The Religious Study of Judaism: Description, Analysis, Interpretation

By Jacob Neusner

A collection of essays that illustrate the issue of definition and the role of context in the study of a religion, its text and its ideas. The author first addresses an important text in the canon of Judaism in its formative age. He then places the text in its context; that is, he tries to find the question that the text answers. The author concludes by offering a general theory of the history of Judaism so that Judaisms and their histories can be included in the larger history of religion. Co-published with Studies in Judaism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819154504
• ISBN13: 9780819154507
• Release Date: August 1986
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"