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New York, Ktav Pub. House, 1970. Original Cloth. 8vo. X, 181 pages. 23 cm. First edition. A collection of essays dealing with modern Jewish history, from Shabbetai Zvi to Theodore Herzl, secularization, conservative judaism, and liberal judaism. Subjects: Judaism - 20th century. Judentum. Geschichte 1800-1970. Clean and fresh in good..... More
Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 1995. Softbound. 8vo. XVII, 224 pages. 23 cm. First edition. “Distinguished historian of Judaism Jacob Neusner here ventures for the first time into constructive theology. Taking the everyday life of contemporary Judaism as his beginning, Neusner asks when in the life of the living faith..... More
Atlanta, Ga. ; Scholars Press, 1988. Original Cloth. 8vo. XXVII, 497 pages. 24 cm. Second augmented edition. Brown Judaic studies no. 129. Subjects: Mishnah - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Mishnah. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-14). More
New York; Behrman House, 1978. Softbound. 8vo. 136 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In English and Hebrew. Introduces Mishnah, the oral law of Judaism received by Moses from God at Mount Sinai. Illustrated by Jim Hellmuth. Written for juvenile audiences. Subjects: Jewish religious education. Misjna. Mishnah – Textbooks. Clean and..... More
New York; Behrman House, 1979. Softbound. 8vo. 166 pages. 24 cm. First edition. A study of the Talmud that applies traditional values to modern life. Includes passages and vocabulary in English and Hebrew or Aramaic. Designed by Ed Schneider; illustrated by Jim Hellmuth. Written for juvenile audiences. Subjects: Jewish religious..... More
![Item 7464. MAJOR TRENDS IN FORMATIVE JUDAISM [TWO VOLUMES ONLY]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32739.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1662142077)
Chico, Calif. ; Scholars Press, 1983. Softbound. 8vo. 116; 152 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Volume 1. Society and symbol in political crisis – (2) Second series: Texts, contents, and contexts. Brown Judaic studies no. 60-61. Subjects: Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425. Messiah - Judaism - History of..... More
New York; Behrman House, 1980. Softbound. 8vo. 128 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Describes how the sages created the Mishnah, Talmud, and other holy books of the oral Torah. Illustrated by Jim Hellmuth. Written for juvenile audiences. Subjects: Tannaim - Juvenile literature. Aggada - Juvenile literature. Clean and fresh. Very..... More
Atlanta, Ga. ; Scholars Press, 1988. Original Cloth. 8vo. XXI, 250 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Brown Judaic studies no. 152. Subjects: Halakhic Midrashim. Mechilta de-Rabbi Ishmael (anoniem) Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-15). More
Chico, Calif. ; Scholars Press, 1985. Softbound. 8vo. 138 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Brown Judaic studies no. 96. Subjects: Mishnah - Mnemonic devices. Mishna - Mnémotechnique. Mishnah. Light shelf wear. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-1-45). More
Atlanta, Ga. ; Scholars Press, 1998. Original Cloth. 8vo. VIII, 199 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Contains the following: Two Messages to Moscow - Beginning Fresh: What Russian Jews Have to Learn from American Jewry - Founding a Scholarly Tradition in Jewish Learning The Russian-Jewish Moment - Learning and Community..... More
![Item 7468. METHOD AND MEANING IN ANCIENT JUDAISM [THREE VOLUMES; SERIES 1-3]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32743.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1548434182)
Missoula, MT; Scholars Press, 1979-1981. Softbound. 8vo. VII, 211; 223; 247 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Three volumes; first through third series of Method and Meaning in Ancient Judaism. Brown Judaic studies no. 10, 15, 16. Subjects: Mishnah - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Talmud - Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History. Pharisees..... More
Atlanta, Ga. ; Scholars Press, 1989. Original Cloth. 8vo. XIII, 287 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Brown Judaic studies no. 168. Subjects: Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425 - Historiography. Misjna. Judaïsme - Histoire - 10-425 (Période talmudique) - Historiographie. Mishnah - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Mishna - Critique, interprétation..... More
