University Press of America
Pages: 316
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7618-5439-5 • Paperback • March 2011 • $53.99 • (£42.00)
978-0-7618-5440-1 • eBook • March 2011 • $51.00 • (£39.00)
Jacob Neusner is a leading figure in the American academic study of religion. He revolutionized the study of Judaism and brought it into the field of religion, and he built intellectual bridges between Judaism and other religions, thereby laying the groundwork for durable understanding and respect among religions. He has advanced the careers of younger scholars and teachers through his teaching and publication programs. Neusner's influence on the study of Judaism and religion is broad, powerful, distinctive, and enduring.
Part 1 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
Part 2 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION, REVISED
Part 3 INTRODUCTION
Part 4 THE RECEPTION OFTHE PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEM
Chapter 5 PROLOGUE TO PART ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL CATEGORIES
Chapter 6 1. Modes of Thought: From Philosophy to Religion
Chapter 7 2. Scarce Resources: Philosophical Economics Reproduced
Chapter 8 3. Legitimate Violence: From Hierarchized Foci to Unitary Focus ofPower
Part 9 THE FORMATION OFCOUNTERPART CATEGORIES
Chapter 10 PROLOGUE TO PART TWO: COUNTERPART CATEGORIES. CATEGORICAL REFORMATION ANDTHE NEW STRUCTURE
Chapter 11 4. Learning and the Category, “Torah”
Chapter 12 5. The Transvaluation of Value
Chapter 13 6. Empowerment and the Category, “The People Israel”
Part 14 ENCHANTED JUDAISM:THE NEW STRUCTURE
Chapter 15 PROLOGUE TO PART THREE: COMPARISON AND CLASSIFICATION OF SYSTEMS
Chapter 16 7. The New Learning: The Gnostic Torah
Chapter 17 8. The New Order: The Political Economy of Zekhut
Chapter 18 9. Enchanted Judaism and The City of God
Part 19 BIBLIOGRAPHY