The Program of the Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan A

The Program of the Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan A
Author: Jacob Neusner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Of the documents in the Rabbinic canon that reached closure in late antiquity, the Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan A is different in its indicative traits from any other in the Rabbinic documents of its period. Neusner explains what is at stake for the documentary hypothesis of the Rabbinic canon.

The Making of a Sage

The Making of a Sage
Author: Jonathan Wyn Schofer
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2005-04-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0299204634

Jonathan Schofer offers the first theoretically framed examination of rabbinic ethics in several decades. Centering on one large and influential anthology, The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan, Jonathan Schofer situates that text within a broader spectrum of rabbinic thought, while at the same time bringing rabbinic thought into dialogue with current scholarship on the self, ethics, theology, and the history of religions. Notable Selection, Jordan Schnitzer Book Award for Philosophy and Jewish Thought, Association for Jewish Studies

Nuggets of Wisdom from Great Jewish Thinkers

Nuggets of Wisdom from Great Jewish Thinkers
Author: William Gerber
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2022-02-22
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004463798

This book offers a copious selection of insights about the world and life, crafted in engaging language by Jewish sages, scholars, rabbis, and literary luminaries, from ancient to modern times. These remarkable explanations, queries, and proposals are connected by expository comments and comparisons by the author. The passionate care for human values which underlies much of Jewish thinking is made accessible in this comprehensive work. In it the reader may find counsel on how to achieve a good and satisfying life while responding to the joys and sorrows that touch us all.

Ve-’Ed Ya‘aleh (Gen 2

Ve-’Ed Ya‘aleh (Gen 2
Author: Peter Machinist
Publisher: SBL Press
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2021-09-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0884145379

Sixty-six colleagues, friends, and former students of Edward L. Greenstein present essays honoring him upon his retirement. Throughout Greenstein's half-century career he demonstrated expertise in a host of areas astonishing in its breadth and depth, and each of the essays in these two volumes focuses on an area of particular interest to him. Volume 1 includes essays on ancient Near Eastern studies, Biblical Hebrew and Northwest Semitic languages, and biblical law and narrative. Volume 2 includes essays on biblical wisdom and poetry, biblical reception and exegesis, and postmodern readings of the Bible.

The Gospel of John : 2 Volumes

The Gospel of John : 2 Volumes
Author: Craig S. Keener
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 2638
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441237054

Keener's commentary explores the Jewish and Greco-Roman settings of John more deeply than previous works, paying special attention to social-historical and rhetorical features of the Gospel. It cites about 4,000 different secondary sources and uses over 20,000 references from ancient literature.

The Greek Life of Adam and Eve

The Greek Life of Adam and Eve
Author: John R. Levison
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 1260
Release: 2022-12-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3110756447

For the first time, Jack Levison offers the English-speaking world a comprehensive commentary on the Greek Life of Adam and Eve, an epic of pain, death, and hope. An exhaustive introduction clarifies issues of literary character, manuscripts and versions, and provenance; the commentary itself provides rich discussions of the Greek text, illuminated by Jewish scripture and ancient Greek and Hebrew literature. Fresh translation and bibliography.

After Eden

After Eden
Author: Hanneke Reuling
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004146385

This book studies the afterlife of one of the most well known fragments of the Hebrew Bible. Following the lead of the biblical text through a number of patristic and classical rabbinic sources, it sheds new light on the way Church Fathers and Rabbis approach the themes of procreation, labour, mortality and corporeality.