How Judaism reads the Torah
By: [edited by] Jacob Neusner.
Contributors: Neusner, Jacob, 1932-
Series: Judentum und Umwelt,; vol. 41-<42   >; Judentum und Umwelt ;; Bd. 41-<42   >
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.; Ten commandments.; Halakhic Midrashim -- Translations into English.; Golden rule.; Adultery (Jewish law); Jews in rabbinical literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. How Judaism reads the Ten commandments: an anthology of the Mekhilta attributed to R. Ishmael; title: 2. "You shall love your neighbor as yourself": how Judaism defines the covenant to be a holy people: an anthology of Sifra to Leviticus; title: 3. Wayward women in the wilderness: an anthology of Sifré to Numbers; title: 4. "I deal death and I give life": how classical Judaism confronts holocaust: an anthology of Sifré to Deuteronomy.