TY  - BOOK
AU  - Neusner, Jacob
AU  - Neusner,Jacob
TI  - Questions and Answers:  Intellectual Foundations of Judaism
SN  - 9780801047336
U1  - SS70 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Michigan
PB  - Baker Book House
KW  - Jews
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Rabbinic Literature
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. Defining Rabbinic Judaism  Early stages of Judaism .......3  Rabbinic Judaism .........6  Jews within Rabbinic Judaism ......10  The Place of the Temple ........15  The Place of the Synagogue ................20  Authorities in Rabbinic Judaism ..............23  Prayer in Rabbinic Judaism ............28  The Celebration of God ...........33  2. The Sources of Rabbinic Judaism : Scripture and Midrash   Rabbinic Judaism and the Hebrew Scriptures ........41  3. The Sources of Rabbinic Judaism : Law (Halakah)  Halakah .......49  The Mishnah...........53  Between the Mishnah and the Talmuds ..........60  The Talmuds ............66  4. The Sources of Rabbinic Judaism : Lore(Aggadah )  Aggadic Midrash ........75  Genesis Rabbah and Leviticus Rabbah .......80  Song of Songs Rabbah and Ruth Rabbah ............86  Lamentations Rabbah ......90  5. Aggadah and the Theology of Rabbinic Judaism   Aggadah and History ...........95  Torah ..............101  God in the Aggadah ..............105  Israel ..........111  Gentiles ...........116  Suffering and Resrrection .........122  Intentionality .........127  Sin ........130  Repentance .....135  Atonement .....140  The Messiah ...........144  Resurrection of the Dead ............150  The world to Come ..........155  Aggadah and Halakah .............158  6. Halakah and the Theology of Rabbinic Judaism : How Does the law embody the Torah`s Narrative Theology   Narrative pattern and the Halakah ......163  The Sabbath ........170  Purity and Impuruty ......174  Festivals ..........179  A Unifying Rules ........184  7. Social Doctrines of Rabbinic Judaism family, Gender, Virtue and work   Family and life roles .....191  Gender Roles ....197  Virtue .....203  Work ........208  8. Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity : Points of Intersection of two Coordinate scriptural Systems   The Development of Rabbinic Judaism`s Theology ...........215  Rabbinic Judaism`s Responses to the Challenge of Christianity ......220  The Pharisees ............225  The Success of Rabbinic Judaism ........230  The Relationship between rabbinic Judaism and Christianity Over Time ................235  Modern Divisions within judaism ................239
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