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'''Jacob Neusner''' (b.1932) is a Jewish-American scholar, at Bard College (Annandale-on-Huston, NY), USA.
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'''Jacob Neusner''' (1932-2016) was a Jewish-American scholar of [[Early Jewish Studies]], a prolific author and a pioneer in the application of the “form criticism” approach to Rabbinic texts.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Jacob Neusner (1932- ).  A.B. Harvard (1953);  Master of Hebrew Letters, Jewish Theological Seminary of America (1960);  Ph.D. Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary (1961);  Graduate studies, Oxford University, Hebrew University.  Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism, Bard College (1994- ).  Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard.  Previously taught at Columbia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Brandeis University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, and the University of South Florida.  A prolific author, respected scholar and professor, and ordained rabbi, Neusner has written or edited hundreds of books on Judaism and is widely celebrated as one of the most published authors in history.  Editor of the ''Encyclopedia of Judaism'' (Brill, 1999. I-III) and its Supplements; Chair of the Editorial Board of ''The Review of Rabbinic Judaism'';  Editor-in-Chief of ''The Brill Reference Library of Judaism''.  Editor of ''Studies in Judaism'' (University Press of America).  Neusner is a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He is the only scholar to have served on both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Born in Hartford, CT in 1932, Neusner studied at Harvard University (AB 1960), and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (MA 1960). He earned hi PhD in 1961 at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary.


==Works on Second Temple Judaism==
He taught at Columbia University, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Brandeis University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, the University of South Florida, and since 1994, Bard College (Annandale-on-Huston, NY), USA.
 
A prolific author, respected scholar and professor, and ordained rabbi, Neusner has written or edited hundreds of books on Judaism and is widely celebrated as one of the most published authors in history. "He was a pioneer in the application of the “form criticism” approach to Rabbinic texts. Much of his work consisted of de-constructing the prevailing approach viewing Rabbinic Judaism as a single religious movement within which the various Rabbinic texts were produced. In contrast, Neusner viewed each rabbinic document as an individual piece of evidence that can only shed light on the more localized forms of Judaism of each specific document’s place of origin and the specific Judaism of the author. His work “Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah” (Chicago, 1981; translated into Hebrew and Italian) is the classic statement of his work and the first of many comparable volumes on the other documents of the rabbinic canon." (The Jewish Press.com).
 
Editor of the ''Encyclopedia of Judaism'' (Brill, 1999. I-III) and its Supplements; Chair of the Editorial Board of ''The Review of Rabbinic Judaism'';  Editor-in-Chief of ''The Brill Reference Library of Judaism''.  Editor of ''Studies in Judaism'' (University Press of America).  Neusner was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He was the only scholar to have served on both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.
 
==Main Fields==
 
* [[Early Jewish Studies]]
 
* [[Second Temple Studies]]
 
* [[New Testament Studies]]
** [[Historical Jesus Studies]]
** [[Pauline Studies]]
 
==Works==


====Books====
====Books====
*[[A Life of Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai (1962 Neusner), book]]
*[[A History of the Jews in Babylonia: 1. The Parthian Period (1965 Neusner), book]]
*[[Development of a Legend: Studies on the Traditions Concerning Yohanan ben Zakkai (1970 Neusner), book]]


*[[The Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before 70 (1971 Neusner), book]]
*[[The Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before 70 (1971 Neusner), book]]
*[[The Modern Study of the Mishnah (1973 Neusner), book]]
*[[From Politics to Piety: The Emergence of Pharisaic Judaism (1973 Neusner), book]]
*[[From Politics to Piety: The Emergence of Pharisaic Judaism (1973 Neusner), book]]
*[[The Idea of Purity in Ancient Judaism (1973 Neusner), book]]
*[[The Idea of Purity in Ancient Judaism (1973 Neusner), book]]
* [[Invitation to the Talmud, 1st ed. (1973 Neusner), book]]
**[[Invitation to the Talmud, 2nd ed. (1984 Neusner), book]]
*[[Judaism, the Evidence of the Mishnah (1981 Neusner), book]]
*[[Torah from Our Sages: Pirke Avot (1984 Neusner), book]]
*[[Judaism in the Beginning of Christianity (1984 Neusner), book]]
*[[Judaism in the Beginning of Christianity (1984 Neusner), book]]
**[[Le judaïsm à l'aube du christianisme (1986 Neusner), book (French ed.)]]
**[[Le judaïsm à l'aube du christianisme (1986 Neusner), book (French ed.)]]
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**[[Judentum in fruehchristlicher Zeit (1988 Neusner), book (German ed.)]]
**[[Judentum in fruehchristlicher Zeit (1988 Neusner), book (German ed.)]]
**[[Il giudaismo nei primi secoli del cristianesimo (1989 Neusner), book (Italian ed.)]]
**[[Il giudaismo nei primi secoli del cristianesimo (1989 Neusner), book (Italian ed.)]]
**[[Iesu jidai no Yudayakyo (1992 Neusner), book (Japanese ed.)]]
**[[イエス時代のユダヤ敎 = Judaism in the Beginning of Christianity (1992 Neusner / Nagakubo), book (Japanese ed.)]]
 
