TY - BOOK AU - Neusner,Jacob TI - Transformations in ancient Judaism: textual evidence for creative responses to crisis SN - 1565637054 (alk. paper) AV - BM 176 .N4866 2004 U1 - 296/.09/01 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Peabody, Mass. PB - Hendrickson KW - Judaism KW - History KW - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D KW - Talmudic period, 10-425 KW - Sacred books KW - Relations KW - Christianity KW - Christianity and other religions N1 - Includes index; Exile and return and the response of the Torah -- The loss of the Jerusalem Temple and the response of the Mishnah -- Asymmetries : gaps in the Pentateuchal-Mishnaic system -- Rabbinic Judaism and the emergence of the Christian empire -- Symmetries : history and Messiah in the Talmudic-Midrashic system -- Stability and the next turning point UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0420/2004017184.html ER -