Title: First century Judaism in crisis; Yohanan ben Zakkai and the renaissance of Torah.
Authors: Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016.
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Year: 1975
Subjects: Johanan ben Zakkai,; Judaism History
Contents: Faithful city, Faithful people: The temple -- Because of their sins -- Zakkai -- Herod -- Economic life -- Education -- Social classes -- The sects: essences, Sadducees, Pharisees -- Conversion -- Self-government -- Conclusion -- Filling their treasuries: The obscure years -- Shmmai and Hillel -- Hillel's disciple -- O Galilee -- Zaccheus/Zakkai -- Conclusion -- Mighty hammer: Return to Jerusalem -- The priests and the Pharisees -- The Jerusalem Pharisees -- Yohanan and the sons of the high priests -- Yohanan and the temple councilor -- Yohanan and the Sadducees -- The priest's response to Yohanan -- Yohanan and the cult -- Conclusion -- Father of wisdom: The Disciples -- Study of Torah as a life-style -- Torah and fellowship -- The Disciples -- Splendor of wisdom: The master -- The content of Torah -- Between two revolutions -- Parables -- Analogical exegesis -- Mystical exegesis -- Conclusion -- Light of the world: Counsels of caution -- Vespasian and Jerusalem -- The escape -- Rome and the Pharisees -- Conclusion -- Happy are you, o Israel: Theological challenge -- Yohanan's response -- For I desire mercy, not sacrifice -- Conclusion -- Tall pillar: The other sects -- Advantages of the Pharisees -- Postwar Palestine -- Yohanan's enactments at Yavneh -- Yohanan's policy at Yavneh -- Opposition -- Defender of the faith.