Jacob Neusner published books in 1987 and 1988 that argued that the notion of a biblical canon was not prominent in 2nd-century Rabbinic Judaism or even later and instead that a notion of Torah was expanded to include the Mishnah, Tosefta, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and midrashim.
Jacob Neusner menerbitkan buku-buku pada tahun 1987 dan 1988 yang mengemukakan bahwa gagasan tentang suatu kanon biblika tidaklah penting dalam Yudaisme Rabinik abad ke-2 atau bahkan kemudian, dan sebaliknya ada suatu gagasan tentang perluasan Torah agar mengikutsertakan Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Yerusalem, Talmud Babilonia, dan midrashim.