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Author:

Neusner, Jacob, 1932-

Title:

Transformations in ancient Judaism : textual evidence for creative responses to crisis / Jacob Neusner.

Publisher:

Hendrickson,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

x, 180 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425.
Judaism--Sacred books.
Judaism--Christianity.--Christianity.
Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Notes:

Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Exile and return and the response of the Torah -- The loss of the Jerusalem Temple and the response of the Mishnah -- Asymmetries : gaps in the Pentateuchal-Mishnaic system -- Rabbinic Judaism and the emergence of the Christian empire -- Symmetries : history and Messiah in the Talmudic-Midrashic system -- Stability and the next turning point.

ISBN:

9781565637054 (alk. paper)
1565637054 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56033221

LCCN:

2004017184

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)