HISTORY AND TORAH; ESSAYS ON JEWISH LEARNING
London, Vallentine, Mitchell, 1965. Item #32826
Original Cloth. 8vo. 127 pages. 23 cm. First British edition. A collection of essays by Jacob Neusner, including: History and Midrash. - Intellectual honesty in Jewish learning. - The eighty-ninth Psalm: paragigm of Israel's faith. - City, society, self: goals for Jewish learning. - Motivations for Jewish learning in the Diaspora. - Scholars and machines. - Learning and deeds: a life of Rabbi Tarfon. - An aristocrat of the intellect: Rabbi Ishmael the son of Rabbi Yosi. Contains laid in printed 'compliments of the author' card. Subjects: Jews - Intellectual life. Talmud - Study and teaching - History. Talmud - Study and teaching - History. Clean and fresh in good jacket. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-43A).
Price: $100.00