Israel - Issues of Public Policy (v. 3): III. Israel: Issues of Public Policy (Realms of Judaism S.) - Hardcover

Neusner, Jacob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3631471335 ISBN 13: 9783631471333

Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, 1995

Synopsis

This anthology sets forth, in three volumes, a selection of Talmudic discussions of problems of enduring social importance. Utilizing the categories that uniformly serve in the description, analysis, and interpretation of a religion that sets forth a theory of the social order, in this case, a Judaism, we ask about how the Talmud of Babylonia discusses topics concerning Torah, God, and Israel. Those categories in their native and classical setting speak of o1! God's o2! revealing the Torah o3! to Israel the holy people. These categories may be represented by the secular words o1! ethos, o2! ethics, and o3! ethnos. They correspond, in a religious system, to the world view, way of life, and social entity. In each case, there is an introduction to a discussion, which specifies how the ancient sages address an issue of acute contemporary consequence. The way in which the Talmud presents its authors' ideas on issues that concern humanity in the twenty-first century is laid out in the Talmud's own language and idiom.

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About the Author:

The Author: Jacob Neusner is one of the leading scholars of ancient Judaism. He is Distinguished Research Professor of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, Visiting Professor of Religion at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, and Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 3631471335
• ISBN 13: 9783631471333
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296