How not to study Judaism
Subtitle: examples and counter-examples
By: Jacob Neusner.
Series: Studies in Judaism
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Subjects: Jewish learning and scholarship -- United States.; Jews -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Description: In How Not to Study Judaism : Examples and Counter-Examples, Jacob Neusner presents a collection of essays and book reviews that identify the wrong way of conducting the academic study of Judaism. Pointing readers toward the right way to pursue the academic study of Judaism, Nuesner's focus is on the study of the literature of Judaism and the culture of the Jewish community.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Parables, rabbinic narratives, rabbis' biographies, rabbis' disputes; title: v. 2. Ethnicity and identity versus culture and religion, how not to write a book on Judaism, point and counterpoint.