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Book A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things  Part 6

Download or read book A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things Part 6 written by Jacob Neusner and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book A history of the mishnaic law of holy things  6     The    mishnaic system od sacrifice and sanctuary

Download or read book A history of the mishnaic law of holy things 6 The mishnaic system od sacrifice and sanctuary written by Jacob Neusner and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1978 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Three Questions of Formative Judaism

Download or read book Three Questions of Formative Judaism written by Jacob Neusner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The academic study of Judaism requires a systematic inquiry into the history, literature, and religion—and eventually the theology—as revealed in the historical documents themselves. Under this premise, Three Questions of Formative Judaism encounters the canonical writings of Judaism in the context of their creation at a certain time and place. How something is said thus becomes as important as what is said. Bringing nearly fifty years of research to bear on these fundamental questions, Jacob Neusner challenges his readers to face the difficult, often unasked or neglected questions about the nature, background, and purposes of Rabbinic Judaism and rewards them with an enriched understanding and a stronger foundation for tackling the even more elusive questions concerning the theology of formative Judaism. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

Book Neusner on Judaism

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jacob Neusner
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2017-11-28
  • ISBN : 1351152742
  • Pages : 517 pages

Download or read book Neusner on Judaism written by Jacob Neusner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacob Neusner has published more than 1000 books and articles, scholarly and academic, popular and journalistic, and is one of the most published humanities scholars in the world. Over a period of fifty years he has made significant, insightful and challenging contributions to the study of Rabbinic Judaism, particularly in the disciplines covered in the three volumes which make up Neusner on Judaism: the study of history (volume 1), literature (volume 2), and religion and theology (volume 3). These unique volumes of selective writings by Jacob Neusner, with new introductions by the author, offer scholars an invaluable resource in the field of Judaic Studies.

Book The Jewish Law Annual Volume 5

Download or read book The Jewish Law Annual Volume 5 written by Bernard Jackson S and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 15 of The Jewish Law Annual adds to the growing list of articles on Jewish law that have been published in volumes 1-14 of this series, providing English-speaking readers with scholarly material meeting the highest academic standards. The volume contains six articles diverse in their scope and focus, encompassing legal, historical, textual, comparative and conceptual analysis, as well as a survey of recent literature and a chronicle of cases of interest. Among the topics covered are: lying in rabbinical court proceedings; unjust enrichment; can a witness serve as judge in the same case?; Caro's Shulham Arukh v. Maimonides' Mishne Torah in the Yemenite community, the New Jersey eruv wards.

Book Flavius Josephus  Translation and Commentary  Volume 10  Against Apion

Download or read book Flavius Josephus Translation and Commentary Volume 10 Against Apion written by Flavius Josèphe and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2000 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English commentary on Josephus’ Against Apion, his apologetic treatise which rebuts Egyptian and Hellenistic slurs on the Judean people. Accompanied by a new translation, the commentary provides full analysis of the historical, literary, and rhetorical features of the treatise, and analyses its engagement with the cultural politics of the ancient world.

Book Judaism in Society

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jacob Neusner
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2003-10-01
  • ISBN : 1592443664
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Judaism in Society written by Jacob Neusner and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Law Books in Print  Author

Download or read book Law Books in Print Author written by Nicholas Triffin and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Law Books in Print  Publishers  listing

Download or read book Law Books in Print Publishers listing written by Nicholas Triffin and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Jewish Law Annual

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bernard Jackson S
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2023-08-28
  • ISBN : 9004671277
  • Pages : 206 pages

Download or read book The Jewish Law Annual written by Bernard Jackson S and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 15 of The Jewish Law Annual adds to the growing list of articles on Jewish law that have been published in volumes 1-14 of this series, providing English-speaking readers with scholarly material meeting the highest academic standards. The volume contains six articles diverse in their scope and focus, encompassing legal, historical, textual, comparative and conceptual analysis, as well as a survey of recent literature and a chronicle of cases of interest. Among the topics covered are: lying in rabbinical court proceedings; unjust enrichment; can a witness serve as judge in the same case?; Caro's Shulham Arukh volume Maimonides' Mishne Torah in the Yemenite community, the New Jersey eruv wards.

