"Céline Mangan has helpfully observed that it is specifically “new wine” that splits wineskins in Job Targum 32:19, and that invites comparison with Jesus' saying in Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, and Luke 5:37. The underlying image is already ..."
"The Reception of Scripture: Types of Midrash-Exegesis in Rabbinic Literature
The word midrash, translated 'exegesis,' presents confusion, since it is routinely
used to convey three distinct, if related, meanings.25 If someone says 'the
midrash says,' he or she may refer to [1] a distinctive process of interpretation of a
particular text,. 25 For further reading and bibliography on Midrash in general (as
distinct from the specific d ..."
"Bavli tractate Pesahim 111a Rabbi Isaac said, What's the meaning of this verse of
Scripture: Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear
no evil for you are with me (Psalm 23:4)? This refers to someone who sleeps in ..."
Development of a Legend Studies on the Traditions Concerning Yoḥanan ben Zakkai by JacobNeusner 334 Pages, Published 2022 by Brill ISBN-13: 978-90-04-50894-1, ISBN: 90-04-50894-5
The Halakhah, Volume 1 Part 4 Inside the Walls of the Israelite Household. Part A. At the Meeting of Time and Space by JacobNeusner 654 Pages, Published 2021 by Brill ISBN-13: 978-90-04-49701-6, ISBN: 90-04-49701-3
"Part A. At the Meeting of Time and Space Jacob Neusner. THE BRILL REFERENCE LIBRARY OF ANCIENT JUDAISM Founding Editor JACOB NEUSNER Editors ALAN J. AVERY - PECK WILLIAM SCOTT GREEN GÜNTER STEMBERGER ITHAMAR GRUENWALD JOSÉ FAUR VOLUME 1 ..."
"Many believe that some of the courses that they set are still followed in at least
some areas of New Testament scholarship. Lightfoot is today still known primarily
as a commentator on several of Paul's letters and a historian who rebutted the
skeptical historical-criticism of the German scholar F.C. Baur and his followers.
Hort is known primarily as the formulator of the text-critical principles that stand
behind the justly famous ..."
Judaism and Christianity(Reprint) New Directions for Dialogue and Understanding The Brill Reference Library of Judaism, Volume 28 by JacobNeusner, Alan Avery-Peck, Neusner Avery-Peck Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2010 by Brill Academic Pub ISBN-13: 978-90-04-17938-7, ISBN: 90-04-17938-0
"New Directions for Dialogue and Understanding Alan Jeffery Avery-Peck, Jacob
Neusner. PREFACE This volume treats the interrelationship between Judaism
and Christianity from the first centuries and into modern times, paying particular
attention to these faiths' social, cultural, and theological interactions. While the
essays collected here concern diverse ways in which the history and traditions of
Judaism shed light on Christianity ..."
"The title Hague Yearbook of International Law reflects the close ties which have always existed between the AAA and the City of The Hague with its international law institutions, and indicates the Editor's intention to devote attention to developments taking place in those international law institutions."
Rabbinic Categories Construction And Comparison (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism) by JacobNeusner Hardcover, 452 Pages, Published 2005 by Brill Academic Pub ISBN-13: 978-90-04-14578-8, ISBN: 90-04-14578-8
"A systematic study of the canonical construction of Rabbinic categories, Halakhic, then Aggadic, followed by a comparison of the theological category-formations in Rabbinic Judaism, generative vs. inert, primary vs. subordinate. The book provides a systematic and thorough account of the rules of making connections and drawing conclusions that govern in classes of documents, for the Halakhah from the Mishnah through the Bavli, for the Ag ..."
The Mishnah in Contemporary Perspective Part Two (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik) (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East) (Pt. 2) by John O. Hunwick, Laura Perna, JacobNeusner Hardcover, 236 Pages, Published 2006 by Brill Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-90-04-15220-5, ISBN: 90-04-15220-2
"This second volume of a two-part project on the Mishnah displays a broad selection of approaches to the study of the Mishnah in the contemporary academy. The work derives from Israel, North America, and Europe and shows the intellectual vitality of scholarship in all three centers of learning. What these articles show in diverse ways is that the Mishnah forms a critical focus of the study of Judaism. The authors of these studies represe ..."
"15 As Bloch shows, such historians did not take the narrations of such documents
as the “truth,” and the same goes for the ... have followed them.16 More often
than not, in fact, they concluded that the Rabbinic narratives did not speak the
truth. ... 15 Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses
of History and the Techniques and Methods of ... He writes that, “One question
which to New Testament scholars ..."
Encyclopaedia of Midrash Biblical Interpretation in Formative Judaism by JacobNeusner 1,077 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-13: 978-90-04-14333-3, ISBN: 90-04-14333-5
12(1st Edition) The Idea of History in Rabbinic Judaism (Brill Reference Library of Judaism.) by JacobNeusner, Thomas James Dandelet, John A. Marino, Alison Lo Hardcover, 340 Pages, Published 2006 by Brill Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-90-04-13583-3, ISBN: 90-04-13583-9
"History provides one way of marking time. But there are others, and the Judaism of the dual Torah, set forth in the Rabbinic literature from the Mishnah through the Talmud of Babylonia, ca. 200-600 C.E., defines one such alternative. This book tells the story of how a historical way of thinking about past, present, and future, time and eternity, the here and now in relationship to the ages, - that is, Scripture's way of thinking - gave ..."