University Press of America
Pages: 314
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Trim: 6½ x 9
978-0-7618-2782-5 • Paperback • June 2004 • $74.99 • (£58.00)
Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. He also is a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, and Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, England.
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