a thorough understanding of those methods. In this introduction to his translation and commentary, Jacob Neusner illustrates the hermeneutics used by the ancient rabbis by examining passages within their larger context. This is a valuable work for both beginners and scholars."--Jacket.

Introduction to the Rabbinic Midrash

Judaism and the Interpretation of Scripture

The history of Jews from the period of the Second Temple to the rise of Islam. From 'A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Part 1' This volume introduces the sources of Judaism in late antiquity to scholars in adjacent fields, such as the study of the Old and New Testaments, Ancient History, the ancient Near East, and the history of religion. In two volumes, leading American, Israeli, and European specialists in the history, literature, theology, and archaeology of Judaism offer factual answers to the two questions that the study of any religion in ancient times must raise. The first is, what are the sources -- written and in material culture -- that inform us about that religion? The second is, how have we to understand those sources in reconstructing the history of various Judaic systems in antiquity. The chapters set forth in simple statements, intelligible to non-specialists, the facts which the sources provide. Because of the nature of the subject and acute interest in it, the specialists also raise some questions particular to the study of Judaism, dealing with its historical relationship with nascent Christianity in New Testament times. The work forms the starting point for the study of all the principal questions concerning Judaism in late antiquity and sets forth the most current, critical results of scholarship.

A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Volume 19: Tebul Yom and Yadayim

The history of Jews from the period of the Second Temple to the rise of Islam.

A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Volume 7: Negaim. Sifra

Story as History in Ancient Judaism

Beyond Historicism, After Structuralism

First published in 1993, Israel and Zion in American Judaism: The Zionist Fulfillment is a collection of 24 essays exploring the concept of who or what is "Israel" following the establishment of the Jewish State in 1948 and the subsequent crisis of self-definition in American Jewry.

The Zionist Fulfillment

Israel and Zion in American Judaism

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.

Sifra and the Problem of the Mishnah

Uniting the Dual Torah

This is the second volume of a set of anthologies that sets forth the statements of the formative canon of influential Rabbinic Judaism on three large topics: the calendar, the life cycle, and theology. Focusing on the seminal period of normative Judaism, Jacob Neusner presents in three parts the teachings of Rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity, the first six centuries of the Common Era. The topical abstracts, which deal with the sacred calendar (volume one), events in the life cycle (volume two), and theological expositions (volume three), are presented in documentary sequence, from the Mishnah, ca. 200, through the Bavli or Talmud of Babylonia, ca. 600. This is the story told in abundant selections of Rabbinic classics of the age, the first centuries C.E., in which the two Talmuds and Midrash came to closure. Book jacket.

A New Collection and Translation of Essential Texts

The Treasury of Judaism

The Talmud of Babylonia: Bavli tractate Ketubot. pt. A. Chapters I through VI. pt. B. Chapters VII through XIV

From Philosophy to Religion in the Classics of Judaism

Sources of the Transformation of Judaism

Sanctification and Salvation in the Sacred Books of Judaism

Scriptures of the Oral Torah

The Perspective of Genesis Rabbah, An Analytical Anthology

Genesis and Judaism

The Toseta's Theory of Mishnah Commentary Compared with the Bavli's

The Bavli That Might Have Been

Edited by the acclaimed scholar Jacob Neusner, this thirty-five volume English translation of the Talmud Yerushalmi has been hailed by the Jewish Spectator as a "project...of immense benefit to students of rabbinic Judaism."

Baba Mesia

The Talmud of the Land of Israel, Volume 29

Praised in pre-publication reviews for its clarity, caliber of scholarship, and coverage of traditions not found in other texts, COMPARING RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS is an innovative set of three texts which compare parts of one tradition with another. Focusing on topics that are familiar human issues to all-family, work, and virtue-the texts help students to understand the commonalities and differences of the traditions.

What Do We Owe Ourselves?

The Life of Virtue

These two volumes introduce the sources of Judaism in late antiquity to scholars in adjacent fields, such as the study of the Old and New Testaments, ancient history of Classical Antiquity, earliest Christianity, the ancient Near East, and the history of religion. Here, in two volumes, leading American, Israeli, and European specialists in the history, literature, theology, and archaeology of Judaism offer factual answers to the two questions that the study of any religion in ancient times must raise. The first is, what are the sources — written and in material culture — that inform us about that religion? The second is, how do we understand those sources in the reconstruction of the history of various Judaic systems in antiquity. The chapters set forth in simple statements, intelligible for non-specialists, the facts the sources provide. Because of the nature of the subject and acute interest in it, we also raise some questions particular to the study of Judaism, those dealing with its historical relationship with nascent Christianity in New Testament times. The work forms the starting point for the study of all the principal questions concerning Judaism in late antiquity and sets forth the most current, critical results of scholarship.

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