Lanham: University Press Of America, 1987. Softbound. 8vo. XIX, 234 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Subjects: Midrash - Critique, interprétation, etc. Kugel, James L. Judaism; Midrashim - Critical studies. Midrash - History and criticism. Condition. (NEUSNER-2-34). More
![Item 7476. THE MIDRASH COMPILATIONS OF THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE RHETORICAL, LOGICAL, AND TOPICAL PROGRAM [VOLUMES 1, 2, 4]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32752.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1662142077)
Atlanta, Ga. ; Scholars Press, 1989. Original Cloth. 8vo. XVII, 193; XVI, 150; XXI, 218 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Midrash compilations of the 6th and 7th centuries; three of four volumes: Volumes 1. Lamentations rabbah - volume 2. Esther rabbah I - volume 4. Song of Songs rabbah. Brown..... More
Philadelphia : Fortress Press, 1983. Original Cloth. 8vo. XXI, 217 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “This book is the first volume in Jacob Neusner's ground-breaking trilogy, 'The Foundations of Judaism: Method, Teleology, Doctrine. ' This Part One - 'Method' - offers the first systematic explanation of why the midrash collections..... More
Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1990. Softbound. 8vo. VI, 176 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Contents: Our reasons: why study midrash at all? - Their reasons: when, where, and why did the Judaic sages make midrash? - Paraphrase and the text of Scripture: the amplification of Scripture in the context of..... More
Northvale, N. J. ; J. Aronson, 1990. Original Cloth. 8vo. XII, 234 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Contents: Pt. 1. The second and third-century compilations: the Tannaite Midrashim. Exodus and Mekhilta attributed to R. Ishmael - Leviticus and Sifra - Numbers and Sifré to Numbers - Deuteronomy and Sifré to..... More
Northvale, N. J. ; Jason Aronson, 1989. Softbound. 8vo. XVII, 235 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “In his brilliant introduction on the Mishnah, Jacob Neusner asks: How do you read a book that does not identify its author, tell you where it comes from, or explain why it was written..... More
Chappaqua, N. Y. ; Rossel Books, 1981. Softbound. 8vo. 110 pages. 24 cm. First edition. An introduction to Jewish theology, emphasizing the concept of mitzvah, or commandment, and the meaning of the ceremony of bar or bat mitzvah. For juvenile audiences. Subjects: Bar mitzvah - Juvenile literature. Bat mitzvah -..... More
Eugene, OR; Wipf And Stock Pub, 2003. Softbound. 8vo. XXVII, 283 pages. 22 cm. Second edition. Papers originally prepared for the editor's seminar at Brown University. Previously published by E. J. Brill, January, 1973. Subjects: Jewish learning and scholarship. Mishnah - Criticism, interpretation, etc. - History. Clean and fresh. Very..... More
Valley Forge, Pa. ; Trinity Press International, 1993. Softbound. 8vo. XXI, 138 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Includes selected texts from Ruth rabbah. “The Book of Ruth deals with the ancestress of Israel's Messiah, David, and tells of his genealogy which, for the sages, formed a supernatural indicator of unlearned..... More
Madison, Wis. : University Of Wisconsin Press, 1984. Original Cloth. 8vo. XXVII, 187 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Edited by Neusner, includes essays by Jonathan Z. Smith, Calvin Goldscheider, Robert Alter, Arnold J. Band, Marvin Fox, Baruch Levine, Marc Lee Raphael, and Ivan G. Marcus on Graduate education in Jewish..... More
San Francisco; Harper & Row, 1986. Original Cloth. 8vo. XVII, 238 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Contents: Introduction: the argument of this book and how it unfolds - The oral Torah written down: the Mishnah - The Mishnah and the Tosefta - The theory of tradition of the oral Torah..... More
Chappaqua, N. Y. ; Rossel Books, 1984. Original Cloth. 8vo. XXIX, 181 pages. 23 cm. First edition. “Around 200 C. E. , The great sages of two Jewish communities--the settlements in the Land of Israel and in Babylonia--received the Mishnah and began to explain its meaning and application. Their work..... More
Hoboken, N. J. : Ktav Pub. House, 1985. Softcover. 8vo. IX, 316 pages. 23 cm. Condensed edition of: The rabbinic traditions about the Pharisees before 70. Studies in ancient Judaism 1. Subjects: Pharisees. Pharisiens. Mishnah - Criticism, Redaction. Tosefta - Criticism, Redaction. Wraps worn, light soiling to outer edges. Good..... More