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London; Valentine, Mitchell, 1963. Original Cloth. 8vo. 76 pages. 23 cm. First edition. With a preface by Robert A. Nisbet. “These essays examine the sociology of Judaism in the last decades of the Second Jewish Commonwealth. The author discerns two kinds of religious fellowship, one constituted by the 'haber' (translated..... More
Lanham; University Press Of America, 1987. Original Cloth. 8vo. XIV, 158 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Concerns methodology and the systemic analysis of periods in judaism. Subjects: Judaism - History - Philosophy. Tradition (Judaism) . Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-3-47). More
Minneapolis: University Of Minnesota Press, 1980. Softbound. 8vo. XII, 215 pages. 24 cm. First edition. A work on the method of form-analysis. Subjects: Mishnah. Makhshirin - Commentaries. Mishna. Makesîrîn - Commentaires. Light shelf wear to wraps, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (NEUSNER-3-48). More
Atlanta, Ga. ; Scholars Press, 1987. Original Cloth. 8vo. XV, 230 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Brown Judaic studies no. 80. Subjects: Pesikta rabbati - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Pesikta de-Rav Kahana - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Light soiling to endpage, light shelf wear to cloth, otherwise fresh. Good + condition. (NEUSNER-3-46)..... More
London, Vallentine, Mitchell, 1965. 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..... More
San Francisco; Harper & Row, 1989. Softbound. 8vo. XXXI, 359 pages. 22 cm. Revised and expanded Paperback edition. Text in Aramaic, English, and Hebrew. Subjects: Talmud - Introductions. Light aged, with institutional stamps on outer edges and endpages, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (NEUSNER-2-59). More
New York; Harper & Row, 1973. Original Cloth. 8vo. XXII, 263 pages. 23 cm. First edition. “A rabbi focuses upon laws dealing with ritual behavior at meals in the Mishnah, Tasefta, Babylonian Talmud, and Palestinian Talmud, and discusses the relevance of Talmudic modes of thought and analysis. ” (Publishers Description)..... More
New Haven, Conn. ; American Oriental Society, 1964. Original Wraps. 4to. [230-240] pages. 26 cm. First Offprint edition. Reprinted from: Journal of the American Oriental Society. Vol. 84, no. 3 (July-Sept. 1964) . Neusner pursues the previous research on the history of Jews in Pagan Armenia done by Salo Baron;..... More
Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 1989. Original Cloth. 8vo. XIV, 258 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “The current crisis in Palestine is only the most recent manifestation of Israel's historical significance to the Jewish people. Jacob Neusner examines the crucial role of the definition of Israel in the history of Judaic..... More
Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 1989. Original Cloth. 8vo. XIV, 258 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “The current crisis in Palestine is only the most recent manifestation of Israel's historical significance to the Jewish people. Jacob Neusner examines the crucial role of the definition of Israel in the history of Judaic..... More
Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 1989. Original Cloth. 8vo. XIV, 258 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “The current crisis in Palestine is only the most recent manifestation of Israel's historical significance to the Jewish people. Jacob Neusner examines the crucial role of the definition of Israel in the history of Judaic..... More
Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 1989. Original Cloth. 8vo. XIV, 258 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “The current crisis in Palestine is only the most recent manifestation of Israel's historical significance to the Jewish people. Jacob Neusner examines the crucial role of the definition of Israel in the history of Judaic..... More
Chicago; University Of Chicago Press, 1992. Original Cloth. 8vo. XXI, 241 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “In this close analysis of The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan, a sixth-century commentary on the Mishnah-tractate The Fathers (Avot) , Jacob Neusner considers the way in which the story, as a distinctive type..... More
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
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
Columbus, Ohio; Melton Center For Jewish Studies, Ohio State University, 1983. Original Wraps. 8vo. 14 pages. 22 cm. First edition. "On the occasion of receiving the Distinguished Humanitarian Award for 1983 of the Melton Center of Jewish Studies at the Ohio State University. " Lecture delivered by Neusner concerning the..... More
Hanover, N. H. : Dartmouth College, Comparative Studies Center, 1966. Original Wraps. 4to. 183 pages. 28 cm. First edition. At head of title: Dartmouth College, Comparative Studies Center. Seminar of the 1965-1966 Seminar on Religions in Antiquity. Edited by Jacob Neusner. "For private circulation only. " "September, 1966." Bibliography: p...... More
Boston; Beacon Press, 1987. Original Cloth. 8vo. 230 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Subjects: Judaism - History. Jewish diaspora - History - Philosophy. Jews - Restoration - History of doctrines. Light wear to edges of jacket. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-3-17A). More
Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1972. Softbound. 8vo. 158 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Describes the cultural, religious, and sociological basis of early Judaism. Subjects: Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425. Judaïsme - Histoire - 10-425 (Période talmudique) . Light wear to wraps, small rubbing on bottom edge, internally clean and..... More
Eugene, OR : Wipf & Stock, 2005. Softbound. 8vo. XX, 158 pages. 23 cm. Third Printing. “Dr. Neusner centers his study on three key words applied to rabbinic Judaism: power - the way in which one man caused another to do his will; myth - the stories people told and..... More
New York: KTAV Pub. House; Anti-Defamation League Of B'Nai B'Rith, 1975. Paperback. 8vo. XV, 326 pages. 23 cm. First paperback edition. Understanding American Judaism, Volume 2: Sectors of American Judaism: Reform, Orthodoxy, Conservatism, and Reconstructionism. Edited by Jacob Neusner; contains the following essays: Agus, J. B. The Reform movement. -..... More
New York; Ktav Pub. House, Anti-Defamation League Of B'Nai B'Rith, 1974. Softbound. 8vo. VII, 422 pages. 23 cm. First edition. A collection of essays, compiled by Jacob Neusner, including the following: Rabbinic Judaism, Mordecai M. Kaplan - The religious ideas of Talmudic Judaism, Julius Guttman - The legal foundations of..... More
Atlanta, Ga. ; Scholars Press, 1994. Original Cloth. 8vo. XII, 178 pages. 24 cm. First edition. South Florida studies in the history of Judaism no. 108. “Jacob Neusner, a leading scholar of the history of rabbinic Judaism, criticized the bulk of Lieberman's work as idiosyncratic in that it lacked a...... More
Urbana: University of Illinois. 1992. 8vo. Xvi, 345 pages. First edition. Bibliographical references, bibliography, index, and appendices. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism –history – Talmudic period, 10-425; ; Judaism and philosophy; Judaism – essence, genius, nature; Rabbinical literature – history and criticism. ISBN: 0252018052. Neusner (b. 1932) was born in Hartford..... More
Philadelphia : Fortress Press. 1966. 8vo. Xxii, 404 pages. Illustrated. Second printing. SUBJECT (S) : Palestine – historical geography; Bible. O. T. -- antiquities; Bible. O. T. -- criticism, textual. A professor at Koenigsburg and Bonn, and later director of the Deutsches Evangelische Institut in Jerusalem, Noth's (1902-1968) ideas as..... More