The Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before 70 (1971 Neusner), book

The Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before 70 (1971) is a book by Jacob Neusner.

Editions and translations

Published in Leiden: Brill, 1971. Reprinted in Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1999; Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2002.

Table of contents

• Part One: The Masters
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Chains of Pharisaic Tradition
  • 3. Simeon the Just
  • 4. Antigonus of of Sokho, Yosi b. Yo'ezer and Yosi b. Yochanan
  • 5. Joshua b. Perachiah and Nittai the Arbelite. Judah b. Tabbai and Simeon b. Shetah
  • 6. Shema'iah and Abtalion
  • 7. Yochanan the High Priest, Choni the Circler, and Others Mentioned in Connection with Pharasaism before Hillel
  • 8. Menachem, Shammai
  • 9. Hillel
  • 10. Shammai and Hillel
  • 11. Gamaliel
  • 12. Simeon and Gamaliel
  • 13. Other Pharisees Before 70
• Part Two: The Houses
  • 14. Introduction
  • 15. Tannaitic Midrashim
  • 16. Mishna-Tosefta and Some Beraitot
  • Part Three: Conclusions
  • 17. Introduction
  • 18. Intermediate Units of Tradition: Types and Forms
  • 19. Small Units of Tradition and Other Mnemonic Patterns
  • 20. Verifications
  • 21. History of the Traditions
  • 22. Summary: The Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees Before 70
  • Appendix: Bibliographical Reflections
• Indices
  • 1. Bible
  • 2. Apocrypha, Pseudopigrapha, Qumranian Writings
  • 3. Josephus
  • 4. Mishnah
  • 5. Tosefta
  • 6. Mechilta, Sifra, Sifre, Midrash Tannaim
  • 7. Palestinian Talmud
  • 8. Babylonian Talmud
  • 9. Midrashim and Other Compliations
  • 10. General Index

External links

• Google Books (partial text)