Judaism and Story: The Evidence of the Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan

by Jacob Beusner and Jacob Neusner

Book Overview

In this close analysis of 'The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan', a sixth-century commentary on the Mishnah-tractyate 'The Fathers' (Avot), Jacob Neusner considers the way in which the story, as a distinctive type of narrative, entered the canonical writings of Judaism. The final installment in Neusner's cycle of analyses of the major texts of the Judaic canon, 'Judaism and Story' shows that stories about sages exist in far greater proportion in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592443591
• ISBN13: 9781592443598
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"