| Judaism When Christianity Began: A Survey of Belief and Practice Contributor(s): Neusner, Jacob (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664225276 ISBN-13: 9780664225278 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Christianity - History - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 296.09 |
| LCCN: 2003268906 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.48" W x 9.14" (0.73 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, Jacob Neusner gives an introductory, systematic, and holistic account of the theology and practice of Rabbinic Judaism, which emerged, along with Christianity, from antiquity and formed the classical statement of Judaism to the present day. He offers a description of beliefs and practices, theology as expressed in mythic narratives, and norms of ritual and symbolic behavior. Neusner also discusses: revelation and scripture, the doctrine of God, the definition of the holy, the chain of tradition embodied in the story of the written and oral Torah, the intervention of God in history through miracles, sacred space, atonement and repentance, death and afterlife, and art and symbol in Judaism. |
Contributor Bio(s): Neusner, Jacob: - Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism and Bard Center Fellow at the Bard College Institute of Advanced Theology in Annondale-on-Hudson, New York. He is the author of several books, including Judaism When Christianity Began, The Emergence of Judaism, and the popular textbook World Religions in America, all of which are available from WJK. |