Book The Iron Age I Structure on Mt  Ebal

Download or read book The Iron Age I Structure on Mt Ebal written by Ralph K. Hawkins and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2012-05-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Josh 8:30–35, Israel constructs an altar on Mt. Ebal in fulfillment of the command of Deut 27:1–8. This structure had very important social, political, and religious implications for Israel, for it was the first structure to be built after the people entered the land of Canaan. Once the altar was completed, sacrifices were to be offered on it, and a renewal of the covenant was to be carried out (patterned after the ritual of Deut 31:9–13). This covenant renewal was necessary to integrate the people into the covenant who had not been a part of the Sinai experience. The event was significant enough to establish nearby Shechem as the tribal league shrine, and it was the first political and religious ceremony that the Israelites undertook following their entry into the land. As a covenant ratification, it could be described as their ratification as a nation. The altar on Mt. Ebal and its concomitant ceremony were, therefore, according to the claims of the Hebrew Bible, of supreme importance in the life of ancient Israel. In 1980, during the survey of the territory of Manasseh, Israeli archaeologist Adam Zertal discovered a site on Mt. Ebal dating to the period of Iron I, during which the Israelites began to sedentarize in the central hill country of Canaan. The site was excavated over eight seasons, from 1982 to 1989, under the auspices of the University of Haifa and the Israel Exploration Society. In 1985, Zertal published an article in which he suggested that the structure on Ebal may have been the altar of Josh 8:30–35. In The Iron Age I Structure on Mt. Ebal, Ralph Hawkins reviews the excavation on Mt. Ebal and its results, including the scarabs, seals, and animal bones found there. He examines the architecture of the site in relation to Mesopotamian watchtowers, altars, and the descriptions of altars in mishnaic materials, Ezekiel, and Deuteronomic passages. This fascinating book examines the Mt. Ebal site using a comparative method for both the physical data and the textual data. The site and its artifacts are analyzed and then compared with alternative proposals and literary traditions. The site is placed in its broader regional context in order to determine how it might relate to the larger settlement picture of Iron Age I. The primary purpose is to examine the data with a view to determining the nature and function of the site and its possible relation to Josh 8:30–35. A compelling read for biblical and archaeological students and scholars, who will better be able to envision sites of past events.

Book Beyond Sacred Violence

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kathryn McClymond
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 2008-07-02
  • ISBN : 0801896290
  • Pages : 342 pages

Download or read book Beyond Sacred Violence written by Kathryn McClymond and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008-07-02 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning study presents “a thought-provoking examination of sacrifice” that significantly extends our understanding of the practice (James Getz, Journal of Religion). For many Westerners, the term sacrifice suggests ancient and primitive ritual practices. It conjures the notion of slaying an animal victim, usually with the aim of atoning for human guilt. In Beyond Sacred Violence, Kathryn McClymond argues that this reductive understanding of sacrifice overlooks an enormously broad and dynamic cluster of religious activities. Drawing on a comparative study of Vedic and Jewish sacrificial practices, McClymond demonstrates that sacrifice has no single, essential, identifying characteristic. She also shows that the elements most frequently attributed to such acts—death and violence—are not universal. In fact, the world of religious sacrifice varies greatly, including grain-based offerings, precious liquids, and complex interdependent activities. Winner, 2009 Georgia Author of the Year Award for Creative Nonfiction

Book The Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective  A History of Research

Download or read book The Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective A History of Research written by Devorah Dimant and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains an exhaustive survey of past and present Qumran research, outlining its particular development in various circumstances and national contexts. For the first time, perspectives and information not recorded in any other publication are highlighted.

Book Law Books in Print  Subjects

Download or read book Law Books in Print Subjects written by Nicholas Triffin and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: