The transformation of Judaism - Jacob Neusner
from philosophy to religion
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The preeminent scholar of the history of Judaism explains here how Judaism changed from a philosophy to a religion between 200 and 400 C.E. He produces a work both revolutionary in its method and unprecedented in its results.
Comparing earlier and later sets of Judaic writings, Neusner sets forth how philosophy--abstract, elegant, orderly, and intellectual--turned into religion--tangible, down-to-earth, chaotic, and concrete. In the process, he offers an account of the birth of the Judaism that has become no...
Comparing earlier and later sets of Judaic writings, Neusner sets forth how philosophy--abstract, elegant, orderly, and intellectual--turned into religion--tangible, down-to-earth, chaotic, and concrete. In the process, he offers an account of the birth of the Judaism that has become no...
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1992 Uitgever: University Of Illinois Press 345 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0252018052 ISBN-13: 9780252018053Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original black boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo. [Auteur: Neusner, Jacob] [Pagina's: 345] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: University of Illinois Press] [Jaar: 1992] [Titel: Transformation of Judaism; From Philosophy to Religion]