Jacob Neusner on Religion
Subtitle: The Example of Judaism
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781138949386
Subjects: Judaism; Rabbinical literature, history and criticism
Description: Jacob Neusner was a prolific and innovative contributor to the study of religion for over fifty years. A scholar of rabbinic Judaism, Neusner regarded Jewish texts as data to address larger questions in the academic study of religion that he helped to formulate. "Jacob Neusner on Religion" offers the first full critical assessment of his thought on the subject of religion. Aaron W. Hughes delineates the stages of Neusner's career and provides an overview of Neusner's personal biography and critical reception. This book is essential reading for students and scholars interested in Neusner specifically, or in the history of Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, and philosophy of religion more broadly.