How Not to Study Judaism, Examples and Counter-Examples

Parables, Rabbinic Narratives, Rabbis' Biographies, Rabbis' Disputes, Volume One

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How Not to Study Judaism, Examples and Counter-Examples

Parables, Rabbinic Narratives, Rabbis' Biographies, Rabbis' Disputes, Volume One

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In How Not to Study Judaism, Examples and Counter-Examples, Jacob Neusner presents a collection of essays and book reviews that identify the wrong way of conducting the academic study of Judaism. Pointing readers toward the right way to pursue the academic study of Judaism, Nuesner's focus is on the study of the literature of Judaism and the culture of the Jewish community.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 How Not to Study Parables and How to Study Them: Information without Knowledge: Clemens Thoma on the Parable; The Parable: The Documentary Approach
Chapter 3 How Not to Study Rabbinic Narratives and How to Study Them: Aimless Anthologizing: Jeffrey L. Rubenstein on Narrative; Folklore in Rabbinic Theological Context: Hasan-Rokem on "Folk Narratives"; Rabbinic Narrative: Documentary Perspectives on the Mi
Chapter 4 How Not to Study Rabbis' Biographies and How to Study Them: Can We Write a Talmudic Rabbi's Life? Goshen-Gottstein's Yes and No; Biography in Rabbinic Judaism
Chapter 5 How Not to Represent Rabbis' Disputes and How to Represent Them: Representing the Talmuds: Keith Hopkins on Rabbinic Disputes, Seth Schwartz on Yerushalmi Translation; Disputes in Rabbinic Judaism
Chapter 6 Debates in Rabbinic Judaism
Chapter 7 Halakhic Dialectics

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Published Jun 01 2004
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 314
ISBN 9780761827825
Imprint University Press of America
Dimensions 227 x 164 mm
Series Studies in Judaism
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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