The idea of history in rabbinic Judaism


by Jacob Neusner.
Bok Engelsk 2003 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Leiden ; Boston : : Brill, , 2003.
Omfang
1 online resource (360 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition, Revised and Augmented; Introduction; Part One HISTORY, TIME, AND PARADIGM IN SCRIPTURE; Part Two The absence of History; Part Three The Presence of the Past, The Pastness of the Present; Part Four From History to Paradigm; Part Five Transcending the Bounds of Time; Part Six Five Supplementary Studies: A Documentary Account of the Idea of History in Rabbinic Judaism; Subject index; Index of Ancient Sources. - Using Rabbinic Judaism as a case study, Neusner (religion and theology, Bard College) explains how Judaism and Christianity ordinarily read Scripture before the advent of historicism about two centuries ago that is, for most of their history. The difference between historical and what he calls paradigmatic thinking, he says, is how time is marked a
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ISBN
9004135839

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