*[[From Testament to Torah: An Introduction to Judaism in Its Formative Age (1988 Neusner), book]]
*[[From Testament to Torah: An Introduction to Judaism in Its Formative Age (1988 Neusner), book]]
*[[The Incarnation of God: The Character of Divinity in Formative Judaism (1988 Neusner), book]]
*[[The Mishnah: A New Translation (1988 Neusner), book]]
*[[Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period (1988 Goodenough/Neusner), book (abridged ed.)]]
*[[Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period (1988 Goodenough/Neusner), book (abridged ed.)]]
*[[History of the Jews in the first century of the Common Era (1990 Neusner), book]]
* [[Jews and Christians: The Myth of a Common Tradition (1991 Neusner), book]]
*[[A Rabbi Talks with Jesus (1993 Neusner), book]]
*[[From Scripture to 70: The Pre-Rabbinic Beginnings of the Halakhah (1998 Neusner), book]]
*[[From Scripture to 70: The Pre-Rabbinic Beginnings of the Halakhah (1998 Neusner), book]]
*[[The Four Stages of Rabbinic Judaism (2000 Neusner), book]]
*[[The Four Stages of Rabbinic Judaism (2000 Neusner), book]]


====Edited volumes====
====Edited volumes====
*[[Religions in Antiquity (1968 Neusner), edited volume]]
*[[Judaisms and their Messiahs (1987 Neusner), edited volume]]
*[[Judaisms and their Messiahs (1987 Neusner), edited volume]]
*[[History of the Jews in the First Century of the Common Era (1990 Neusner), edited volume]]
*[[History of the Jews in the First Century of the Common Era (1990 Neusner), edited volume]]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Neusner Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Neusner Wikipedia]


[[Category:Scholars|Neusner]]
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*'''Neusner, Jacob''' / [[Alan Avery-Peck]] / In: [[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume]], 995-996
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Jacob Neusner (1932-2016) was a Jewish-American scholar of Early Jewish Studies, a prolific author and a pioneer in the application of the “form criticism” approach to Rabbinic texts.

Biography

Born in Hartford, CT in 1932, Neusner studied at Harvard University (AB 1960), and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (MA 1960). He earned hi PhD in 1961 at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary.

He taught at Columbia University, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Brandeis University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, the University of South Florida, and since 1994, Bard College (Annandale-on-Huston, NY), USA.

A prolific author, respected scholar and professor, and ordained rabbi, Neusner has written or edited hundreds of books on Judaism and is widely celebrated as one of the most published authors in history. "He was a pioneer in the application of the “form criticism” approach to Rabbinic texts. Much of his work consisted of de-constructing the prevailing approach viewing Rabbinic Judaism as a single religious movement within which the various Rabbinic texts were produced. In contrast, Neusner viewed each rabbinic document as an individual piece of evidence that can only shed light on the more localized forms of Judaism of each specific document’s place of origin and the specific Judaism of the author. His work “Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah” (Chicago, 1981; translated into Hebrew and Italian) is the classic statement of his work and the first of many comparable volumes on the other documents of the rabbinic canon." (The Jewish Press.com).

Editor of the Encyclopedia of Judaism (Brill, 1999. I-III) and its Supplements; Chair of the Editorial Board of The Review of Rabbinic Judaism; Editor-in-Chief of The Brill Reference Library of Judaism. Editor of Studies in Judaism (University Press of America). Neusner was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He was the only scholar to have served on both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Main Fields

Works

Books

Edited volumes

Fiction

External links

Select Bibliography (articles)

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