Major Trends in Formative Judaism, Fifth Series
Description
The main foci of this collection are the history of Judaism, with stress on its social doctrines and cultural traits, and the comparison of Judaism to its near-companion in time and intellect, Christianity. PART ONE: A summary of the three volumes of Social Teaching of Rabbinic Judaism. PART TWO: The history of religion depends for perspective and insight upon the comparative study of religions that sustain such comparison. Christianity, sharing Scriptures with Judaism, presents an obvious opportunity. PART THREE: An evaluation of the Talmud of Babylonia. PART FOUR: five book review-essays on recent, intellectually ambitious exercises in the study of ancient Judaism.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Religion: The Social Teaching of Rabbinic Judaism in Israelite Context; Is Judaism a Traditional Religion?; The Religious Meaning of the Torah; Sacrifice in Rabbinic Judaism: The Presentation of the Atonement-Rite of Sacrifice in Tractate Zebahim
Chapter 3 Comparisons: Judaic Social Teaching in Christian and Pagan Context; Torah and Culture: H. Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture After Fifty Years: A Judaic Response; Augustine and Judaism
Chapter 4 History: The Talmud of Babylonia in Historical Perspective; Judaisms in Modern Times: Toward a General Theory
Chapter 5 Reviews: Boccaccini's Roots of Rabbinic Judaism; Folklore in Rabbinic Theological Context. A Review Essay; Boyarin's Dying for God; Information Without Knowledge. Clemens Thoma on the Parable; Rubenstein's Rabbinic Stories
Chapter 2 Religion: The Social Teaching of Rabbinic Judaism in Israelite Context; Is Judaism a Traditional Religion?; The Religious Meaning of the Torah; Sacrifice in Rabbinic Judaism: The Presentation of the Atonement-Rite of Sacrifice in Tractate Zebahim
Chapter 3 Comparisons: Judaic Social Teaching in Christian and Pagan Context; Torah and Culture: H. Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture After Fifty Years: A Judaic Response; Augustine and Judaism
Chapter 4 History: The Talmud of Babylonia in Historical Perspective; Judaisms in Modern Times: Toward a General Theory
Chapter 5 Reviews: Boccaccini's Roots of Rabbinic Judaism; Folklore in Rabbinic Theological Context. A Review Essay; Boyarin's Dying for God; Information Without Knowledge. Clemens Thoma on the Parable; Rubenstein's Rabbinic Stories
Product details
| Published | 11 Dec 2002 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 296 |
| ISBN | 9781461684299 |
| Imprint | University Press of America |
| Series | Studies in Judaism |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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