The idea of history in rabbinic Judaism / by Jacob Neusner.

Using Rabbinic Judaism as a case study, Neusner (religion and theology, Bard College) explains how Judaism and Christianity ordinarily read Scripture before the advent of historicism about two centuries ago that is, for most of their history. The difference between historical and what he calls parad...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016
Other title:Toladot.
שער המעטפת: תולדות
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
Series:Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 12.
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Summary:Using Rabbinic Judaism as a case study, Neusner (religion and theology, Bard College) explains how Judaism and Christianity ordinarily read Scripture before the advent of historicism about two centuries ago that is, for most of their history. The difference between historical and what he calls paradigmatic thinking, he says, is how time is marked a.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 340 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1423714539
9781423714538
9789004135833
9004135839
9047402782
9789047402787
ISSN:1571-5000 ;
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.