The transformation of Judaism : from philosophy to religion / Jacob Neusner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neusner, Jacob, 1932-

Series:

Studies in Judaism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425.

Judaism.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Judaism--Essence, genius, nature.

Judaism and philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed., rev.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Neusner describes, analyzes, and interprets the transformation of one system of the Israelite social order by a connected but autonomous successor-system. He reviews the initial statements made in The Transformation of Judaism: From Philosophy to Religion. The book summarizes ten years of work, from 1980 to 1990.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition, Revised; Introduction; I: The Reception of the Philosophical System; Prologue to Part One: Philosophical Categories; Chapter 1: Modes of Thought: From Philosophy to Religion; Chapter 2: Scarce Resources: Philosophical Economics Reproduced; Chapter 3: Legitimate Violence: From Hierarchized Foci to Unitary Focus of Power; II: The Formation of Counterpart Categories; Prologue to Part Two: Counterpart Categories. Categorical Reformation and the New Structure

Chapter 4: Learning and the Category, ""Torah""Chapter 5: The Transvaluation of Value; Chapter 6: Empowerment and the Category, ""The People Israel""; III: Enchanted Judaism: The New Structure; Prologue to Part Three: Comparison and Classification of Systems; Chapter 7: The New Learning: The Gnostic Torah; Chapter 8: The New Order: The Political Economy of Zekhut; Chapter 9: Enchanted Judaism and The City of God; Bibliography

Notes:

First ed. published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-282).

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ISBN:

0-7618-8857-8

0-7618-5440-1

1-299-13581-1

OCLC:

1022750011