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Informationen zum Autor Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard. He has published more than 900 books and unnumbered articles, both scholarly and academic and popular and journalistic, and is the most published humanities scholar in the world. He has been awarded nine honorary degrees, including seven US and European honorary doctorates. He received his AB from Harvard College in 1953, his PhD from Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary in 1961, and rabbinical ordination and the degree of Master of Hebrew Letters from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1960. Neusner is editor of the 'Encyclopedia of Judaism' (Brill, 1999. I-III) and its Supplements; Chair of the Editorial Board of 'The Review of Rabbinic Judaism,' and Editor in Chief of 'The Brill Reference Library of Judaism', both published by E. J. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands. He is editor of 'Studies in Judaism', University Press of America. Neusner resides with his wife in Rhinebeck, New York. They have a daughter, three sons and three daughters-in-law, six granddaughters and two grandsons. Klappentext This collection of seven insightful essays draws on research completed in 2010. The book systematically analyzes and compares Judaism and includes commentaries on the current state of the academic study of Judaism. Zusammenfassung This collection of seven insightful essays draws on research completed in 2010. The book systematically analyzes and compares Judaism and includes commentaries on the current state of the academic study of Judaism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Preface Chapter 2 Comparison and Classification of Systems of the Social Order Chapter 3 The Social Vision of Rabbinic Judaism Chapter 4 The Rabbis and the Prophets: The Case of Amos Chapter 5 The Messiah and the Resurrection of the Dead Chapter 6 Resurrection in Rabbinic Judaism Part 7 Reflections on a Changing Scene Chapter 8 Fifty Years of Jewish Learning: What has Changed and What Difference Does it Make? Chapter 9 Autobiography of an Impresario: Encounters with Hershel Shanks...
