The rabbinic system
Subtitle: how the aggadah and the halakhah complement each other
By: Jacob Neusner
Series: Studies in Judaism
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780761857396
Subjects: Doctrines; Rabbinical literature; Judaism; Jewish law; Aggada; History and criticism
Notes: Recapitulates chapters from the author's two works, The theology of the oral Torah : revealing the justice of God and The theology of the halakhah.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The theology of the aggadah. Monotheism; title: Israel and the nations; title: Intentionality; title: pt. 2. The theology of the halakhah. Eden; title: Intentionality and the civil order; title: Enemies of Eden, tangible and invisible; title: Epilogue. The halakhah theology seen whole: actualizing the Torah's story.