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Foundations of Judaism / Jacob Neusner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Fortress Press, c1989.Description: xvii, 126 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0800623150
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296/.09/015 19
LOC classification:
  • BM 601 .N482 1989
Contents:
Contents:
Doctrine : Torah as symbol. The meaning of "Torah" in Judaism ; From scroll to symbol ; The Mishnah and the Torah ; The theory of the Torah in Tractate Abot ; Meanings of "Torah" in the Yerushalmi -- Teleology : Torah and Messiah. Judaism a Messianic religion? ; The Mishnah's doctrine of the Messiah and of history ; The Messiah and the doctrine of history in the Yerushalmi -- Method : Torah, canon, sage. Revelation and canon ; Scripture and the Mishnah ; Revelation, canon, and scriptural authority : the historical and the apologetic context ; Revelation, canon, and scriptural authority : the theological context.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BM 601 .N482 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA016068 Available AUA016068

Abridged version of 3-part work published 1983-1985 under same title.

Includes index.

Contents:

Doctrine : Torah as symbol. The meaning of "Torah" in Judaism ; From scroll to symbol ; The Mishnah and the Torah ; The theory of the Torah in Tractate Abot ; Meanings of "Torah" in the Yerushalmi --
Teleology : Torah and Messiah. Judaism a Messianic religion? ; The Mishnah's doctrine of the Messiah and of history ; The Messiah and the doctrine of history in the Yerushalmi --
Method : Torah, canon, sage. Revelation and canon ; Scripture and the Mishnah ; Revelation, canon, and scriptural authority : the historical and the apologetic context ; Revelation, canon, and scriptural authority : the theological context.