In the aftermath of catastrophe : founding Judaism, 70 to 640

In the aftermath of catastrophe : founding Judaism, 70 to 640 / Jacob Neusner.

Neusner argues that the Judaism that emerged in late antiquity experimented with solutions to a critical and enduring issue of culture that continues to engage humanity - the crisis provoked by calamity. Exemplified in our time by the German war against the Jews from 1933-1945, in antiquity calamity...

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Main Author: Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009
Series:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. 51.
Subjects:
10-425
Judaism > History > Talmudic period, 10-425.
Judaism > Origin.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
RELIGION > Judaism > History.
HISTORY > Jewish.
Judaism > Origin
Judaism > Talmudic period
Rabbinical literature
Rabbinismus
Judentum
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Halakhic and Aggadic Reponses to the Hurban
  • 1. 70-200 The Halakhah: The First Response to the Destruction of the Second Temple
  • 2. 200-400 The Aggadah: The Second Response to the Destruction of the Second Temple
  • 3. Judaism and the Christian Triumph
  • pt. 2. Prophetic Sources of Rabbinic Judaism
  • 4. Prophetic-Rabbinic Judaism: 1 Jeremiah Redivivus
  • 5. Prophetic-Rabbinic Judaism: 2 How Important was the Destruction of the Second Temple in the Formation of Rabbinic Judaism?

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