Handbook of Rabbinic Theology: Language, System, Structure
From his extensive and intensive study of the rabbinic literature, Jacob Neusner shows how the rabbinic documents give expression to a very real, if implicit, theological system. While the rabbinic literature is often seen as a collection of miscellaneous responses to questions arising from study of the Hebrew Bible and its application to contemporary life, Neusner sees a system behind and embodied in the various writings. He discusses the ways in which the divine thought, and the human...
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From his extensive and intensive study of the rabbinic literature, Jacob Neusner shows how the rabbinic documents give expression to a very real, if implicit, theological system. While the rabbinic literature is often seen as a collection of miscellaneous responses to questions arising from study of the Hebrew Bible and its application to contemporary life, Neusner sees a system behind and embodied in the various writings. He discusses the ways in which the divine thought, and the human thinking that sought faithfully to interpret it, actually came to expression and treats what he calls the grammar of the divine self-expression in order to help us see the theological structure that it implies. Then he shows how this implicit system is expressed in the rules for the life of the people that God has chosen as his own. Citing passages from almost all of the mishnaic tractates, Neusner shows how they fit into and give expression to the system.This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.
List of AbbreviationsPrefaceBibliographyIntroduction1Pt. 1The Grammar of Rabbinic Theology: Vocabulary, Syntax, Semantics1Prolegomenon to the Theological Language of Rabbinic Judaism192Vocabulary: Native Categories363Syntax: Connections and Constructions564Semantics: Models of Analysis, Explanation, and Anticipation82Pt. 2The Theological System of Rabbinic Judaism: Norms of Belief5Prolegomenon to the Theological System That Animates the Aggadah1076Sources of World Order1227Perfecting World Order1788Sources of World Disorder2439Restoring World Order276Pt. 3The Theological Structure of Rabbinic Judaism: Norms of Behavior in the Israelite Social Order10Prolegomenon to the Theological Structure of Rabbinic Judaism Realized in the Halakhah30911What, Where, and When Is Eden?33112Israel and Adam, the Land and Eden, Sin and Atonement41513Enemies of Eden, Tangible and Invisible48614Choosing Life in the Kingdom of God559Epilogue: The Halakhic Structure Seen Whole601Index613
